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Rabbit Skins - what to do with them - Rough Jack??

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:42 am
by farmerdrea
Hi, all -- have tried to process about 100 rabbit skins that had been taking up room in the freezer when it was time for a beefie to go in. I put them in a brine solution (basically added salt till the water reached saturation point, as suggested by a website I'd found). Left them to soak for a couple of months, as I'd also read it was fine to leave them in the brine indefinitely. When I finally had the time to deal with them, I found that the hair had slipped on nearly all the pelts (rex rabbits, reared to prime pelt age/stage - all about 4-6 months old), or so I thought... none were moulting at the time of their demise). So, I have roughly 100 rabbits SKINS, free of hair. What can I do with the skins? I don't want to waste them. They are still in the brine.

Cheers
Andrea
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:20 am
by Andy Hamilton
What about trying to make drums with them?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:30 pm
by the.fee.fairy
chamois leathers...