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    First deer skin

    Pretty proud really. My first fallow skin I've done myself. Not that difficult other than the farkin' rainy Northland winter to try and cure it in.
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    What method did you use?
    You can use a sharp(like new craft knife etc) knife cutting from skin side out so you dont cut hair to trim up the outline to a more natural shape.
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    I salted it as soon as I skinned it and rolled it up until I got home. Tacked it out and put a shitload of salt on until it dried out. Then chucked it in a fish bin with Leder from Reloaders I think. Followed their instruction from there. Worked really well.
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    First deer skin

    Thanks I'll try trimming up the edges. Note to self: if keeping skin gut etc a bit more evenly.
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    Hey mate I recently shot a year old fallow and noticed how soft the skin/fur?/hair was and it got me thinking. How soft does it remain after treatment?

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    Mine feels like tanned leather, funnily enough. You can make the leather softer by breaking the cells, working it on an angular frame but I couldn't be arsed. It'll probably end up a wall hanging. Hair is as soft as say a German Shepherd. Not that I've skinned one.
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