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THE ART OF STRETCHING AND CURING SKINS. 6$
•nimals, and shall call them the board-stretcher, the bow-stretcher,
and the hoop-stretcher, and will describe them, indicating the different animals to which each is adapted.
The Board-Stretcher.—This contrivance is made in the following manner: Prepare a board of bass-wood or other light material, two feet three inches long, three inches and a half wide at
one end, and two inches and an eighth at the other, and three
eighths of an inch thick. Chamfer it from the centre to the
sides almost to an edge. Bound and chamfer the small end about
an inch up on the sides. Split this board through the center
with a knife or saw. Finally, prepare a wedge of the same length
and thickness, one inch wide at the large end, and tapering to
three eighths of an inch at the small end, to be driven between
the halves of the board. This is a stretcher suitable for a mink
or a marten. Two larger sizes, with similar proportions, are required for the larger animals. The largest size, suitable for the
full grown otter or wolf, should be five feet and a half long, seven
inches wide at the large end when fully spread by the wedge, and
six inches at the small end. An intermediate size is required for
the fisher, raccoon, fox, and some other animals, the proportion*
of which can be easily figured out.
These stretchers require that the skin of the animal should not
be ripped through the belly, but should be stripped off whole.
This is done in the following manner : Commence with the knife
at the hind feet, and slit down to the vent. Cut around the vent,
and strip the skin from the bone of the tail with the help of the
thumb nail or a split stick. Make no other slits in the skin, except in the case of the otter, whose tail requires to be split, spread,
and tacked on to the board. Peel the skin from the body by
drawing it over itself, leaving the fur side inward.
In this condition the skin should be drawn on to the split board,
(with the back on one side and the belly on the other) to its utmost length, and fastened with tacks or by notches cut in the
edge of the board, and then the wedge should be driven between
the two halves. Finally, make all fast by a tack at the root of
the tail, and another on the opposite side0 The skin is then
stretched to its utmost capacity, as a boot-leg is stretched by the
shoemaker's "tree," and it may be hung away in the propel
place, by a held in one end of the stretcher, and left to dry.
| Title | The boys' own book of outdoor sports |
| Creator | John, Uncle |
| Publisher | Hurst & company |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | [1887?] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000060 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE ART OF STRETCHING AND CURING SKINS. 6$ •nimals, and shall call them the board-stretcher, the bow-stretcher, and the hoop-stretcher, and will describe them, indicating the different animals to which each is adapted. The Board-Stretcher.—This contrivance is made in the following manner: Prepare a board of bass-wood or other light material, two feet three inches long, three inches and a half wide at one end, and two inches and an eighth at the other, and three eighths of an inch thick. Chamfer it from the centre to the sides almost to an edge. Bound and chamfer the small end about an inch up on the sides. Split this board through the center with a knife or saw. Finally, prepare a wedge of the same length and thickness, one inch wide at the large end, and tapering to three eighths of an inch at the small end, to be driven between the halves of the board. This is a stretcher suitable for a mink or a marten. Two larger sizes, with similar proportions, are required for the larger animals. The largest size, suitable for the full grown otter or wolf, should be five feet and a half long, seven inches wide at the large end when fully spread by the wedge, and six inches at the small end. An intermediate size is required for the fisher, raccoon, fox, and some other animals, the proportion* of which can be easily figured out. These stretchers require that the skin of the animal should not be ripped through the belly, but should be stripped off whole. This is done in the following manner : Commence with the knife at the hind feet, and slit down to the vent. Cut around the vent, and strip the skin from the bone of the tail with the help of the thumb nail or a split stick. Make no other slits in the skin, except in the case of the otter, whose tail requires to be split, spread, and tacked on to the board. Peel the skin from the body by drawing it over itself, leaving the fur side inward. In this condition the skin should be drawn on to the split board, (with the back on one side and the belly on the other) to its utmost length, and fastened with tacks or by notches cut in the edge of the board, and then the wedge should be driven between the two halves. Finally, make all fast by a tack at the root of the tail, and another on the opposite side0 The skin is then stretched to its utmost capacity, as a boot-leg is stretched by the shoemaker's "tree," and it may be hung away in the propel place, by a held in one end of the stretcher, and left to dry. |
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