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60 THE ART OF STRETGHING AND CURING SKINS.
A modification of this kind of stretcher, often used in curing
the skins of the muskrat and other small animals, is a simple
board, without split or wedge, three sixteenths of an inch thick,
twenty inches long, six inches wide at the large end, and tapering to five and a half inches at six inches from the small end,
chamfered and rounded as in the other cases. The animal should
be skinned as before directed, and the skin drawn tightly on to
the board, and fastened with about four tacks. Sets of these
boards, sufficient for a muskrat campaign, can easily be made
and transported. They are very light, and take up but little room
in packing, thirty-two of them making but six inches in thick
ness.
The Bow Streteher.—The most commc n way of treating the
muskrat is to cut off its feet with a hatche t; and rip with a knife
from between the two teeth in the lower jaw, down the belly,
about two inches below where the fore-legs come out. Then
the skin is started by cutting around the lips, eyes, and ears, and
is stripped over the body, with the fur side inward. Finally a
stick of birch, water-beech, iron-wood, hickory, or elm, an inch
in diameter at the butt, and three feet and a half long, is bent
into the shape of an ox-bow and shoved into the skin, which is
drawn tight, and fastened by splitting down a sliver in the bow,
and drawing the skin of the lip into it.
This method is too common to be easily abolished, and is tolerable when circumstances make it necessary; but the former
method of stretching by a tapering board, in the case of musk-
rats as well as other small animals, is much the best. Skins
treated in that way keep their proper shape, and pack better than
those stretched on bows, and in the long run boards are more
economical than bows, as a set of them can be used many times,
and will last several years; whereas bows are seldom used more
than once, being generally broken in taking out.
The Hoop Stretcher.—The skins of large animals, such as the
beaver and the bear, are best dried by spreading them, at full
size, in a hoop. For this purpose, a stick of hickory or other
flexible wood should be cut, long enough to entirely surround
the skin when bent. (If a single stick long enough is not at
hand, two smaller ones can be spliced together.) The ends should
be brought around, Japped, and tied with a string or a withe of
| 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 | 00000061 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 60 THE ART OF STRETGHING AND CURING SKINS. A modification of this kind of stretcher, often used in curing the skins of the muskrat and other small animals, is a simple board, without split or wedge, three sixteenths of an inch thick, twenty inches long, six inches wide at the large end, and tapering to five and a half inches at six inches from the small end, chamfered and rounded as in the other cases. The animal should be skinned as before directed, and the skin drawn tightly on to the board, and fastened with about four tacks. Sets of these boards, sufficient for a muskrat campaign, can easily be made and transported. They are very light, and take up but little room in packing, thirty-two of them making but six inches in thick ness. The Bow Streteher.—The most commc n way of treating the muskrat is to cut off its feet with a hatche t; and rip with a knife from between the two teeth in the lower jaw, down the belly, about two inches below where the fore-legs come out. Then the skin is started by cutting around the lips, eyes, and ears, and is stripped over the body, with the fur side inward. Finally a stick of birch, water-beech, iron-wood, hickory, or elm, an inch in diameter at the butt, and three feet and a half long, is bent into the shape of an ox-bow and shoved into the skin, which is drawn tight, and fastened by splitting down a sliver in the bow, and drawing the skin of the lip into it. This method is too common to be easily abolished, and is tolerable when circumstances make it necessary; but the former method of stretching by a tapering board, in the case of musk- rats as well as other small animals, is much the best. Skins treated in that way keep their proper shape, and pack better than those stretched on bows, and in the long run boards are more economical than bows, as a set of them can be used many times, and will last several years; whereas bows are seldom used more than once, being generally broken in taking out. The Hoop Stretcher.—The skins of large animals, such as the beaver and the bear, are best dried by spreading them, at full size, in a hoop. For this purpose, a stick of hickory or other flexible wood should be cut, long enough to entirely surround the skin when bent. (If a single stick long enough is not at hand, two smaller ones can be spliced together.) The ends should be brought around, Japped, and tied with a string or a withe of |
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