Ok, so I got this tool for working on the beef hide and to be honest, it worked but it didn’t work well, no where near what I was expecting, I tried it this way and that way and still it didn’t do what so many folks had on the net said it would..
But today, I was working on a fresh hide and wow! Double Wow! o my goodness wow.. something that I normally sit and work on for a really good amount of time was able to be done with this tool in about ten to fifteen mins.. I just kinda sat there stunned!
Now to be fair on this, I also bought the biggest version as I wanted it for working bigger hides and as I was working an a two by two foot hide, I am sure that helped make it happen so much faster but still, even if you had the smaller tool that can be bought it was still awesome..
I am doing this hide in a new method, will report back on it when its done..and we see if its a success or failure.. it is a sheep hide but its no longer really wooly, its much more hair then wool at this point.. Its a lovely long blond hair..






Funny, it looks very similar to a potter’s trimming tool. No big surprise though really, as you’re “trimming” away excess flesh/fat when fleshing the hide, right?
“working on a two by two foot hide”…
I’m guessing this is from the lamb that didn’t make it then? (Sorry, but I’m getting just a little creeped out, ’cause it looks more like human hair than sheep right at the moment):
its sheep, i promise, just put up dry versions of both sides for you!