Author Topic: Help with Sturgeon skin bow backing. (Read 1060 times)

JeffG · « **on:** February 22, 2004, 09:16:01 AM »

Yippee! A buddy came through for me, and located a 54 inch fresh sturgeon skin, so I could back a bow with it. Question: do you prepare it like snake skin, scrape and dry it, or should I freeze it? Any help is appreciated.

TheBowhunter · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:02:17 AM »

man jeff that is a new one on me! I sure would like to here how this one turns out?
let us know what you find out.

JeffG · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2004, 04:58:41 PM »

Great Lakes sturgeon skin was a bust. The skin came off with a gristle that was inseperable from the skin, like ear cartilage. Kinda dried to the consistency of fish jerky. I'm gonna try a big salmon, or a rainbow trout...Ferret from theTradgang has had good luck with grass carp skins, with the scales off.

TheBowhunter · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2004, 04:07:26 AM »

I was talking to a man about snake skins last night he said he uses denatured alcohol to remove the fatty tissue from the skins after skinning them. You might want to try that.

JeffG · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2004, 04:49:42 AM »

The material under the skin was a gristle, like milk bottle plastic. It was pretty well inseparable from the skin.