I'm not the Big D but I'll try my best. 1. Don't worry about sending me any if it is too heavy. 2. I usually fold those heavy hides in half with the hair on the inside and use a stanley knife (sharp new piece) to make a light slice. You have to be careful of the blade but once you get the first little shallow slice, it is easier. Just make the bend as sharp as possible and after a couple slices, you should be able to get through it all.
Good luck!! Reuven ______________________________________________ Reuven Segal B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Management) RMIT University 5/11 Rockbrook Road, East St. Kilda, 3183 Melbourne, Victoria Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile: 0422 266798 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Desert Eagle Sent: Friday, 29 September 2006 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Don O Evening Don O. I need some advice. That one "Big" long piece of Elk, I have a problem. I divided up the other pieces as equally as I could to everyone in the swap. But, the hide on that one piece is almost a half inch thick and as tough as aged oak. I tried every knife I had, even a hack saw and could not get it to cut with any means of success. I did try my band saw, can you say "Bad Idea"? That made a horrible mess. It gummed up and clogged the blade in less than an inch, then it started greasing up and burning the hide and hair. Can you imagine the look on Theresa's face at the smell that started working its way through the house??? I need to know what you want me to do with it? It is still a good piece to work with, but it will have to be used as it is and it weighs a bunch with that hide. Do you want me to box it up and send it back to you? Or, what? Open to what you want me to do with it. Jimi What's up, Jimi? Long time no see. You OK? How's the family? Don
