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Published: 2009-04-20 17:26:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 7529; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 58
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Erm, this is Leroy again.
He was taking up too much space cuz he wasn't cased and didn't hang on the wall very well(and I have no floor space here), so a few weeks ago I made him into a purse. I wanted to make some kind of clasp to shut it(Him...?), but I'm having too much trouble finding one and he sort of folds over on its own so it's not really necessary.Why yes, denizens of the internet; I did grab a dead raccoon off the side of the road, tanned it with an egg, named him Leroy, and made a fashion accessory out of it.
No, I'm not afflicted with any mental disorders, why do you ask?
Materials: Leroy. And some suede.
If you would like to give Leroy a home, feel free to make an offer or trade. >.>;
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Hahaa, that's really neat.
I've been scouting my streets for roadkill with no luck, though. :[
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Good luck, it IS pretty difficult during summer to find salvageable roadkill. D:
I passed by a really pretty black opossum yesterday, or at least it WAS pretty 2 or 3 cars before I happened across it...
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Yep, it's the same as brain tanning, just very slightly different ingredients. Try Googling it. :3
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I googled it right after posting that xD
I'll have to try it sometime.
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...i really shouldn't be laughing as much as i am right now >.<
awesome, in a squicky kind of way
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Wow he went quick didn't he! XD
Very very neat purse. I like it!
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Yeah, I'm surprised. xD
Thanks. ^^
I'm oddly tempted to make a zombie one though. >>
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I hate to say this but all i want to do is laugh! this is just hysterical and so awesome at the same time.
I hope you dont know anyone at PeTA- hahahahaha. nice work!
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awsome, i almost want to ask if you saw mine (lol i make purse and medicine bag with road kill lol)
no i'm not afflicted mentally either ^_^
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*goes to look*
Yeah, I saw that once before, unfinished, it's really pretty(nicer than mine, I daresay. xD ). Did you get the idea from that one brain tanning site too, or is it an original pattern you came up with yourself?
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original pattern ^_^
my teacher explained to me how to tan it ^_^ i have made about 3 or four by now, i have my first and the raccon one up ^_^, i use fox normally
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Oh, how do you tan stuff?
Foxes are really rare here, I found one but like it too much to cut up...
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i strech it out first in the sun, and if you bit can get some, borax dries it out really well as well, just be a careful, i was also told to try using the oily fat and greese from the animmal itself.
i've also used some salt (but can have problem drying with this method as salt attracts water some times)
hope this is helpful ^_^
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So it's not tanned, just dried? Or a variation of brain tanning?
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variation, it a way of raw hiding it, the fat is like brani tanning, i would say if you brain tann you will want to get vaccinated for rabies as the main tissues infected is the brain. so to be safe , but yeah kinda like that ^_^
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I use an egg instead of brains, it's the exact same process though.
Wouldn't it be kinda stiff if you only use the grease already on the hide?
I did that with a squirrel once, and it was barely flexible at all.
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you then "crack it (or rather i cut the raw hide off lol, , i was also told its best to roll the skin end across a sharp corner ^_^, it hard to explain but this is how i've done both, i know the salt changes the texture of the skin some ^_^
kinda hard to explain , it something i had to acually do before i relized how well it works ^_^
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You have to do that stage with egg tanning too, I just wonder if it comes out almost as supple as a garment tan(it seems like you'd need to add more "grease" for that or it'll sound crinkly when you bend it and if you get it wet it might return to rawhide status.)
I did a squirrel the way you're talking about once, and that's how it came out for me. After I redid it and rubbed some egg in, it came out much softer.
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yeah it depends i think, as i was tanning a deer hide(neighbors dog made off with it) and it was streached out perfectly for garment tan...v_v
it is one part straching and one part grease
most of mine i would prefer not to touch water, the one i used the salt on i wouldn't mind though because it turned out better i think then the others(i wish i knew how to replicate it because it would be come my standard)
also some people will tann it multiple times as well ^_^
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It just looks small, he was a decent-sized raccoon. O=
I was originally going to use my smaller one for this, but he's missing half his whiskers for some reason. >.O
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I found a dead raccoon in my woods today. Lol I though of you.
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I wish I had more friends that thought of me when they find dead things. :'D
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lol wish you lived near men so i could give you the dead things!
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D8 I wish I had some amazing items to trade for it! Or I could always buy him with some cash I have lying around...I wanna give Leroy a home! -counts- I have somewhere around $45 on me right now excluding my card. I think that's more than enough to get him .x.
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.___.; Really? You can have him for $25 if you'd like.
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Sweet! 8D Now I need to snatch a postage stamp and an envelope from the other room because my dad tends to hide all his belongings. And your address since I kinda need to mail the money >>
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Oh yeah, you can't use PayPal, huh... D: *notes*
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