Thanks Tyla. Excuse my ignorance but what is the bicarbonate and diesel method? Basically you soak the skin in a dust bin or similar and then scrape it clean. This is the hard bit, deer arent to bad but fox or sheep skins just ooze fat which is grim. I was shown to use a draw knife with the skin draped over a log, hold it against your belly and scrape away from you starting at the neck and working backwards. You then wash it in washing powder, cant remember now if it was bio or non bio, rinse it and leave to drip dry. Once the water has stopped running off it, stretch it out to dry either on