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<blockquote data-quote="NomDeBoom" data-source="post: 3793296" data-attributes="member: 50898"><p>Oh, I've also used large snapping turtle legs (skin & clawed feet only) for a few projects. Like to cover a grip/handle on a beat-up WW2 Machete, & even add a but more OAL to a folding stock on a Polish AK-74 Tantal. Yeah; a little different, but it looks good & wears well. With a bit of shoe polish, tung oil, or whatever it looks like gator.</p><p>You can always back thinner skins with other leathers, but big snappers are pretty tough, & very tasty. </p><p>I've found on of the easiest ways to skin/clean one, is to leave as much of the neck as possible when removing the head (cut right behind the skull)- then put a hose clamp around the neck, insert garden hose down throat, tighten clamp, & sLoWlY turn on water. Pretty gruesome affair, but this method tends to 'balloon' the skin away from the meat on the legs & make cleaning & skinnig MUCH EZr (not that skinning a 100 million year old dinosaur is EZ). </p><p> When the shell 'pops' & water squirts everywhere, get to cleaning. I call it an 'Okie Lawn Sprinkler'.</p><p> It's true that turtles have several 'types' of meat...all of it delicious when prepared correctly. Just toss any of that old yeller fat, as it likely contain decades of toxins concentrated from everything it ate since Bill first cheated on his cousin, Hillary. </p><p>...Or longer, even.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NomDeBoom, post: 3793296, member: 50898"] Oh, I've also used large snapping turtle legs (skin & clawed feet only) for a few projects. Like to cover a grip/handle on a beat-up WW2 Machete, & even add a but more OAL to a folding stock on a Polish AK-74 Tantal. Yeah; a little different, but it looks good & wears well. With a bit of shoe polish, tung oil, or whatever it looks like gator. You can always back thinner skins with other leathers, but big snappers are pretty tough, & very tasty. I've found on of the easiest ways to skin/clean one, is to leave as much of the neck as possible when removing the head (cut right behind the skull)- then put a hose clamp around the neck, insert garden hose down throat, tighten clamp, & sLoWlY turn on water. Pretty gruesome affair, but this method tends to 'balloon' the skin away from the meat on the legs & make cleaning & skinnig MUCH EZr (not that skinning a 100 million year old dinosaur is EZ). When the shell 'pops' & water squirts everywhere, get to cleaning. I call it an 'Okie Lawn Sprinkler'. It's true that turtles have several 'types' of meat...all of it delicious when prepared correctly. Just toss any of that old yeller fat, as it likely contain decades of toxins concentrated from everything it ate since Bill first cheated on his cousin, Hillary. ...Or longer, even. [/QUOTE]
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