fleshing-beam

Throw ten or twelve of these sides on the fleshing-beam, and strip the hair off with the knife; and as they are unhaired, throw each one into the vat of fresh water to bait or soak.

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The fleshing-beam is made by splitting in two a hard wood stick of about a foot in diameter; inserting two stout legs, some thirty inches long, in one end on the split side, so that the other end rests on the ground, with the round side up, the elevated end being high enough to reach the workman's waist.

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When the lot of sides and skins in hand have been all unhaired and thoroughly washed, throw them again, and at once, on the fleshing-beam, with the grain or hair side up, and work them over (rub and press them) with the knife until all the gummy or mucilaginous matter is worked out.

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A fleshing-knife may be made by bending an old drawing-knife to suit the round of the fleshing-beam.

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"The principal tools requisite are a flushing-knife, currier's knife, a brush like a stiff horse-brush, and a fleshing-beam.

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"Green or fresh hides must be soaked in pure water from twelve to twenty-four hours, to extract all the blood, etc., and soften the extraneous, fleshy matter, which must then be removed -- throwing one hide at a time on the fleshing-beam, grain or hair side down, and scraping or shaving it off with the fleshing-knife, which must be somewhat dull or the skin is apt to be cut.

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