Fatman Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Finally got all the stuff to put a Zonker cutter together today. Made it to better protect my fingers than the one on YouTubeand also made this small one to use on the pieces from the Hairline rabbit pieces packs, you can get a whole lot of strips from these. I pick up a few packs at Cabela's every year when I go out for my grand daughters birthday. Panels from a Mink Fur Coat my daughter brought me Did regular and Cross-Cuts and had a gallon zip bag full of each. You don't see much waste from underfur as I cleaned out the tank on the vacume cleaner and after cutting the strips used just the hose attachment and sucked the strips in then any loose stuff on the floor and bagged that in a zip bag to use for dubbing.and because it was a waist length coat have plenty left to cut more.I finally cut the sable into cross-cuts and they are huge!! I'm probably going to have to brush out a little of the underfur on the top part when I use them. The mink and sable strips are probably the most expensive Zonker strips I have!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshng2 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Neat stuff thanks for sharing. I have been wanting to do this too with some rabbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted November 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Thanks - I'm trying to figure out how to dye some big pieces of rabbit that I have but have to figure out how to do it and keep them soft. Talking to some people on a few taxidermy sites and haven't heard back yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose77 Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Hey Fatman, you've got a very cool system there. Thank you and cheers, Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Thanks - with all I've cut from the Hairline bags it looks like I haven't touched them. For $5 a bag and $8 for all the parts to make the two cutters I've saved a bunch of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Yes you saved a bunch of money.. The "whole sale" price of a whole zonked hide is11.50..That makes retail around 22.00 bucks!!..Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucknuckle Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Man that is awesome!!!! I'm a trapper and now the gears are turning in my head. Great setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
