Is there a snake with yellow color in the skin?

[critter69]

Not to high jack this but,does the skin have to be streached that tight? Seems the scales would have been a little closer and the glue would not have showen through if not streched as tight.(a more natural lay I guess)Just asking because some day I want to try and skin a bow.

[Kituwa]

You dont really strech it that tight when you dry one but it does shrink up tight as it drys. If it was too loose it would wrinkle up and would not be good for much.Snakes are easy to skin out and either dry them or tan them.Just tack it scale side down on a board and put 20 mule team borax on the flesh side.It will dry out very fast with the borax and it bug proofs it too.If your wanting it tanned you rub glycerin into the skin on both sides after it is dried. Best to just use a dried skin if your going to glue it on a bow.Of coarse you have to rub off the loose scales after its dried but that easy too. I like to spray it with helsman spar after its glued on the bow.Snake skins will look faded after they are dried but when you rub off the loose scales and varnish it a lot of the color will come back out. Yellow color in a snake skin is one of the colors you lose the most when the skin is dried though.If your looking to get that yellow you may want to try dying the back side of the skin with some yellow dye before you glue it on.

[Margly]

Hi tradgangers!
Thanks for all good ideas and input            

I just bought this beautiful snake skin from a fellow tradganger (Yornoc)    


 

Asian mangrove snake



This going to be a nice Firefly longbow with a Osage riser and these skins on the limbs     :D    

Margly

[Benny Nganabbarru]

That will look nice.

[Wingless Arrow]

i believe its just called a yellow boa constrictor, but i could be wrong.

[YORNOC]

Awesome snake John. Only problem is you have to snag those guys(pythons and boas) when they are 36" and under because the hide gets so thick and tough. You can skive it a bit, but very tough to work with. To find two that died is a long wait, and even if you do, you have to pay to ship them frozen, so its a small fortune to back a bow. Getting two live ones is out of the ballpark.
Thats the issue with any exotic snake, they are usually so damn costly, they would be more than the bow. No one wants to give them away, even if dead. They want big$$$.

[TxAg]

Yornoc, thanks for the info on page one. Interesting animals for sure.

Margly, Cool snake you picked out! Send us finished pics.

[Lone Ranger]

I think a black or grey rat snake would be pretty awesome (better looking than a corn snake imo-)

L.R.

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