Mechanical hair removal after scalding??

[Jvoelcker]

Shot my first boar last night, great experience, however is there a quicker/easier way to remove the hair and top skin after scalding?

Could do with something like the fingers used for a plucking machine on a drill or angle grinder.

Any mad cap suggestions out there?

 

[VSS]

Shot my first boar last night, great experience, however is there a quicker/easier way to remove the hair and top skin after scalding?

Could do with something like the fingers used for a plucking machine on a drill or angle grinder.

Any mad cap suggestions out there?

Generally you skin wild boar, not scald them like domestic pigs

(However, if you're determined to scald them, try a hot water pressure washer after dipping them in the tank. Failing that, a blowtorch).

 

[Tim.243]

Shot my first boar last night, great experience, however is there a quicker/easier way to remove the hair and top skin after scalding?

Could do with something like the fingers used for a plucking machine on a drill or angle grinder.

Any mad cap suggestions out there?

Any picture of it on the quad ?

 

[Jvoelcker]

Any picture of it on the quad ?

No, had a pair of smaller ones so easier to transport.

 

[Jvoelcker]

Generally you skin wild boar, not scald them like domestic pigs

(However, if you're determined to scald them, try a hot water pressure washer after dipping them in the tank. Failing that, a blowtorch).

We scalded them last night, first one not for long enough, but still a slow old process.

Yes, my steam cleaner would have done an easier job, but wasn't where we were dealing with them.

 

[Jagare]

You skin wild boar. In the time you have fiddle farted about with hot water and all the mess you would have had it skinned and butchered.

 

[Andyquadra]

I hear veet for Men is quite effective

 

[Jvoelcker]

You skin wild boar. In the time you have fiddle farted about with hot water and all the mess you would have had it skinned and butchered.

Prefer to keep the skin on when spit roasting.

 

[Jvoelcker]

I hear veet for Men is quite effective

Have you tried using yours?

 

[Jagare]

Prefer to keep the skin on when spit roasting.

Skin it and spit roast it. There is not a lot of fat on boar and I doubt your going to get very good crackling on a boar. But if thats how you want to do it, go for it.

 

[Andyquadra]

Have you tried using yours?

No chance! You read some of the reviews

 

[Dunwaters]

I’ve never seen a boar scalded, always skinned.

 

[Jvoelcker]

I’ve never seen a boar scalded, always skinned.

Why is that? Is it because they are too hairy to do and people can't be bothered?

 

[Dunwaters]

Why is that? Is it because they are too hairy to do and people can't be bothered?

In a word, yes. There just too much hair to burn or scrape away.
Skinning them isn’t easy either because you have to carve the fat away from the hide, rather than pull it and the oils soak into your hands so you smell of boar for a couple of days.
Besides, skin it and you get to keep the hide, it makes a nice rug and doesn’t shed like a deer.

 

[Andyquadra]

In a word, yes. There just too much hair to burn or scrape away.
Skinning them isn’t easy either because you have to carve the fat away from the hide, rather than pull it and the oils soak into your hands so you smell of boar for a couple of days.
Besides, skin it and you get to keep the hide, it makes a nice rug and doesn’t shed like a deer.

Boar hide must be like a pumice stone

 

[VSS]

Why is that? Is it because they are too hairy to do and people can't be bothered?

Much thicker, coarser hide than domestic pigs. And far more hair.
Free-range domestic pigs can be nearly as bad, especially hairy breeds or coloured breeds. Tamworths tick both those boxes.

 

[Jvoelcker]

Much thicker, coarser hide than domestic pigs. And far more hair.
Free-range domestic pigs can be nearly as bad, especially hairy breeds or coloured breeds. Tamworths tick both those boxes.

Yes, used to have some Tamworth's and remember the butcher cursing when it came to getting hair off - I now know what he was on about

 

[Jvoelcker]

In a word, yes. There just too much hair to burn or scrape away.
Skinning them isn’t easy either because you have to carve the fat away from the hide, rather than pull it and the oils soak into your hands so you smell of boar for a couple of days.
Besides, skin it and you get to keep the hide, it makes a nice rug and doesn’t shed like a deer.

We scalded both, one better than the other. It was a long night.

 

[VSS]

We scalded both, one better than the other. It was a long night.View attachment 319454View attachment 319455View attachment 319456

That hasn't turned out too bad, to be fair.

 

[Jvoelcker]

That hasn't turned out too bad, to be fair.

The first wasn't cooked for long enough and using knives to scrape did a wee bit too much damage. The second was a lot easier, but a mechanical means of scraping would make it easier.