Most folks, including myself, have always used traditional wooden fleshing beams in fur preparation. If you’re looking for an alternative, however, I’ve heard the PVC beams work pretty slick. Tyler Freel over at the Outdoor Life Game Changers blog wrote a nice little piece on building a pvc fleshing beam.
….My buddy Garrett turned me onto PVC several years ago when he demonstrated his new fleshing beam on river otters from Afognak Island. The beam, made from a section of PVC pipe, was much smoother and harder than wood, and made fleshing much easier than with the wood beam I was using at the time. Using a draw-style fleshing knife (I use a Necker 600), the flesh seemed to roll off with much less work, and resulted in a much more uniformly fleshed hide.
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