Backyard Aquaponics
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Fish skin jackets!

http://library.state.ak.us/hist/cent/020-0235.jpg

Saw one of these at the Native American museum a couple weeks ago. Make clothes out of your fish!

I kept a skin from a salmon I could many years ago, the skin was extremely tough, and I made it into a band for around my brimmed hat, lasted for years...

You have to watch it though. They say that Eel skins will demagnitize your ATM, credit and security clearance cards!

Kevin

That myth was busted on Mythbusters

I always figured it was another urban legend, but I have never been able to afford an eel skin wallet.

ah good ol mythbusters

how did you treat the skin eb? just a rub with some sand and water and then left it to dry?

I pretty much just peeled it off and left it out in the weather for a little while..

A couple of years ago I remember reading a mag with an article on barramundi skin bikinis. 's true!

LOL, when you posting a pic, j?

About the barramundi skin bikinis. Depends how big the barra are, might not be a pretty sight.

hahahahaha..... I can see it now, "for the skinny models we have a bikini made from baby sand whiting.. we have sizes ranging from the whiting, up to giant sea cod and grouper"

Alright, it may not be Barramundi, it's salmon instead.. A video about someone that is making bikinis and other cothing and accessories..

http://www.exn.ca/video/?video=exn20030903-bikini.asx

There is a website for the company making them, but it doesn't work for me..

take about a minute to buffer, even on cable, just let it sit there, you'll hear when it starts

sorry I couldn't find the barra bikini, but here is a salmon one instead

:chuckle: should have posed infront of the fishtank, J

It does look surprisingly like your avatar J.....