Where do they raise those Naug"s that Naugahide are made from?
The Naug is a result of cross-breeding between the Badger, and the Wolverine. Historians trace the Naug's roots back to India, where leather was in short supply.
Farm-raised Naugs produce a much softer pelt, which is generally used for Allante, and Carrera. They are given polyurethane as a dietary supplement. Tropical Naugs, with their bright festive colors, are used for Zodiac, and Cracked Ice.
Wild Naugs travel in packs, and are fierce predetors. Should you happen to come up on an injured Naug, do NOT attempt to capture it. The Naug is famous for playing dead, much like the opossum. Meanwhile, other members of the pack are lurking, waiting to pounce.
My advice is to stick with leather. The Cow will stupidly follow you right into the slaughterhouse.
Wow! You learn something new everyday.
I had been told, and obviously I had been wrongly told, that "naug" was not a noun, but a verb. The material in question is made by a process where one would "naug a hide".
The process of nauging involves applying specific chemicals that react to each other and whatever specific animal hide you are working with. In order to get different colors, you just use different animal hides.
I can't believe how gullable I can be sometimes. I'm just too willing to trust anyone.
gene
heheh you guys need a few more jobs in the shop :-)
speaking of cross breeds i saw my first Jackalope last week..
a customer had a head of one mounted on his living room wall.
it came from the US, whos seen one :-)
Quote from: sofadoc on January 09, 2011, 01:36:24 pm
My advice is to stick with leather. The Cow will stupidly follow you right into the slaughterhouse.
Not so in Florida. Cows are nasty creatures... just read this. Happened last week. Woman had to ram the cow with a truck and shoot it to get it off her husband.
http://www.cbs12.com/articles/cow-4730363-wilcox-drove.html
June
Quote from: gene on January 09, 2011, 01:47:40 pm
I had been told, and obviously I had been wrongly told, that "naug" was not a noun, but a verb. The material in question is made by a process where one would "naug a hide".
You're not entirely wrong Gene, just a little confused.
The term "Naug a hide" in verb form refers to the Naug's mating ritual.
The male Naug will wait for an unsuspecting female to come out of her home-made coccoon that she forged out of twigs, mud, and old Tupperware bowls. When she pops out, the male (who is now whipped into a sexual frenzy) will simply "Naug a Hide".
Once the eggs have hatched, the female will search for discarded motor oil to sprinkle over the Naugapups, thus rendering their scent undetectable.
I hope this clears up any mis-conceptions about Naugs.
What have I started? He-He
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*FAINT*
I have always believed that I fit in well here on this forum because, like me, we have a few off the wall crazy people.
Thanks for the laugh Big John. I needed one today and this thread provided it.
You dah man John. :)
Chris
P.S. I was married to a nag once. I prefer cows myself. :)
I have fond memories as a young man going naug hunting with my father. The meat was inedible (rubbery in consistency). But the pelts were quite valuable. Now naugs are farm raised making wild naug hides practically worthless.
Naugs are hunted only at Night. To catch them take a large burlap bag and hold the end open. Cut a small slit in the other end and shine a flash light into the bag. Naugs are attracted to light and they will run right in. When they do clench the bag tight. Be careful because like Doc said their mean and they also have long rodent like teeth. Some nights it may take several hours to bag one but be patient and they will come. Good luck
I think you must have been cooking naugs incorrectly.
I have a good recipe for cedar-plank naug:
Skin and gut a naug.
Soak in brine for 24 hours.
Fillet off flank steaks
Nail fillets to a cedar board and broil for 15-20 minutes for an inch-thick fillet.
Remove the nails. Discard the steak. Eat the board. Season to taste with salt & pepper.
Quote from: kodydog on January 11, 2011, 09:06:41 am
The meat was inedible (rubbery in consistency).
The Himalayan Snow Naug is probably the most dangerous of all.
I was fly fishing under the Golden Gate Bridge when a flock of Snow Naugs on jet skis surrounded my canoe. They braided my hair, and painted me with flourescent lipstick. Then they forced me to assume compromising positions while they took provocative photos of me. In order to keep the photos from going viral, I had to do some things that I'm not proud of.
I was forced against my will to mold re-fried beans into an exact replica of Barbara Bush's first training bra. It was a dark time in my life that I haven't been able to talk about until now.
As for skinning a Naug, one must take care to peel the pelt from side to side, since it doesn't stretch the other way.
Did you know that it was originally called EGG NAUG? Now you know why the name was changed to NOG. No one wanted to drink it knowing what it was made of. Ignorance is bliss!
It's just like RUMP ROAST. I once asked a butcher why it was called 'rump roast'. He said because no one would buy it if it was called "ass meat"!
gene
QuoteI have a good recipe for cedar-plank naug:
Sounds great hammerhead. I heard if you castrate them at a young age the meat comes out much more tender.
y'all are sooooooooooo entertaining!! THANK YOU for the laughs!!!! ;D ;D ;D
I went to sell some Naugahide to a customer, but she said she was worried about the off-gassing.
I told her my dog off-gasses but in a little while it goes away.
Then I told her once the Naug is dead and skinned there is no more off-gassing.
Sometimes you have to really educate the customer.
QuoteI have fond memories as a young man going naug hunting with my father.
I envy you Kody; our extremes of heat and cold up here are not natural Naug habitat, although I have seen a couple. At least I think they were naugs,it's hard to tell with their sweaters on.
Instead a consortium of scientist from several manufacturers of "quality leather furniture for less" have been able to skin those little plastic cows from the John Deere toy sets, and after some genetic manipulation to make them large enough, been able to provide us with "pleather" for less than the cost of importing naug-hide.
Interesting you bring this up Darren. I had a customer last week looking for faux Naugahide. She said she likes the look of real Naugahide but being a full fledged PETA member, she couldn't possibly use the hide from a naug. I called all my vendors and they keep hanging up on me. I wonder if pleather would work. I'll try my John Deere dealer. I wonder if it comes in colors other than green and yellow.