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How to make a European skull mount
gstoneberg:
Those look great! Now I wish I'd tried that with my buck from this year.
BTW, my hotplate won't go low enough to work for heating sinew. Hopefully yours will, but check it out before you trust it.
George
osage outlaw:
Thanks for the tip. I might have to use a double boiler set-up.
gstoneberg:
Yea, I should have said hide glue, not sinew. A double boiler approach is a good idea. It would be nicer to just sit a pan right on the hot plate. Last time I kept taking the pan off the hot plate to keep the temp down but that's risky. I also tried using a skillet but that needed more hide glue in it than I wanted to use.
Those Euro mounts are stunning.
George
osage outlaw:
OK, I finally got around to mounting it to an old plaque. I reused one from a small skull cap. I cut a piece of metal about an inch wide and about 12 inches long and paint most of it white. I put the white end into the nasal cavity on the underneath of the skull. I bend it so it sits against it.
I have already cut a slit into the plaque just big enough for the strip of metal to fit through. I put the metal into the slit, cut it to length, and then bend it down.
I drill two holes in the back of the skull and feed some braided wire through. You will want to use strong wire since it will be holding the weight of the skull.
osage outlaw:
Next I put the metal strip and the wire through the board and tightly twist the wire with pliers. I also screw the metal strip down. Then I just push the skull down until I get the angle that I want.
And it's done!
Painting the metal strip white makes it hard to see. I want to try this with a piece of worn barn siding. I think that would look great.
Here is the peroxide that I use. It is the big bottle. I bought it at Sally's for $4.99 a bottle. I used 4 bottles, but I can whiten several skulls with one batch. I also just picked up the smaller bottle of cream on sale for $1.99. I used it instead of mixing the peroxide and baby powder. I just poured a little out and brushed it on the skull that wasn't submerged. It was much easier. The girl at Sally's got a real confused look on her face when I walked in and new more about the peroxide than she did. She eventually asked me what I was using it for.
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