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<blockquote data-quote="26Reload" data-source="post: 1523963" data-attributes="member: 99519"><p>Gotta agree...the right hand pronghorn has several flaws...the exterior of the mount is the visual flaws....</p><p>Start at the top....cant quite be positive but it looks as if the bases were over packed with critter clay to make them more full..the middle of the skull looks like they forgot to replace the "meat muscle" on the boney area which relates to the flattened area between the horns.....</p><p>the eye orbits have an extreme amount of critter clay built up around them and the result is the bulging of the cape from the actual life size of the critter...the nose looks flared..but that comes down to the taxidermist being artistic..cant blame them for trying for a slightly different look to a person's mount....looks like the colors of the nose were faded up the face and given an exaggerated line...another artistic choice...</p><p>now to the cape...when you got the critter..did you split the back of the neck or tube it.....splitting allows the cape to be "tanned far better" than tubing it...</p><p>It also allows the taxidermist to work the cape back into position better on the form.....athe right pronghorn has what i believe to be rolls of cape that didn't get press fit to the form and inherently pucker up badly when drying...</p><p>Sometimes a cape can be regenerated...it takes time but it can be done...the cape is dried on the form so rehydrating could save the cape...not always...</p><p>It would have to be put into a humidifier for a couple days just to try and rehydrate....</p><p>Obviously the finished result isn't pretty...maybe the actual taxidermist did the work maybe another did....but the owner taxidermist should have been overseeing the results as an underling was doing the work..and watching it as it dries over a 30 day process....of course drying periods vary as to humidity in the shop....some shops have dedicated drying rooms...others shove them in the limited space of the work room......</p><p>Believe it or not.....I HAVE SEEN WORSE....and when it's a neighbor's..just better to keep it polite.....and i mean if it really looks like crap.....lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="26Reload, post: 1523963, member: 99519"] Gotta agree...the right hand pronghorn has several flaws...the exterior of the mount is the visual flaws.... Start at the top....cant quite be positive but it looks as if the bases were over packed with critter clay to make them more full..the middle of the skull looks like they forgot to replace the "meat muscle" on the boney area which relates to the flattened area between the horns..... the eye orbits have an extreme amount of critter clay built up around them and the result is the bulging of the cape from the actual life size of the critter...the nose looks flared..but that comes down to the taxidermist being artistic..cant blame them for trying for a slightly different look to a person's mount....looks like the colors of the nose were faded up the face and given an exaggerated line...another artistic choice... now to the cape...when you got the critter..did you split the back of the neck or tube it.....splitting allows the cape to be "tanned far better" than tubing it... It also allows the taxidermist to work the cape back into position better on the form.....athe right pronghorn has what i believe to be rolls of cape that didn't get press fit to the form and inherently pucker up badly when drying... Sometimes a cape can be regenerated...it takes time but it can be done...the cape is dried on the form so rehydrating could save the cape...not always... It would have to be put into a humidifier for a couple days just to try and rehydrate.... Obviously the finished result isn't pretty...maybe the actual taxidermist did the work maybe another did....but the owner taxidermist should have been overseeing the results as an underling was doing the work..and watching it as it dries over a 30 day process....of course drying periods vary as to humidity in the shop....some shops have dedicated drying rooms...others shove them in the limited space of the work room...... Believe it or not.....I HAVE SEEN WORSE....and when it's a neighbor's..just better to keep it polite.....and i mean if it really looks like crap.....lol [/QUOTE]
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