Prepping the Red

[Morkai]

I think I may struggle with this one.

Got back from Scotland last night, day off today so I started to skin the head for boiling.....

I've just moved house and the new place has an induction hob, my biggest pot is Alu so it wont work. I have resorted to a camping stove which isn't the best and I have to change the head position every once in a while to get it all simmered as its not deep enough.

Will have to nip to Morrisons to pressure wash it too.

Ah well, I'll do my best.

 

[Morkai]

Had this around the back of the shed for a while.

Unfortunately I have lost one of the teeth (annoying) but found these under the skull.






Where are they from, they dont match anything else?

 

[Morkai]

Would you mount it with one missing or remove them all?

 

[deerstalker.308]

They are the tusks, the little hole forward of the other teeth is where they sit

 

[deerstalker.308]

Would you mount it with one missing or remove them all?

I cut the skull normally so would by virtue of that remove them all. Depends what look you’re going for. Personally I find they mount better with a flat cut back but each to his own

 

[Morkai]

They are the tusks, the little hole forward of the other teeth is where they sit

Ah, I see. Didn't notice that.

Cheers.

 

[Morkai]

Best get looking for the last tooth, it cant have gone far.

 

[deerstalker.308]

Ah, I see. Didn't notice that.

Cheers.

The holes almost certainly won’t hold them, they sit within the gum primarily so if you want them on it you’ll need to glue them in place, most don’t bother, in Germany these are highly sought after for jewellery and often made into cufflinks or set as a pendant in silver etc….
They’re called grandels normally (or tusks)

Ivory Stag Tusk Jewellery • Sybarite Sporting • Scotland

Ivory Tusk handmade cufflinks & pendants from Red Deer, set in Sterling Silver; ethically & responsibly sourced from Sustainable Use for Wildlife Conservation management.

www.sybaritesporting.com

 

[Morkai]

The holes almost certainly won’t hold them, they sit within the gum primarily so if you want them on it you’ll need to glue them in place, most don’t bother, in Germany these are highly sought after for jewellery and often made into cufflinks or set as a pendant in silver etc….
They’re called grandels normally (or tusks)

Ivory Stag Tusk Jewellery • Sybarite Sporting • Scotland

Ivory Tusk handmade cufflinks & pendants from Red Deer, set in Sterling Silver; ethically & responsibly sourced from Sustainable Use for Wildlife Conservation management.

www.sybaritesporting.com

Everyone of the teeth are loose to the point they fall out so I was going to glue them in place.

 

[VSS]

Everyone of the teeth are loose to the point they fall out so I was going to glue them in place.

White tack is good for setting teeth in a skull. Enables you to reposition them to get them all lined up, and then you can smooth it down with a small tool to fill the gaps. Particularly good for muntjac tusks.

 

[Morkai]

White tack is good for setting teeth in a skull. Enables you to reposition them to get them all lined up, and then you can smooth it down with a small tool to fill the gaps. Particularly good for muntjac tusks.

I did similar with the tusks on the CWD, I used milliput to fill and set them.

 

[deerstalker.308]

White tack is good for setting teeth in a skull. Enables you to reposition them to get them all lined up, and then you can smooth it down with a small tool to fill the gaps. Particularly good for muntjac tusks.

Or just a bit of tissue made wet and stuffed in any void around the tusk/tooth, sets like glue (remember making blow guns out of pens and balls of chewed up paper… bet there are classrooms the length of the land with a multitude still adhered to their ceilings..!)

 

[Morkai]

Looks like I might be mounting this without the teeth.....I just caught the lab running around the drive way with a load of the deer teeth in her gob...

 

[Sol]

You could do the toothless cut? its a cut that's occasionally did with red deer its just the top molars that get sliced off and the premaxila are left on (there for) the ivory also is still attached

Not a great example but 99% of images are front on so impossible to see the cut lol.

 

[Morkai]

You could do the toothless cut? its a cut that's occasionally did with red deer its just the top molars that get sliced off and the premaxila are left on (there for) the ivory also is still attached

Not a great example but 99% of images are front on so impossible to see the cut lol.
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I will look into it, thanks.

I may also mount it with missing teeth for the laugh.

 

[Morkai]

The head is finally up. The colour looks a bit patchy at the moment as I've just cleaned it off.

Had to use a drill and wire brush to remove a few hard bits of skin that had dried on.

I think it looks pretty good.

 

[Andyquadra]

Once boiled, I wrap it in kitchen paper and soak in with 12% peroxide over night. Just did this muntjac

 

[Morkai]

Once boiled, I wrap it in kitchen paper and soak in with 12% peroxide over night. Just did this muntjac
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I'm leaving this one in a natural, I did my CWD with some peroxide.

 

[VSS]

The head is finally up. The colour looks a bit patchy at the moment as I've just cleaned it off.

Had to use a drill and wire brush to remove a few hard bits of skin that had dried on.

I think it looks pretty good.

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I much prefer to see them displayed complete like that, rather than cut and screwed to a board.

 

[Morkai]

I much prefer to see them displayed complete like that, rather than cut and screwed to a board.

Me too, I'm not a fan of the skull cap mounts.