Big Game Taxidermy - A Book To Stimulate Interest In The Art Of Taxidermy

Leon Pray

• Publisher: Foster Press
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447498155
• Print ISBN:
  9781445510705
  9781445514543

This early work on taxidermy is a fascinating read for the amateur or professional taxidermist and also contains much information that is still useful today. Extensively illustrated with full page diagrams and drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Skinning the Game Head
• Fleshing the “Scalp” or “Cape”
• Preserving the “Cape”
• Preparing the “Cape” for Mounting
• Building the Moose Head Form
• Modelling and Casting a Hollow Shell Form
• Making the Plaster Negative
• Making the Plaster and Burlap “Positive”
• Preparing the Scalp for Mounting
• Making Paste for Applying Scalp to Mannikin
• Sewing Equipment, Etc
• Mounting the Scalp on the Form
• Notes on Setting the Eyes
• Inspecting and Adjusting the Skin
• Preparing and Mounting an Entire Large Mammal
• Some Special Details
• Making a Wire-Cloth Face-Mask
• Procedure in Clay Modelling and Casting a Hollow Animal Form
• Random Notes