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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2015, 03:06:14 PM »
Man that is a battle scarred veteran there Robodad! That looks great. I really wanted to do a euro with this bull, but Dad went home after he shot it, and I stayed to fill my cow tag. When I got home, he had capped it!  :yike:

I have a few blocks of foam laying around, I will probably try my hand at shaping one first to see how it goes.

Here is the horns cooking right now. If only the wife knew what I did at home alone during the week  :chuckle:

You have bigger stones than I--cooking that thing inside the house  :yike:

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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2015, 06:56:16 PM »
Oh believe me, it was back out in the garage and a candle burning well before she got home. None the wiser   :tup:
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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2015, 07:06:44 PM »
Here is the horns cooking right now. If only the wife knew what I did at home alone during the week  :chuckle:  .....

 :yike:...  Awhile back I boiled a buffalo head and the skull wouldn't fit in my kettle..so I went to the local rental store and got me a  big ole thing...told the guy I was having a big crab cook... :dunno:
« Last Edit: February 06, 2015, 07:20:10 PM by AntlerHound »

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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2015, 11:46:22 PM »
Thats funny Antlerhound! It's funny because if we told people what we were really using the pots for, we would get run out of the store, or at the very least, given a really strange "uh huh" look.

Skull cap is all cleaned up and trimmed to size. The board is glued and ready. Tomorrow morning I'm going to play with a different wraps for the skull cap and see what I feel best about. Dad is going to be back in town by about 3:00 or so, so I'm hoping to have it done and back at their house for him to find.
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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2015, 01:05:42 PM »
Rough finish. This will be the basic finished product except I'm going to test drive some heavy jute cord around the base of the horns to clean things up a little. Still have to figure out exactly how I'm going to secure these badboys to the board, but it shouldn't to big a deal. I think they're coming along well!
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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2015, 09:49:10 AM »
Looks great, you are giving me some Idea's for my elk rack that's sitting in the garage...

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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2015, 11:25:45 AM »
Fill the back of the skull with a two part epoxy and then you can secure it with screws from the back.
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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #22 on: February 09, 2015, 08:53:36 PM »
I like that idea BLRman. I will play with that idea.
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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2015, 09:00:33 PM »
I have a euro almost ready to mount.  No one reattaches the jaw to the skull before mounting?

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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2015, 11:09:38 PM »
No. No one does that.

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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #25 on: February 10, 2015, 08:42:35 PM »
All wrapped up!
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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #26 on: February 10, 2015, 09:01:02 PM »
Great job!  That turned out awesome! 

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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2015, 07:44:06 AM »
Man that is a battle scarred veteran there Robodad! That looks great. I really wanted to do a euro with this bull, but Dad went home after he shot it, and I stayed to fill my cow tag. When I got home, he had capped it!  :yike:

I have a few blocks of foam laying around, I will probably try my hand at shaping one first to see how it goes.

Here is the horns cooking right now. If only the wife knew what I did at home alone during the week  :chuckle:



So, what's the misses think about that stinky thing being boiled in the house....?
I couldn't care less about what anybody says..............

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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2015, 07:57:16 AM »
Man that is a battle scarred veteran there Robodad! That looks great. I really wanted to do a euro with this bull, but Dad went home after he shot it, and I stayed to fill my cow tag. When I got home, he had capped it!  :yike:

I have a few blocks of foam laying around, I will probably try my hand at shaping one first to see how it goes.

Here is the horns cooking right now. If only the wife knew what I did at home alone during the week  :chuckle:



So, what's the misses think about that stinky thing being boiled in the house....?

None the wiser  :)
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Re: Barnwood plaque for Dad's elk antlers
« Reply #29 on: February 15, 2015, 04:28:03 PM »
barn wood
« Last Edit: February 25, 2015, 07:53:57 AM by mfswallace »

 


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