Well, I just got my shipment back from my '09 trip. Number of issues with poor communication and delays, but that's for another thread.
I normally do not get taxidermy done in Africa, and strongly advise people that ask me against it. Sure there are plenty of opinions, and there is some good cheap work done over there, but there's also a risk of some really poor quality work and zero recourse. I've experienced it before.
Well, I broke my own rule and got a mount done over there again. We were going to do all skulls, but got talked into a shoulder mount on a monster red hartebeest. . . will show you a series of photos to demonstrate specifically what bad african work can look like.
On another note - skulls were poorly bleached with a number of stains, and plaques are generally very mediocre quality wood.
Oh yea, and they lost two beautiful zebra hides, which was the only thing in the shipment my wife was looking forward to.
Before you start, no condolences needed, I knew not to trust the work over there and went ahead anyway, the price was just too attractive, and taxidermy was a last minute thought. AND This is not the first time we've been burned (different Taxis - first was a big name, this was a smaller operation).
I normally do not get taxidermy done in Africa, and strongly advise people that ask me against it. Sure there are plenty of opinions, and there is some good cheap work done over there, but there's also a risk of some really poor quality work and zero recourse. I've experienced it before.
Well, I broke my own rule and got a mount done over there again. We were going to do all skulls, but got talked into a shoulder mount on a monster red hartebeest. . . will show you a series of photos to demonstrate specifically what bad african work can look like.
On another note - skulls were poorly bleached with a number of stains, and plaques are generally very mediocre quality wood.
Oh yea, and they lost two beautiful zebra hides, which was the only thing in the shipment my wife was looking forward to.
Before you start, no condolences needed, I knew not to trust the work over there and went ahead anyway, the price was just too attractive, and taxidermy was a last minute thought. AND This is not the first time we've been burned (different Taxis - first was a big name, this was a smaller operation).
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