European "Skull" Mounts.... Part II

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Mike P
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I have completed the first two european mounts with black walnut plaques. The plaques can either hang or sit flat on a surface. In the pictures below, they are presented in the "non hanging" manner. They can easily be changed to wall mounts by reversing the center portion of the plaque. I believe I will eventually hang these two. I will play with the palmated buck when I receive him from the taxidermist but have a feeling I will display him in the manner you see these bucks below. That could change as I know I will need a lot of space to display him in this manner.

I will do a follow up when I complete the palmated buck.




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And the second buck.

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They are beautiful Mike.
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Very impressive Mike, are those the plastic skulls that were posted earlier? Thought I could dress up a few racks that have been hack sawed off. By the way, I've always been a fan of european mounts and would take a "deer of a lifetime" to get anything else. Crispy
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Yes! Very impressive.
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Beautifully done. I really like the contrast of the black walnut.

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:D I like the looks of the mount there ,Mike :D
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Those mounts look awesome Mike, but I was under the impression you shot big bucks. LOL
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The walnut pedestals do look really good!
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Kenton wrote:Those mounts look awesome Mike, but I was under the impression you shot big bucks. LOL

I have the big bucks mounted. :D

I am just messing with the european mounts for the little guys. :wink:
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Good job on those mounts, looks good. :mrgreen: :) :) :) :)
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They both look very nice 8)
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Very nice. I think that i will give that system a try as well.
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Look great to me. :D :D
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Mike I love the way you did the mounts. Now for the dumb lady question----what type of router bit did you use? I am trying to do a mount similar to that --not as good but I have some African Mahogany and walnut that I would like to "merge" together. bottom walnut and top mahogany.

Any suggestions would help. What angle was the mount inset cut? thanks.

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looks good mike
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