Lion Claws - Mount or Display?

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24 April 2006, 23:29

Bill C

Lion Claws - Mount or Display?

I am curious what others who mounted a lion have done with the claws. In my mount, they would be retracted and therefore not visible. If not with the mount, what else can be done with the claws besides having them end up in a Ziploc in a desk drawer... Thanks!

24 April 2006, 23:33

Boghossian

Paperweight on some nice wood?

Necklace if you want to look like Rambo?

It is a nice problem to have anyway.

24 April 2006, 23:49

MARK H. YOUNG

Bill

I have some in a shadow box with floating bones from all my cats and some other small but special items and they look very nice.

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25 April 2006, 00:02

Hughiam

You could do both, sort of. Your taxidermist can replace the real claws on your mount with reproduction claws and then you can have the real claws for your desk drawer. You don't have to do the whole set either, you can do just a few if you want. Oftentimes, I do this with bear claws for clients.

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25 April 2006, 00:26

bwanamrm

Bill,
You just have to have a necklace made out of those claws...I can see you now...running through the bush in your loincloth, knife in your teeth, double rifle in hand, chasing wild critters! Hell you would look like a short haired version of John Sharp!

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25 April 2006, 05:54

470CapstickA2

Coffee table with a glass shadow box style top with your lion claws, and other small mementos of your hunts... empty brass, teeth, bones, pictures... etc

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25 April 2006, 06:44

Grafton

Leave them in the mount. The entire claw does not show in the retracted position but the tips often show and the toes would not look accurate without them. The claws rest against the side of the second toe bone and if they are removed there will be extra space in this area of the toe. It will either be tucked in or filled in creating an anatomically incorrect toe.

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25 April 2006, 06:52

billinthewild

I had mine "finished" by a jeweler so they would not crack, and capped with gold. I gave one to my wife to use as a pendant, and a few others as gifts. I wear the biggest one, on occasion, on a leather strap and it is not only beautiful but a reminder of a wonderful hunt. They also can be used to make a great bolo tie.