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My taxidermist wants to know if I want him to use the actual tusks on my warthog or if I want him to use artifical tusks. Is on better than the other for any reason. I would appreciate any words of wisdom. | ||
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I like to display the real tusks in the skull on a table top. That would be one reason to use casts of your tusks on a shoulder mount. ~Ann   | |||
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On one of the knife forums a photo was posted for ID. It was a knife and fork carving set.He didn't realize the handles were warthog tusks.Looked interesting but I didn't think they were a practical shape. | |||
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If you saved the skull, you could do as Ann suggested, otherwise I would use the real tusks in the mount. The fake ones look ok but nothing beats the real thing. Ivory, warthog or elephant has a certain luster to it that is magic. Whatever it is, it has a quality to it that is difficult to describe and has been attractive to people for thousands of years. Anyway, it is difficult to fake. If you use the real ones make sure your taxidermist fills the hollow tusks to prevent cracking.  | |||
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Grafton, Thanks for the advice on filling the cracks | |||
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Dr.C, Grafton refers to the hollow core of each tusk, not cracks per se. If you do not fill the cavities, they will eventually dry out and start cracking. Some Taxidermists use a small amount of Vaseline capped over with silicone. Resin works if used properly. As Grafton mentions, the real tusks look better as a rule. Your second Warthog can be a skull mount  Good hunting, LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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If your family and friends are not bothered by Europian mounts, or skulls in general, then they make attractive additions to your trophy rooms. Always a topic of conversation.  | |||
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