I remember seeing a great mount of a lion lying down (laying down?) in front of a desk in an office. Does anyone remember this mount or have any pictures of lions like that? Mounted basically laying on their side? Thanks.

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Bingo. Thanks so much.

That is a great mount!!!!!!

I love that mount that Jim (Sculptor) did! Thanks for bringing that up to view again.

Mary

Is that a common form or special designed? I am very interested in having that done but wasn't sure if it was custom or available. Any help is much appreciated.

It is an "off the shelf" lifesize mannikin. If I'm not mistaken that is the mannikin that was originally sculpted by Forest O. Hart, and is now sold by McKenzie Taxidermy Supply.



This one was sculpted by Roger Martin for McKenzie and is also sold by them.


Hope this helps!

John.

same form altered for a tiger

http://forums.accuratereloadin...3421043/m/1081030911

Thanks. That cat was mounted about 15 years ago for a Mr. Silverstein of Staten Island N.Y. It was altered some to get it lay perfectly on the hardwood floor and to be looking at the entry way at someone walking into the room.

James,

That's the first thing I noticed was the different head angle ... raised upward from the original sculpt. Very nicely done, James! And a nice alert but not aggressive expression to the face! Very natural!

I did get to see the first Lion mounted on that mannikin first-hand way back when my wife and I took a trip to Maine. On the way we stopped in at Northeastern Taxidermy Studio up in the town of Catskill, NY ... I used to buy capes and skins from him when I was first starting out. While we were there I asked if he still sold lifesize African Lion skins -- back in 1969 he used to sell them for $300.00 to $500.00, and out of my price range then. He brought out the biggest Lion hide I had ever seen, unrolled it -- very dramatically -- and said "You mean one of these?"

Needless to say we bought it for a much higher price than in "the old days", and it traveled with us up to Maine, and on to our visit at Forest "Toby" Hart's home. When I showed the Lion to Toby, his eyes lit up and he told me he had the measurements and skeleton of a Lion just that big and was planning on sculpting a mannikin, but until he saw this big guy's hide, wasn't sure when he would start it. He had it completed before the year was out, and I bought one of the early mass productions!

At any rate, while we were there we got to see his little private museum ... priceless, then were given the grand tour of his studio, and there was a mounted Lion, on that mannikin. It was a beautiful Cat! Not a lot of mane, but a very cool looking, rather dark-coated Lion. What I like most about it is how the right forepaw is cocked on its side and bent at the wrist ... so natural. It is a very nice mannikin! And it made up into a very nice mount! I'm sure your client was very pleased with your work, James! Good job, my friend!

John.