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Initial head mounting and rugging done by another taxidermist. The hyena was not stretched flat, the paws were not properly shaped and the border was a faux leather hot glued onto the skin. Below are pictures of the transformation after re-stretching the skin flat, reshaping the paws and attaching a beautiful scalloped grade A leather border with an industrial sewing machine. The flanks were touched up by airbrush to blend with the skins show side. Before picture of poor quality border and backing work:  Before:  After:  Before:  After:   Before:  After:  Mary's Rugmaking halflingrugger@cox.net Taxidermist/Rugmaker | ||
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Wow. Sad before. Amazing after. Well done Mary. | |||
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Mary, I think I actually forgot to email you and thank you for the work. Thanks for the work. I agree with LittleJoe, it is much better now than originally. It is actually amazing to me looking at the before and after pics. This is the second rug Mary has done for me; on original and this repair. If you want a rug done right, let Mary do it! Colin | |||
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They don't call you "THE" rug lady for nothing! Very nice work as always Mary  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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WOW...super work. | |||
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Fabulous! | |||
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I too can attest that Mary is the go-to person foe quality rugging! ~Ann   | |||
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Thanks for the kind words. halflingrugger@cox.net Taxidermist/Rugmaker | |||
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