how to attach deer antlers and part skull to a shield?

[pegasus bridge]

i recently acquired the head of a roe deer, after lots of boiling, scraping and cleaning, and eventually 'capping' it (if this is the right term?) at an angle with a view to mounting it on a shield / plaque to put in my office.

 

i dont want to drill through it to attach it to the shield - how is this usually done?

 

(i thought some sort of glue / fixing compound to attach a nut to the underside of the skull and then drill through the shield)

 

advice would me much appreciated.

[activeviii]

go to stalkersuk.com. you can buy the monuting braked. its about £1.25

 

hope that helps

 

 

Phil

[sako751sg]

Depends how its cut fella.If you leave plenty of skull cavity,wedge and glue a wee bit of timber in the cavity and then you just screw from the back of the shield/plaque into the wood.Thats how most of mine are done although some have enough skull for the screw to grip on to without need for wood.

[pegasus bridge]

thanks for the advice gents; i ended up using an epoxy resin to glue a bolt, with large washer (which fitted nicely behind the eye socket arches), got the grinder out to drop the level of the bolt with the wood, job done. i made the wooden shield up myself , so its nothing special - but it looks good on my office wall

 

[activeviii]

Did you bleach the skull. looks a little pink still.

 

I just tried the 9% peroxide from the chemist. 20 hours with kitchen towel and put in bag. worked very will. I have 30% coming so 4 hours should be enough for the next one.