Show Ii l' l 01 l I 4 t. t c t. t s 's 0 I a 0 r G Gr Gk L J iI 1 ft k r oi- oi i. i I TE TED TR TRAPPER P E T TANNER TAXIDERMIST Te Ted l Crittenden of I dc i darn daro well Weil for a taught self-taught in mist Just give Ivf h him m a a. a du duck duk k hawk wk badger or r cat carcass and a d hell he'll transform It Into an amazingly amas- amas amazIngly like life and beautiful work ot or art Ted has hat trapped tanned and I I old sold nineteen bobcat hides this past winter several leveral of them elaborately lined with velvet and end with realistically mounted head hade I There are just a few simple steps required to make one ot or these wildcat rugs explained Ted as ae he pointed down at one of ot the open mouthed wide-eyed wide crea tures In rn the first place the ant ani mat mal must be skinned right down the legs up the belly and then very verT carefully over the scalp and around the eyes Then says Ted I i salt the Inside IMide of ot the pelt roll It Il up and let it s set t for a couple of day daya After Atter this hour 48 salt It treatment 1 I remove the remaining flesh from the skin with a plastic knife and aDd by rubbing It Il across a board Now come the two tanning processes First I place the pelt In a solution of salt water and sulphuric acid for a week week till till the hide turn turns white Then Thin I r place It In a prepared factory chrome tan solution for a sec eec second lec I ond and week Following this process I 1 kill the acid action with an overnight soak In soda If It this Isn't done the hide will dry and crack Now the thing Is allowed to dry a store-bought store paper mache head Is placed Inside Its scalp and a pair of glass eyes are In In- The hide is stretched treated with a light oil all re dried then worked with the hands to be softened still more My Iy wife puts on the felt liner with her sewing machine To complete complete com the job I set In the plastic tongue and teeth paint around the mouth and eyes and fiddle around applying the finishing I touches Its simple |