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DonSimpson — Baroque Fox
Published: 2012-01-17 17:08:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 2463; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 144
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Carved gray fox skull upper, microcrystalline wax finish; about 5-1/2 inches long.Related content
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Can you explain what finishing it with wax is for?
I could look it up, but you're a reliable source.
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The wax helps protect the stain, and also helps keep the skull (particularly the teeth) from drying out. Until I got into doing this stuff, I thought bone was completely stable. Kept out of strong heat and direct sunlight, it is very stable, but not perfectly.
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Ahhhhh, I see.
How do you apply it?
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I put on enough to cover the surface well (mostly by hand but I have old toothbrushes and some shaver-cleaning brushes for hard to reach areas), let it sit for a while, and then buff it with a cotton rag. On porous bone (or wood, etc.) I hand-rub briskly to heat the wax and drive it into the pores (or use a hair dryer, carefully) and may repeat the coating and rubbing several times.
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Well, that put paid to my 'tie twine through the eyes and dip it in a pot of melted candles' theory.
What sort of bones are porous?
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Tsk.
All of them, though how porous varies. The outsides of teeth are pretty solid. Mostly the porosity is very tiny, even microscopic, not like a sponge. More like wood.
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Right, right. Interesting. Thanks for answering all the questions!
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I don't know whether anyone in the Ulu Baram watches dA; but you would definitely make a big hit there... 7@=e
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And that would be because?
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Well, I was thinking of the bone and antler carvings from that area.... (if you've ever seen some of their sword hilts...) 7@=e
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No, haven't seen anything from there.
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your skulls so so great, do you sell them if so, on what website? what is the average price for one?
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Thank you. Yes, I sell them, but this is my only web site. Mostly I sell in person at a few conventions and festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area, but other arrangements are possible. The _average_ price is currently $100 (plus any shipping or whatever). If you are interested, send me a note.
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okay thank you i live in San Diego,so it would have to be shipped. i will have to save up to be able to buy one. thank you for letting me know. i will let you know when i am ready to buy one
thank you
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