Hunter, I enjoy your carving vids but I really enjoy these prep work that you do such as hunting down skulls, fleshing out skulls, transferring designs, and equipment reviews.
I was once sold a cow skull from someone in Scotland.it came in the post dusty and such and therefore needed to be cleaned. It went into the bath tube with hot soapy water and left for a while. When I took it out I had to carefully place the whole thing on a towel and place teeth and jaw in order to glue back together. The glue used was PVA and dissolved in the water. Once I dried everything I had trouble gluing the jaw back together and also gluing it to the skull. Lots of super glue and many elestic bands. Once done it was cool, it had horns and was kept for a year or two before I eventually moved into primates. Love your videos wished I knew someone like you in the UK. I'm sort of alone amongst my friends in this hobby/interest. Just thought I'd share my story
U.S. Skull Hunter ive tried to give you a little insight into how a guy from England got on with his skulls. Ive just bought another skull this one is a white faced capuchin. Because these skulls are expensive im too scared to alter them although painting seems an option if i got hold of conventional skulls like fox etc. Your videos are full of warmth and educational too. Theres no dramatic rock music nonsense between sceens. Just an ordinary family man with a pasion and awsome tallent who wants to share and inspire others. Watching your cow skulls almost makes me wish i still had mine. Still, im happy with monkeys and apes.
i was going to suggest this we wrap in chicken wire and put in small stream the crayfish do all the work and it only takes a week in a dam like u use full of eels turtles etc bad results .have u tried laundry detergent mix strong and heat it .the enzymes are designed to destroy fat and grease oil etc cheaper than caustic soda
Great info on this subject. I'm working on my first skull, a cow skull I got from a friend who had to put her down. I soaked the skull in peroxide, but then followed with a bleach solution. This was before I saw this video. The skull looks great, so I'm wondering why you don't recommend using bleach. From what I've seen, you have the best information available, so any additional info on why you don't prefer using bleach would be appreciated.
Hey Jonny! Thanks for watching. So bleach is notorious for making bones brittle and very porous. I unfortunately know this from personal experience but also it is discouraged in the "skull collecting community". In the long run hydrogen peroxide does a better job of whitening and disinfecting the bone anyhow. let me know how the skull turns out!
Great channel, and nice and easy tutorials with focus on point. Upcoming hunter from Sweden here and with plans for skullcarving this summer. Keep up the great work 👍
I'm only 15, and I love learning how to do things like this on my own, I used to watch Whitebone Creations all the time but he doesn't have other techniques like this. Also your How to polish cow and bison horns saved me a ton for a order I had to do! :D
Well, here is the thing, in reality fish are not the ones cleaning the skull. The process simply put is just maceration if the tissue. Weather you are macerating in a bucket, stream, or pond, it's just the bacteria that are breaking down and cleaning the skull.
great vid and channel...Would a skull skinning vid be doable at some point? I've done a buck or two and even with the sharpest of knives- it wasn't easy!
Sure thing man! In the mean time take a look at Whitebone Creations channel, I dont necessarily agree with how he cleans skulls but I am pretty sure he goes over skinning in a few of them :)
@@usskullhunter Well. The skull has been stored in the freezer for a couple of years. I got a whole goat head with fur and all. Can I just throw the whole thing into a pond? :) I tried to cook it a bit in order to remove some hair, but I almost threw up because when I got it it had already started to smell.
