Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
May 26, 2012, 07:19:51 AM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
1342319 Posts in 139446 Topics by 36718 Members
Latest Member: megan.artemis
* Home Help Help Search Calendar Login Register
Taxidermy.Net Forum  |  Taxidermy Discussion Categories  |  Wildlife Artwork and Crafts  |  Topic: Full Bear claw necklace! « previous next »
Pages: [1] Print
Author Topic: Full Bear claw necklace!  (Read 526 times)
dhart
Platinum Member
*****
Location: Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Posts: 1456
« on: December 09, 2011, 10:17:17 AM »
Just finished this full Bear claw necklace.

* IMG_6550e.jpg (87.81 KB, 588x441 - viewed 260 times.)
Report to moderator   Logged
Shamrock
New Member
*
Posts: 56
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2011, 08:09:27 PM »
Really cool! How much do one of these go for?
Report to moderator   Logged
dhart
Platinum Member
*****
Location: Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Posts: 1456
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2011, 10:38:00 AM »
So far I have just been making them for clients, with their claws.  I have just charged them time and material. Recently I had a new customer, who purchased the claws and I am making two necklaces for.  Again time and material.  He paid around $150 for a full sent of claws (20). 
The individual bead pieces range from 50 cents a piece to up to 4 bucks a pieces.  Each claw has to be built up on top and air brushed.  So, if you buy the claws, your looking at a initial investment of $150 to $180 (depending on size) and around $150 for a half set to build and $225 to build two sets if you have a full set of claws.  Now you can get two necklaces out of one full set of claws, (backs are smaller than fronts).  The bead pieces are mood rock (that change color when they get warm, snake vertebrae and bone from different animals.
So, if you have your own claws it would be just the cost for me to re hab the claws and time and material. 
Report to moderator   Logged
Shamrock
New Member
*
Posts: 56
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2011, 10:43:21 AM »
Wow. I have a coyote that I might rip his claws out and make a necklace.
Report to moderator   Logged
Rhasputin
Platinum Member
*****
Location: Mechanicsville Virginia
Posts: 3647


The Expert
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2011, 11:59:58 AM »
Can you give out some detail on how you did the claws? I'm making a necklace myself, and was wondering how you got them so clean looking!
Report to moderator   Logged
A single pair of hands at work accomplishes more than a billion clasped in prayer.
dhart
Platinum Member
*****
Location: Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Posts: 1456
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2011, 04:41:08 PM »
Quote from: Rhasputin on December 10, 2011, 11:59:58 AM
Can you give out some detail on how you did the claws? I'm making a necklace myself, and was wondering how you got them so clean looking!

I scrap and clean the claws, I then put epoxy on the end and shape them up, then grind them with a dremel to get them to the size and shape, then sand and blend epoxy to the claw,  drill the holes then airbrush the epoxy and blend.
Report to moderator   Logged
vietsimp321
Bronze Member
**
Posts: 188
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 10:48:34 PM »
pretty nice
Report to moderator   Logged
Pages: [1] Print 
Taxidermy.Net Forum  |  Taxidermy Discussion Categories  |  Wildlife Artwork and Crafts  |  Topic: Full Bear claw necklace! « previous next »
Jump to:  


Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Contents © 2006-2012 Taxidermy.Net, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.
Powered by SMF 1.1.16 | SMF © 2005, Simple Machines 		Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!