Tahf alter with Dennis Harris

[BDrake]

Well I drove up to get some insight from Dennis Harris this past weekend.
I had a tahr that a customer brought in and needed to be resized to fit properly. I have had mental blockage on the best way on going about alterations on large lifesize.
Dennis knows his stuff and was able to effortlessly find the areas that needed to be changed.
Iam more confident now and with a little more work by myself I`ll be seeing what needs to be done much more quickly and accurately.
I have several more to be altered coming up soon.
Thanks Dennis, it was nice to meet you.
Brian

[Daniel M.]

Those are nice!!!

[museum man]

they came out great

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Cool Beans Brian, was nice meting you and working with you,
I had fun.
Brian arrived Sat morning 8:00am and we stared with a Bighorn sheep close to the pose his client wanted. Changed head turned left turn shoulder into a hard right turn, attached new head and shoulders,re sized body and completed alterations
SHHH Brain don't tell them how easy it is...
Got that done and Sunday started again at 8:00 and Brian left for home at 5:00 with his finished tahr.
If you ever need anything Just call me  

Thanks for the very nice review.
You got a new friend  
DENNIS

[masterdunbar]

BDrake and Dennis,

I have that EXACT form for a Tahr that I shot last year in NZ and I am putting it into a competition.  the form is HUGE!!!!  how did you get it down to fit??  what cuts did you make.  Any advice would be great.

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LOL didn't use that huge tahr form....Used a Bighorn sheep form and went up
This was a young tahr.

[masterdunbar]

Ahhh ok.  well I like the huge form but need to cut it down about 8" in total diameter...........doable??

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Yep sure is NO PROBLEM , if your cutting down that much then you have to consider bone lengths, mass, and many more things.
Can't tell you how that's what I give classes in and that's what Brian and many other have paid me to learn.
I guarantee that Brian can now do it after spending the weekend with me filling his brain with thoughts ideas and techniques.

[Michelle Nelson's Taxidermy]

Dennis how much are your classes?  Do you travel?