A customer brought me a cape yesterday from a deer he shot 8 days ago. He said he had the cape in a walk-in cooler the entire time.
I looked and smelled fine so I told him I would do the job.
Everything seemed OK except for the color of the skin I noticed when I started removing the skull. It had a "glazed", grayish tint to it.
What do you think?
Like I said, it smelled "normal" and the hair was tight....even around the neck where they seem to start slipping first.
Thanks.
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Not my preference for how to handle a cape,but it's probably OK.Let the customer know there are no guaruntees and he may have to pay for tanning if it goes south.Sounds like it's worth trying though.
You're learning that it doesn't take much to ruin a cape. You got to be aware of everything that a customer brings you. Make sure that when you get a frozen cape in to mark "Frozen" on the work order. That way you can revert back to that meaning that you didn't know the condition of the cape at the time you got it in. Also, make note's of everything suspecious like hole's, smells and always pull on the hair forcefully to see if it gives any.
On that cape you just got in go ahead and put some of that good stuff on it know as "STOP-ROT". It will take care of it because I had one that was smelling beyond belief and I brushed it all over the cape; put it in the ref for a couple of hours and then brushed it somemore. Never had a problem. Good Luck.
John Griffith
www.griffithtaxidermy.com
I told the customer that there is no guarantee on the cape and he would be responsible for any charges if the cape turns out to be no good.