pedistal mount

Talk with Michael P.

He has a very nice way of finishing the backs.

 

There are many ways you can finish the back of a pedistal. You can use a tuck method where you make a slot in the exposed pedistal and tuck the skin as well as the material into the slot. Or you can trim your skin and material to the edge of the exposed pedistal...then use a decorative rope around the transistion. You can use leather, fabric, textured paint, etc. Really, the ways of doing it are endless, just use your imagination. Good Luck.

 

This is the tuck method Kurt was talking about. Beaver on the right and cow hide on the left.

 

There are endless ways to finish the back of a ped. We usually use naughide(sry for spelling) or fake leather. A camo material looks nice also. Card the back of your deer until its dry. Then take your template that you carded with and cut out your material. Start at bottom end and start tacking on the backing. We have trouble with wrinkles so we use cotton stuffing(pillow material) As you start to tack up start to stuff the back and when you are at the top just make sure your stuffing is even. Should make a nice plump looking back. Then cover the tacks with matching rope. Hot glue is messy so we use tacks and bury them into the rope where there unseen. Also we use a larger style rope on ped mounts. Hope this helps. THAT SNAKE PED IS AWESOME!!!!

 

I put tree bark on the back of mine, looks neat.

 

Here is another option if you know an embroiderer.

 

wow, ya'll are so talented. Wonderful work whitetail8...I wish I knew how to embroider!