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14th January 2009, 12:53 PM
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Hi Bill,
".............." (speachless) Wonderful decor.......  In extreme envy David . |
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14th January 2009, 07:55 PM
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Hi Bill,
Not a fan of the Kudu, but the room is pretty darn amazing! What a great use for your Shell stand for spears too! I also would worry that it might topple though, do you normally have it in a corner? The quality of the stand is much better than the norm as well which is nice, love the heavy tripod legs! Have you looked to see if any of the other parts are reuses and id'd them? Is there a date on the underside of the shell? Is the central part another shell case? I wondered if the round plate was a reused inspection cover or similar because of the bolts? Regards Gene P.S. Who does the dusting? 
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14th January 2009, 10:04 PM
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Bill
I like it but the stand looks awfully top heavy to me. It might be safer against a wall or in a corner? How heavy is the stand?Lew |
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14th January 2009, 11:06 PM
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It seems as you can either fix a solid decor to the base of these things, like the one Bill is showing, or widen their area with some material; either one having to be increased in proportion to the objects (weapons) height you intend to display in there. You can 'feel' how steady they are, by pushing them aside and test their resistance. Naturaly is a high risk to display a full size halberd or the like in a shell without any stability device. When i fear the thing is not safe, i glue a square of acrilic (transparent) material to its bottom. It looks as if the shell is in its self balance. Also not a bad idea to place them in corners ... specially when you have pets around  Fernando . |
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14th January 2009, 11:41 PM
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Hi Lew and others, The piece weighs about 40 pounds. It is quite stable. The acorn nuts seem to be decoration as they just go through the plate. Possibly it was some part of something else, but it looks like it just looks like a big machined piece of brass. The four legs are about 14 inches tip-to-tip wide. Someone went to a lot of work to make this, even to flaring the top edge of the shell. Normally I do have it back against the wall, in a corner. The spears you see do not seem to be tipping it, but I would not leave it out in the hallway. Gene, A guy I knew needed a loan and left the kudu as collateral. That was about 20 years ago. I am not a hunter though I have several big game animals (I did not shoot). If you look carefully in the "room" picture, you will see a blue wildebeest shoulder mount. Actually my two favorite mounts are a full body Tsavo Lion (the last one legally taken) and a cape buffalo shoulder mount. "Dusting?" Just adds to the patina! Fernando, Great idea with the acrylic glued to the base. |
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15th January 2009, 12:39 AM
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You must have a huge house mate! I'm definately a 'break for bunnies' type of chap myself, but when I was a kid I lived in a huge 'stately home' sized house for a time while my father had the job of cataloguing the contents, and I still remember that within the endless badly lit corridors there was a huge stuffed Bear with arms outstretched which i ALWAYS gave a wide berth to! It was quite a place, suits of armour, swords and shields on the walls, tigerskin rug  even an alleged ghost! I've seen your lion, he's certainly a magnificent creature! Why was the poor chap shot? was he a maneater? God I hate dusting! I have a couple of rather large 'exhibits' in my collection and I can honestly say I dread the twice yearly clean they need. I do have a rather beautiful african antelope myself 
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