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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Great tips, thanks.
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Thanks for the tips! Lots for me to look into.
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Nice to hear about your trip to Kenya. I hope you manage to go there again soon, and to meet up with Alex. Sorry to hear about your friend who passed away. Thanks for the detour chat!
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Thanks for replying - I'm getting lots of good ideas on this forum, so I appreciate everyone's time! One question for you - did you seal the antlers so they didn't get peroxide on? I don't want to change the colour of the antlers if I can help it.
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    JA Hunter, Alex and Tara - correct! Although I've been to Kenya a few times, I haven't been to Hunter's Lodge in Kiboko Springs yet. I hope to get there next year. Have you been? LMB Salmon was not related to Samaki Salmon (I looked him up - funny story though!). Yes, Kenya was the gateway in...
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Thanks for replying! I hadn't heard of ceramic coating; I will look it up :)
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Thanks! I'm on the south coast of England. Pity, as I see you are far away in Texas! But thanks for commenting and offering to help :) I will look into local taxidermists, I think.
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Thanks for commenting! I'm afraid I don't know much at all about it - I will ask an aunt who will know more. I have a well-known great grandfather hunter called J.A. Hunter (who hunted in Kenya around the same time) - but funnily enough, these were not his, but the other great grandfather called...
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Thanks a lot! I will look them up. Sounds like a good starting point; I hadn't thought of a taxidermist (complete novice over here!).
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    Old buffalo, antelope and kudu skulls

    Hello all, My great-grandfather shot various animals in Sudan about 100 years ago (about 8 antelope and kudu, plus one buffalo). The cleaned skulls were displayed at the family home, but in a dampish room, and with no cleaning or care over the last 100 years. I have now inherited them, and I'm...
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