Originally Posted by
Topgun 3006
...I take a penknife and remove all the meat and fat from the entire base area
As I said, if you do that you are left with quills and skin. EXACTLY like my picture. Nothing short of complete removal of fat and meat ensures no future problems.
Maybe a few taxidermists that aren't busy have the time to do what you're showing
Making sure I do things 100% correctly is what keeps me busy. ALL quality bird taxidermists I know clean the feather quills on a turkey (or any other bird) exactly like I have.
I'll bet money it will last just as long as your expensive job!
...yet will never look as good as it could have.
Yep, it's lucky for you and others that some people can hardly figure out how a zipper works and need high priced pros to do things for them that are really pretty simple and economical to do yourself.
It's not that they couldn't do it themselves, they just don't want it to look like they did it themselves. There is a segment of the population that demands quality, and it's those people that make up the majority of my client base.