It all depends on what your going to be mounting. Are you going to specialize in fish, birds, full mounts, gameheads what? Each aspect in taxidermy has it's own tools. Give me more details on what you're going to be mounting. A lot of the tools used in taxidermy can be bought at hardware, or home improvement stores. And if you're good with your hands, you can make tools like mounting stands. bird hooks, ect. You don't have to depend on all the tools you need for the taxidermy suppliers. Your best bet would be to order some catalogs from different suppliers and see what they sell. Then purchase a few good books on taxidermy and see what tools are used for different mounts.