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I sold some pretty sweet blades this week. I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't buy another blade until I unloaded a certain # of them. I'd LOVE to have a NMSFNO, but I wouldn't order it until the stars aligned.
The stars aligned this past weekend. I crossed the threshold and could justify spending $300-400 on a new blade.
But then I realized my wife's X-mas gift had not materialized. :grumpy:
What did she want? Well, she WANTED a full otter mount. (No jokes about your college nickname being otter, guys. LOL) But she'd settle for a pelt. She's got a decent collection of pelts going already. (And almost killed me the time I was in VT hunting and PASSED on a bearskin. Whoops!) And her favorite animal in the world is an otter. My best price for a mount? $650. A pelt? $150. Money is tightening so the pelt would have to do.
So I contact a great taxidermist in NY just before Thanksgiving to inquire about a pelt. He had some really nice mounts too, but I couldn't afford them. But his work is AWESOME. (He's got one with an otter DIVING on a trout. It's really cool. But it's gotta be HUGE! It has to stand over 4'!)
He didn't have any pelts on hand but said he could do a search for one. I realized 2 days ago that he never contacted me - which means he never found one.
He's always real good about getting back to you when he finds something.
There I sat at 1am this morning, pondering this cash that was coming into my hands. (Yeah, 1am - must be a small-business-owner sort of thing.)
NMSFNO? Or a full otter mount?
It's 1am, 2 days before X-mas. This won't work.
But I tried it anyhow. I emailed his shop (which is usually closed on Tues and Wed) to inquire about the $650 mount.
I just got the call back. They have it! And can overnight it to me for tomorrow!!!!!!!
What a treat. She will be SO delighted. Esp. after I told her yesterday that X-mas wasn't gonna be end-all, be-all b/c I failed in my quest for that "special" gift.
I'll get pix (with a Busse next to it) sometime later this week. But forgive me Hogs. Wife before steel.
The stars aligned this past weekend. I crossed the threshold and could justify spending $300-400 on a new blade.
But then I realized my wife's X-mas gift had not materialized. :grumpy:
What did she want? Well, she WANTED a full otter mount. (No jokes about your college nickname being otter, guys. LOL) But she'd settle for a pelt. She's got a decent collection of pelts going already. (And almost killed me the time I was in VT hunting and PASSED on a bearskin. Whoops!) And her favorite animal in the world is an otter. My best price for a mount? $650. A pelt? $150. Money is tightening so the pelt would have to do.
So I contact a great taxidermist in NY just before Thanksgiving to inquire about a pelt. He had some really nice mounts too, but I couldn't afford them. But his work is AWESOME. (He's got one with an otter DIVING on a trout. It's really cool. But it's gotta be HUGE! It has to stand over 4'!)
He didn't have any pelts on hand but said he could do a search for one. I realized 2 days ago that he never contacted me - which means he never found one.
He's always real good about getting back to you when he finds something. There I sat at 1am this morning, pondering this cash that was coming into my hands. (Yeah, 1am - must be a small-business-owner sort of thing.)
NMSFNO? Or a full otter mount?
It's 1am, 2 days before X-mas. This won't work.
But I tried it anyhow. I emailed his shop (which is usually closed on Tues and Wed) to inquire about the $650 mount.
I just got the call back. They have it! And can overnight it to me for tomorrow!!!!!!!
What a treat. She will be SO delighted. Esp. after I told her yesterday that X-mas wasn't gonna be end-all, be-all b/c I failed in my quest for that "special" gift.
I'll get pix (with a Busse next to it) sometime later this week. But forgive me Hogs. Wife before steel.
)
Your wife wants a stuffed otter? Like this? If so please elaborate, why?
