Index 



217 



Shark jaws 



preparation of, 156 



trophies, as, 153-55 

 Shelf 



around fish, 17, 25 



asbestos, 17, 25-27, 37 



keys, 17, 19, 26 



mold, 19, 21 



plaster, 27 



sand, 17, 25, 27 



soil, 17, 25 

 Shellac 



bill base, 152 



burnt wood outlines, 128 



casting compound, 59 



mold, 41, 45, 56 



painting, 104, 106 



plaster cast, 48 



shark jaws, 156 



skin mount, 202 



stain, 132 



wax, 54 



wood mannequin, 92 

 Shipping 



foreign, 190, 191 



Formalin, 8, 10, 192 



materials, 190-92 



plaster, 192 

 Silhouettes, 116-23 



art board, 118 



color, 121-23 



combinations, 121 



trophies, as, 5 



wood, 128-32 

 Sisal 



cast, plaster reinforcement, 46 



material, 204 



mold 



reinforcement, 19, 22 

 repair, 38 

 Skin 



cleaning, 88 



filling before molding, 35 



freezing, 13 



preserving, 12, 88, 89 



salting, 13 

 Skin mounts, 81 



backboard, 99, 101 



casting compound, 101 



excelsior body, 91 



full mold, 101-3 



half mold, 93-99 



one side, 90 



reinforced, 98 



removed from mold, 99 



repair of, 200 



wood mannequin, 91, 92 

 Skinning, 6, 12, 81-88 

 Slime removal, 15, 25, 26 

 Soap separator, 49, 52 

 Spears 



letter openers, as, 156 



marlin, 148-51 



mold of, 78 



preparation of, 152, 153 



preserving, 148, 151 



sailfish, 148, 151 



sawfish, 148, 151 



swordfish, 148, 149 



trophies, as, 148 

 Specimens 



collecting, 4 



display in Formalin, 160, 161, 168- 

 70 



field care of, 199 



Formalin, 81 



freezing, 6, 8 



frozen, 12, 35 



preparing for Formalin, 166, 167 



preparing for molding, 15, 25 



preserved, 11, 12, 165 



protecting, 4, 6 



removing from mold, 179 



salting skin of, 6 



show side of, 6, 25 



shrinkage of, 11 



spoilage of, 6, 11 



storage of, in Formalin, 168 

 Spoilage, prevention of, 6, 11 

 Steric acid, definition of, 208 

 Sterine 



definition of, 208 



preparing, 208 



separator, 21, 24, 208 



Tails 



preserved, 145, 146 



trophies, as, 145, 146 

 Trap, collecting by, 164, 165 

 Trophies 



bills, 148, 156 



heads, 142-46 



letter openers, 156, 158 



photographs, 133-41 



shark jaws, 153—55 



silhouettes, 5, 116-23, 128-32 



