I just received some things from Hunters and Collectors in Port Elizabeth.
My taxidermist asked me to do Dip/Pak on the capes so his tannery in Carolina could do them to his liking.
I've not received those yet.
But, I had H/C do my backskins and a couple other things form me.
So the backskins and the horns/skulls arrived at my taxidermist yesterday.
My taxi said the horns/skulls are the cleanest and prettiest he's seen from Africa.
Also, the backskins were tanned very well. They look and feel great.
The taxi said they were very good in quality also.
The price, I suppose, was in line, maybe a little high. Some a little more and some less than what Dennis mentioned above.
Caracal- $95 for skull and full mount cape d/p
Zebra Cape (no skull) was $35
Tanned Zebra backskin- $198
Springbuck, Impala, Buskbuck, Blesbuck were all $95 for skull and cape d/p
Duiker was $75 for skull/cape
But.....
Black Wilderbeest was $190 for skull/cape d/p
Gemsbuck was $160 for skull/cape
Nyala was $140 for skull/cape
I bought some extra full skins of springbucks, some kudu horns to build a chandelier, etc.
I also had a bunck of backsins tanned.
the crate/pack was a flat 15% and came in at $327.
My documentation for 11 animals was $320 (included 1 cites animal and something about the Black Wilderbeest)
the $320 for documentation and the $327 for the crate/pack are the only charges other than the dip/pack itself.
Although I've not seen the dip/pack capes yet, I would recommend them very favorably based on the condition of the skulls, horns, backskins, and the packaging.
The feel of the tanned backskins are lightyears better than the feel of the crappy work that Wild Africa did 3 or 4 years ago.
I will update if the capes are a disappointment.