After the accidental demise of a Soup Fin shark last week, I decided to take the jaws to mount them on a plaque. Here is a picture of the jaws after I removed it from the shark's head.
(https://i.imgur.com/DvtbOZF.jpg?2)
After about an hour of using a filet knife and pliers I had this:
(https://i.imgur.com/V2DcmHu.jpg?2)
I placed the jaws in a large zip lock bag containing a 1:3 Hydrogen Peroxide/Water solution. The jaw and remaining flesh started turning white.
After letting the Shark Jaws soak for 2 days in the Hydrogen Peroxide/ Water solution I removed the jaws to find a very white soft set of jaws.
(https://i.imgur.com/JByknyO.jpg?5)
As you can see from the photo above there was still a good amount of flesh and cartilage on the jaw bones. By soaking them in the solution for 2days it made it easier to remove the remaining flesh. I used a razor blade and tweezers to remove as much soft tissue as I could and then I mounted it on board to dry. The instructions that I found online said to salt the jaws to help with the drying process, so I gave the jaws a nice dusting of table salt while I let it dry out.
(https://i.imgur.com/zK9SRFv.jpg?3)
There is still small bits of tissue on the jaws but I'm hoping that once everything dries out that I can sand off any of the remaining tissue.
So after three days of drying and a little sanding with some 320 grit sand paper I have these set of jaws.
(https://i.imgur.com/A34bXPF.jpg?2)
As you can see they look white and smooth. I put some clear varnish on the jaws to maintain the white color and to make them a little shiny. I'm working on a wooden plaque next.
So here is the wooden plaque I made for the jaws, it's white pine that I will put a dark stain on.
(https://i.imgur.com/A35jaxx.jpg?4)
After a couple of coats of stain and clear varnish this is the final outcome of the plaque.
(https://i.imgur.com/ravLJzk.jpg?1)
Interested to follow along with this.
Cool, looking forward to seeing your progress Binh!
Looking great Binh!
Was wondering when you'd start this.
Cool stuff 8)! Can't wait to see finished 8)
You can get a much stronger and better Peroxide at one of the beauty supply stores, its what I did when doing the european mounts on my last white tail deer skulls.
That looks sweet!!
Looking great Binh! Nice work!
Very cool indeed, looking forward to the finished product
Looks great!
Think you can put something else in the pic for size comparison?
So here is the final outcome of the jaw mounting project.
Looks good Binh!
Nice work Binh! Love it! 8)