few carpenter's tools are necessary and a complete set does not
come amiss if much large work is attempted.

We must have:

Handsaw
Hatchet
Hammer
Bit brace
Assortment, drills and bits, 1/2 in. and less.
Drawshave
Screwdriver
Small grindstone or corundum wheel
Chisels, two or three sizes
1 wood rasp
1 cabinet rasp
1 chopping block, made of a section of
hardwood log

If large animals are to be mounted we will need in addition some iron
working tools, such as

Set of taps and dies 1/4 to 1 in.
Monkey wrench
Hack saw
Tanner's knives, 1 or more

A combination vise and anvil will be needed in any case as well as some
miscellaneous tools:

Fur comb, coarse and fine combined
Paint, wax, and varnish brushes
Foot rule
Tape measure
Putty knife
Pointing trowel
Skin scraper

and some stuffing and modelling tools which you can make yourself. The
list of materials seems like a long one, but many are inexpensive and
others are used only in some small amounts, so the aggregate cost is
small.

Excelsior
Fine tow
Cotton bat or wadding
Plaster paris
Corn meal
Gasoline
Potter's or modelling clay
Set tube oil colors
Glass eyes, assorted
Soft wire, assorted
Pins
Cord
Spool cotton, coarse and fine, black and white
Wax, varnish, glue, paste
Papier mache, or paper for same
An assortment of nails, tacks, brads, screws,
screw eyes and staples

[Illustration: TAXIDERMISTS TOOLS.

(1) Gimlet (2) Expansive bits (3) Brush (4) Bone cutter (5) (6) (7) (8)
Pliers (9) Pinking irons (10) Hand vise (11) (12) Scalpels and knives.]

[Illustration: TAXIDERMISTS TOOLS.

(13) Scalpels (15) Sewing palm (16) Straight Surgeons Scissors (17)
Curved Surgeon Scissors (18) Angular Surgeons Scissors (19) Fine Point
Scissors (20) Scissor Handled Stuffers (21) Stuffer.]

[Illustration: TAXIDERMISTS TOOLS.

(22) Stuffer and forcep, curved fine point (23) Regular taxidermists
stuffer and forcep (24) Gauge (25) Hack Saw (26) Egg drill]

A packing box or two will furnish some lumber for temporary stands and
interior frame work. The permanent mounts are treated of elsewhere.

In ordering glass eyes it is often best to get them in the clear glass
iris with black pupil so they may be given any color desired by painting
the backs with tube colors, afterward protecting