You will need
  • - the head of the pike;
  • a large enameled pot;
  • - salt;
  • - foam;
  • - lacquer furniture;
  • - wooden sticks - struts;
  • brush;
  • - fine sandpaper;
  • - wooden stand.
Instruction
1
Take a large pike. Keeping in mind that cartilage during drying is very dry out, do not take the original small fish. Cut the head from the body at a distance of 2 cm from the Gill covers. The fins should remain together with his head.
2
Take an enamel pan, which will completely fit pike's head.
3
Liberally RUB the head with salt. Especially carefully it is necessary to do there where there were fish flesh cut from the body, gills, mouth.
4
Put salted pike head in a pot on the bottom of which poured a layer of salt. Sprinkle it with salt on top. Cover pot and put in a cool place for pickling the head for 7-10 days.
5
Remove the head from pan. Mucus and rinse the excess salt from the surface of the head. To do this, rinse the fish under cold running water with a soft brush.
6
Gently, in stages, expand the pike's mouth. Rinse it with a brush.
7
Carefully remove the excess meat from the cut. Remove the pike eyes.
8
Insert into gaping mouth of a pike wooden struts. Install the head to dry in a well-ventilated place.
9
Rinse thoroughly addressing salt every day. Water with a piece of foam gently wipe the entire head inside and out.
10
Continue to dry the head of the pike until, until it will not cease to stand out the salt.
11
Pull the spacers out of my head after 10-14 days from the start of drying.
12
Continue drying your head as long as possible. It has to evaporate all the moisture, the weight of the head significantly reduced.
13
After drying insert the socket of the artificial eye. You can make them from the eyes of old soft toys or buttons green or yellow. If you use buttons, stick them on pupils from pieces of black paper.
14
Cover the dried head of a pike outside and inside furniture varnish. It must be done 2-3 times. Every next coat of varnish, apply after full drying previous.
15
Varnished attach the head to a wooden stand with glue. Leave it upright to dry.
16
Decorate a stuffed pike head from the dressing room, the cottage, one room apartments or use it as a gift.