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Greetings,
and thank you for visiting my website. My name is Frank Baldwin,
and I live in Olathe, KS, and operate my taxidermy shop, ART FROM THE WILDSIDE
TAXIDERMY there. For those of you who might be unfamiliar,
Olathe, KS is basically a suburb of Kansas City, and as such is a “border
town”, so even though we are located in Kansas, we certainly do value our
Missouri customers. For that matter, given that our costs are extremely
competitive, we can most assuredly offset the small additional
cost of shipping, particularly on the smaller mounts, and we welcome business
from anywhere. Certainly, even with the ever-increasing fuel costs,
a short drive makes us convenient to customers in Kansas City KS &
MO; Lawrence, KS; Topeka, KS; Independence, MO; St. Joseph, MO and
beyond. Given the varied interests of a diverse spectrum of
customers, we take in fish, birds, deer, and mammals other than deer, but
we are not limited to those species. If you have a specimen you wish
to preserve, please give us a shot at it.
One
distinct advantage that I can offer is relatively quick turn around times
for your trophies. I have made the decision to equip my shop with
a pressure tanner and commercial flesher, so as to be able to avoid the
additional time delays of sending capes out to be tanned and fleshed, and
then waiting for one of the commercial tanneries to get to them.
I feel that being in control of that time frame will more than offset the
additional equipment costs, and will allow me to offer my customers a faster
return of their mounts. Being in control of that part of the taxidermy
process also allows me to be as meticulous as I wish with that work, and
I can assure you that with regards final fleshing, turning the ears, lips,
eyelids, etc., I do tend to be meticulous to a fault. I treat
each specimen as if it was mine and going on my wall. The Second
Place, Amateur Division that was awarded the large non-typical whitetail
on this page is representative of my classroom work. Incidentally,
I harvested that deer late in the 2004 season, so it is my personal trophy
as well as a beautiful specimen. Naturally, turn around times are
ultimately a matter of the time of year, my work load, etc, but I do give
each customer my best, and will always be honest with estimated turn around
times.
One
of the aspects of taxidermy I find most appealing is that it allows me
to capture the natural beauty of the specimen, and to preserve that beauty.
I truly do consider taxidermy an art form, and feel privileged to have
the opportunity to practice it, hence the name of my company. I do
hope that you will consider us for your taxidermy needs, and that you will
enjoy success in all the coming seasons. Get out there and “Whack
‘Em & Stack ‘Em” and Let Me Preserve the Beauty of 'Em For You!
Thank You & Be Well,
Frank
Frank Baldwin
Art From The Wildside Taxidermy
1405 West Ferrell Drive
Olathe, Kansas 66061
913-782-8003
eMail
frankbaldwin@swbell.net
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KS
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