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Backwoods Boneworx Specializing in articulation and preservation of all organic life. No shark was killed with the intent for preservation.
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We strive to preserve the beauty unseen by many and we offer preservations of all forms of nature, inside and out. We believe in "waste not", so as to help advance man's understanding and conquer curiosity, we work with many industries to bring about useful preservation mounts with what is otherwise considered a commercial waste, such as the heads and tails of fish, as you see with many sharks in

our portfolio. All shark are harvested under NOAA laws for the meat market, and we benefit from the cut waste, thereby preventing unnecessary harvest. "Conservation through Education; Education through Preservation."

21/12/2023

Keep an eye out folks, in the next few weeks, a number of great hammerhead shark skulls will finish up and some of which aren't spoken for... Which means that they will be available for anyone interested. They will likely be ready mid January or so

Next one out the door
20/12/2023

Next one out the door

Available blacktip and blacknose shark skulls! Pictures done in pairs per specimen.
02/12/2023

Available blacktip and blacknose shark skulls!

Pictures done in pairs per specimen.

23/11/2023

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I've been incredibly poor at updating here recently and I apologize for that. I've been working, though I haven't been keeping up as much as I really should have.

Since I last posted, a bull shark skull of decent size has been completed and is available to anyone interested. I'll try to get some images up later today, as I'm knee deep in shark in the shop as we speak. Still have a few small to large blacktip shark skulls available. I have two blacknose shark skulls available as well.

I still have a ton of bulk and individual wet specimens available for those interested. Spotted ratfish, cutlass, octopus, remora babies and baby horseshoe crabs, to name a few. If you're interested, please shoot the page a message.

I've been working diligently on the full articulation of the tiger shark skeleton that I posted back in late September, alongside an adult Atlantic sharpnose. I hope to have progress pictures on those soon. The tiger shark skeleton already has a home it's going to, but the Atlantic sharpnose has yet to be claimed and will be available.

There are a number of shipments going out to a bunch of folks at the start of next week. If you haven't received a message from me and are expecting finished projects we've discussed since I've jumped back into the hot seat with Boneworx, please, please reach out to me so I can give you an update, in case I missed anyone.

Be safe while enjoying yourselves this long holiday weekend. I hope everyone has a blast!

Wet specimens are coming up to be available soon!Gulf remora babiesOctopusCutlassfish (aka ribbonfish or beltfish to som...
31/10/2023

Wet specimens are coming up to be available soon!

Gulf remora babies
Octopus
Cutlassfish (aka ribbonfish or beltfish to some folks)

Bulk available for quite a few of these. Please shoot my page a message if interested! Thanks!

Blacktip skulls available!
23/10/2023

Blacktip skulls available!

15/10/2023

1x finetooth, 4x spinner and 4x blacktip skulls going up on braces now and will be available to ship in about a week to week and a half for anyone looking for a skull that isn't already sold to someone else.

It's hammer time! Another great hammer coming off the braces fixing to go through final detailing and onto its new home....
15/10/2023

It's hammer time! Another great hammer coming off the braces fixing to go through final detailing and onto its new home. Sclerotic rings (eyes) will be attached in the end.

This specimen is just shy of 21" across.

Wet specimen preparation this weekend going on! If you want to get your hands on cool stuff through pre-order, now's the...
06/10/2023

Wet specimen preparation this weekend going on! If you want to get your hands on cool stuff through pre-order, now's the time to do that! Bulk discounts are available.

The big list of wet specimens going through fixation this weekend:

Remora babies (only 3 available)
Cutlassfish
Octopus
Baby southern stingray (only one available)
Chimeras
A single baby scalloped hammerhead

I'll be starting these guys tonight most likely. Tomorrow and the rest of the weekend: bracing some of the largest of stuff that's been waiting to dry for available space. Fellas that have been waiting on your hammerhead skulls from me, this means your projects are going through the final swing on things.

The majority of the weekend is going to be spent working on the big full bodies I posted mid-Sept - tiger and great hammerhead full skeletons.

Projects ongoing that are going through the drying process as we speak or likely by next weekend: spinner, blacktip, finetooth and blacknose shark skulls. These skulls are available to whoever is interested and are not salted for any one particular customer. If you need a shark skull and don't want to wait for one to be made upon order, this is the time. Shoot my page a message!

If anyone's interested, I've got a lot of horseshoe crab babies in need of a good forever home. These crabs were legally...
02/10/2023

If anyone's interested, I've got a lot of horseshoe crab babies in need of a good forever home. These crabs were legally and ethically obtained from a private research group's deceased specimens. They are available for $30 (including shipping for the continental United States residents) and these can be exported as well, for my international folk that may be interested. Please message my page if you're interested in them!

Sorry for the lack of an update. Been incredibly busy. I promise some really cool pics are coming in the near future as I continue to work on more and more.

Thank you guys, again, for your patience as I move forward with Backwoods Boneworx, once more.

Just restocked skull materials on spinners, bull, finetooth (a couple), blacktip (a ton), great hammer, sharpnose...Youn...
16/09/2023

Just restocked skull materials on spinners, bull, finetooth (a couple), blacktip (a ton), great hammer, sharpnose...

Young adult blacktip and spinner, as well as an adult sharpnose (whole) for full skeletons.

Southern stingray babies, remora and Cutlass for wet specimens.

Then there's these beasts I'm working over time as I'm able in the near future. These will take a hot minute to complete.

And I expect the start of October to kick off with a few boney fish skulls I need to get caught up on - for those of you that have outstanding projects with me in that area.

Those with shark skulls that have been updated here in the last month about progress on your outstanding projects that are near or ready to ship... I'm having those out this week.

Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae) jaws available. Five jaws total.If interested, please shoot my page a message!
03/09/2023

Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae) jaws available. Five jaws total.

If interested, please shoot my page a message!

Skulls nearing completion that are available. Please shoot the business page a message to inquire.*Sclerotic rings (eyes...
03/09/2023

Skulls nearing completion that are available. Please shoot the business page a message to inquire.

*Sclerotic rings (eyes) are added at the end.

No longer available, sold.

Atlantic sharpnose skull coming off braces, needs to be sealed. Needs to have it's sclerotic rings reattached. This one ...
03/09/2023

Atlantic sharpnose skull coming off braces, needs to be sealed. Needs to have it's sclerotic rings reattached. This one is available. To inquire, please shoot my page message.

No longer available, sold.

Big tiger & big bull jaws (not skulls), fixing to go up for drying. For size reference, the board in the background is a...
02/09/2023

Big tiger & big bull jaws (not skulls), fixing to go up for drying. For size reference, the board in the background is a 24x24" sheet section.

Should be ready to ship in 1 week give or take. If interested, please message my business page. Thanks!

01/09/2023

Happy Labor Day weekend everyone. Have fun and be safe! A number of available shark skulls, jaws, and more are coming off the braces for the last detailing, then sealing and will be ready to go to those interested next week.

Additionally, the WIP container posted previously with the specimens that are now coming off the braces... That has also been filled with the next set in the processing train and will be going up for bracing likely this weekend. This next batch includes a number of outstanding hammerhead shark skulls that needed to be completed for clients, but also includes a lot of Carcharhinidae, too.

I'll post some pictures when I can. Stay tuned.

26/08/2023

Hello all. I need you to be aware that a few days ago, upon visiting the doctor, I learned I need immediate-as-possible surgery and that has been slated for Sept 5. It will require a few weeks to recover, they said. I don't foresee myself not working during that time, but I don't know how much it'll impact my proficiency. I want everyone to know that it may, or it may not, impact times on outstanding projects by a couple weeks. I'm hoping not, but don't have a definitive answer for you right now.

Thanks for understanding,

Zach

Work in progress ... nearing completion.
23/08/2023

Work in progress ... nearing completion.

21/08/2023

Definitely forgot that I can't make a post with pictures about the new ones getting completed... since I broke my phone last week and don't have something working to take good pictures with. I will hopefully have a big thing to show off when the new one arrives. Sorry about that.

19/08/2023

New pictures coming online by the end of the weekend of currently available projects ready for new homes. Keep an eye out!

08/08/2023

For those asking, these are what are available that are going to be setup for drying very soon.

Jaws:
Sub adult tiger
Adult tiger
2x adult bull.

Skulls:
Adult lemon
Juvenile lemon
Adult coastal blacktip
Juvenile coastal blacktip
Adult bull
Finetooth

If you are interested in any of these works, please shoot my business page a message to inquire

WIP(Contains some outstanding projects, some not spoken for)Carcharhinus, Rhizoprionodon, and Sphyrna species in here (s...
07/08/2023

WIP

(Contains some outstanding projects, some not spoken for)

Carcharhinus, Rhizoprionodon, and Sphyrna species in here (skull assembly wise). Galeocerdo jaw in there somewhere, too. Sphyrna isn't really seen because they're buried.

06/08/2023

Hello, everyone.

I want to apologize for not keeping everyone in the loop. Needless to say, I took time away to address many mental and physical health aspects of my life. All of it built up over time and came to a head at a time that was incredibly stressful for me in other aspects. And I had to wash everything away from my life outside of getting myself to a better state of mind and health.

I recently conquered a lot of those demons, and found avenues to address some physical areas of health I was contending with. Without going into a lot of detail, I was diagnosed with a bone condition that explained a lot of pain I had going on, and came to find out that my body wasn't producing certain things and using certain nutrients it should have been, thus developing what the adult version of rickets would be and it took its toll on my mind and body. I couldn't bring myself to do many things outside the bare minimum of surviving for almost a year, and it took its toll on my mental health... and for a long time, I circled the drain.

But that's behind me and I'm on the up and up. Every day is another step in the right direction, with improved qualities of my body's condition and as that keeps happening, I'll manage to do more and more. For the last month, without saying much to anyone at all, I have been quietly working on outstanding stuff as I had been able in addition to working on small stuff to get my hands back to the groove with muscle memory.

I have projects that are overdue. They're getting done as we speak. As we get into the swing of things again, I'm producing everything I can in the inventory I have. It's time to make up for lost time.

Alongside those projects, I'm doing other smaller pieces between them, and those will be available for sale for those interested.

I appreciate your patience, and thank you for your understanding. I'll be reaching out to everyone with outstanding projects and sharing progress as it continues, just as I did prior to my hiatus from Backwoods Boneworx.

Zach.

After far too much time away from doing shark stuff, getting caught up on outstanding orders in the background while fix...
05/09/2022

After far too much time away from doing shark stuff, getting caught up on outstanding orders in the background while fixing this truck and handling a number of very demanding, unique and challenging circumstances in my life, and finally now at the point where the truck is all but 100% repaired.

I understand that my last update, I had made the claim that the truck was totally done except for some outline and smaller issues. That turned out to not be the case when I test drove it. And found a number of issues that needed my immediate attention. Now, as of spending the last two to three weekends knocking that out, which was primarily delayed by the lack of available parts or solutions for the problems at hand (supply chain limitations).

Now after getting this all addressed, and with one last major issue that needs my attention which will happen later today, I am starting today by thawing these specimen for customers, as well as an additional six sharks that are not claimed by anybody yet that I forgot to take a picture of before I put them in a sealed basin with thaw water. When I take them out later today, I will get pictures of those as well and make an update at that time.

Here's to progress moving forward, and back to your scheduled programming of cool dead stuff from the ocean. Thank you for your support and tolerating me with the craziness of my life these last few months.

Pictured:

- Scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini.
- Great hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran.
- Spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna.

28/07/2022

As of the other day, the truck is fixed. It required a rebuild of the entire driver side wheel assembly down to the bearings, new brake calipers and pads on both sides, new brake lines for both sides, new brake master cylinder, new brake booster, rebuild of the rear differential, seal, and fluid flush, and for the quickest turnaround with the least investment, wheel spacer adapters to bring the bolt pattern from the 8x6 1/2 to the 8x170 mm and picked up some lightly used rims in the stock 17 inch size.

Needless to say, I was able to knock out all the work myself thankfully, but it brought the truck back into working condition. Now on to some projects that need my attention. In the coming days there will be many pictures to come of those projects. Thank you for hanging in there with me while I got this tackled.

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