Tom decided not to remove the back leg (remember, this
was not a full restoration). So, instead, he doweled it. To be
completely historically accurate to this horse we should not
dowel it because originally this was not how they did these legs.
However, for our purposes it worked very well. Although the leg
was secured well, the outer thigh was deteriorated and needed
replacement.
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Another view of the back legs.
*By the way, this is a good time to mention the stripping
job on this horse. It was not taken completely down to bare wood
because the horse was in such poor shape that we knew it we would
have to paint it in the end. Luckily, that's what we had planned
to do from the start because these horses were painted originally.
However, if you get a horse that is in really great shape, you
may consider stripping it completely to bare wood and just staining
and polyurethaning it. Some people do this and it creates a wood
sculpture affect with these horses.
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