Found a fox fur wrap for a lady

[tom deinek]

Cleaning a relative's estate. Found one of those things women wore in the 1950's. Three foxes chasing one another & biting each other.

Couldn't throw it away. What do I do with it? Put fox fur on a pouch? Can I find a pattern to make a hat?

Nasty looking little things -- beady eyes & nasty ears & mean little faces.

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Cut em up for bags and pouches :idunno:

 

[George]

What do I do with it? Put fox fur on a pouch? Can I find a pattern to make a hat?

Sounds like good material for a Canadian hat.

Here's a link to an article about them:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/44300874/Canadian-Cap

Spence

 

[tom deinek]

Thanks, guys. Looking out my window into Canada right now.

Because I also took home some wool blankets to turn into long rifle cses, I guess I have the materials for a hat project this winter.

I'll post a picture. Wife says I shousld use one of those wicked looking fox faces for the pom-pom. :>)

 

[BrownBear]

Do that! I'm always curious to see what turns out when someone's creativity juices get to flowing.

The heads might make dandy flaps on bags or "faces" on hats. A fur shop in Anchorage sells the faces after using the pelts. Tails? Who knows. They've always been a challenge to me. Ruffs on coat hoods are downright practical in real cold. I just picked up some ruffs (dyed Arctic fox) from the same shop on half price sale to clip up for fly tying. If you know folks with fly vises, your trimmings will be welcome.

 

[rafterob]

I do know one thing, you can't sell a fashion fur anymore. My Dad sent me a Blue fox coat he picked up at an estate sale cheap. I searched ebay for pricing, thinking I might make a few bucks. They are pricing at $30 and not selling.These coats were probably $500 new. I'm going to make hats and bags with mine.

 

[BrownBear]

Gotta pass on a funny.

At the fur shop I was sidelined for a conversation between the owner and a dog musher. Seems frost bite of private parts is a problem with young male dogs on the trail in very cold weather. Kinda hard on future breeding prospects.

News to me, but I learned it's common to use mink to fashion "jock straps" for them. The shop owner was passing on design points while selling the mink pelts. Yup, that's great service! :rotf:

 

[George]

Did he have a design for the musher? :haha:

Spence

 

[BrownBear]

Did he have a design for the musher? :haha:

Spence

Sure enough. Even had an example on hand.

It's more fun to let you speculate than to spell it out, though! :rotf:

 

[cchipmunk]

BrownBear... that is one way to use up fur pieces that I can't say I had ever thought of :haha: ... from a former Anchorage gal.

 

[BrownBear]

Nor I. My wife was blown away. Lotta snickers, even from the clerk and the musher. But there's so much money in breeding sled dogs these days, it's easy to understand.

Now.... What was the original topic before I dragged this sideways?

 

[nhmoose]

Sweey offer it to your wife, then it's ready for many projects!

 

[gmarc]

The were called "Kalinskys" years ago...They make spiffy neck-warmers as-is.