I just aquired a beautiful Muskrat pelt and want to separate the guard hairs from the underfur to use for some patterns.

The underfur does make some great dubbing, but I'm trying to come up with way to remove the guard hairs without all the underfur with it for a couple of patterns I found using muskrat, i.e. Casual Dress nymph.

Anyone have any tricks or tips on the best way to remove the guard hairs from a pelt without loosing allot of it and without allot of the underfur with it ? Been doing by hand right now, pulling a pinch of guard hairs from the fur then putting in a small hair stacker, ... must be an easier & faster way

Thanks,

Mike