The Hackle color post brought up an interesting discussion and an interesting question. When does Badger become Furnace and Furnace become Badger? In present times Furnace has become associated with brown and Badger with silver or gold. Jim Leisenring was of the opinion that Badger was a hackle that had a black center stripe with color clear to the tips. Furnace same black center stripe with color towards the tips but Black on the tips. What this means is that you could have a red or ginger Badger as well as a silver or gold furnace.
Rube cross described Badger and Furnace pretty much as we do now.
I was wondering what were earlier definitions of these colors? Also how are these colors differentiated in England and Europe?
Leisenrings definitions appear logical to me. It seems better to say "Light Ginger Furnace" than to say Golden badger with black tips . Also Brown Badger would sound better than Furnace without black tips.

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[This message has been edited by Jim Slattery (edited 09 February 2006).]