Fur Bonanza & I have a question Please

[Skip48]

One of my new customers for my jigs ask me the other day if I wanted some hair/fur hats. He told me he's had them a long time and someone gave them to him and he thinks they are over 40 years old. Anyway his wife told him to throw them out and he ask if I wanted them and without a doubt I wanted to take a look.

They are the round hats that are a few different kinds of fur (don't know what all of them are) and the only one that is coming apart looks to be a red fox or something like that. I will keep it in a bag and just cut off what I need at the time. The others are in great shape and Two are some kind of thick shorter fur and I guess I can make dubbing out of it huh?

Any info or help about what I should do with them other than tie is what i am looking for.

Here are pics...

The one on the right is one of what I am calling short fur? I am pretty sure the other two are raccoon and one is I guess died to have silver tips or am I missing something?


This is the one I am thinking is red fox maybe and the other is another of the short thick fur.


Thanks,

Skip

[Flyandtie1]

That was a SCORE!

[harleybob87]

you have enough dubbing and hair for tying that you will be a very old man before it is used up great score

[Skip48]

you have enough dubbing and hair for tying that you will be a very old man before it is used up great score

I am already pretty darn old so I guess that means I will not run out for sure huh, LOL?


Anyone know what the ones on the right in the both pic are?

Skip

[EdD]

I am certainly no furrier, but I would guess that you have, from left to right, raccoon, beaver, and red fox. Although I could easily be wrong on all 3 counts. I am not familiar with fishers and sables (we don't have them down here and I've never seen one), so if the middle hat was one of them, I wouldn't know it. You could always call up a furrier and ask if you could bring them by to be ID'ed.

Ed

[Skip48]

I am certainly no furrier, but I would guess that you have, from left to right, raccoon, beaver, and red fox. Although I could easily be wrong on all 3 counts. I am not familiar with fishers and sables (we don't have them down here and I've never seen one), so if the middle hat was one of them, I wouldn't know it. You could always call up a furrier and ask if you could bring them by to be ID'ed.

Ed

Thanks! I live in the sticks so I am not sure we have anyone that would be a furrier around, but I will check.


It doesn't show well but the one on the left top photo has silver looking tips on it's fur.
Skip

[Ron Mason]

My guess is from L to R, Coyote, Raccoon & red fox.

[EdD]

My guess is from L to R, Coyote, Raccoon & red fox.

Probably a better guess than mine.

Skip48, if you live "in the sticks", there might be an experienced fur BUYER who could tell you what you have.


Ed

[Clay]

Don't cut those up for dubbing. Sell those to someone who doesn't give a damn about being politically correct on Ebay and with that money, buy some dubbing.

From an old boy that use to hunt fur, what an absolute shame that one has to find nice old fur hats that once were proudly worn and use them as scrap fur for flies. If you have a rifle range close by that shoots black powder, many of those guys that want to do reanactments would love those. Just think about it before you go cuttin' up a $100 hat.

Rick

[Ray Kunz]

I'd guess the ones in the two part photo are red fox belly and a muskrat.
But those are just guesses.