fur clothing??

[Everything Mac]

Hi all

Just watching some RM and it reminded me of something I've often wandered.

Why is it that when ever you see a native people in cold regions - their fur clothes have the fur on the outside? I would have thought they would be better with fur on the inside no?

Cheers
Andy

 

[udamiano]

Fur it really strange stuff it wicks moisture away from the skin, and traps air between the fibres to create an insulation the reason its on the outside is because it draws moisture away from you and provides that level of insulation barrier between your mid-layers and the outside, water does freeze in it, but you brush it out. you don't allow it to thaw

 

[Mesquite]

End of the day what way did the animal it came from wear their fur?

If fur was best on the inside rather than outside that's how mother nature would have grown it

 

[Everything Mac]

End of the day what way did the animal it came from wear their fur?

If fur was best on the inside rather than outside that's how mother nature would have grown it

lol fair point

Cheers
Andy

 

[Martti]

If one has only one fur coat one may decide which way one wears it. However the most effective way is to have two coats, inner one with furs turned inside the body and the other one with furs outside. Fur on inside puts distance between the body and the clothing and thus creates barrier of air which insulates well. The outer shell provides protection from the wind as two layers of leather is put against each other. This is common practice among all people living in taiga and arctic regions.

 

[forestwalker]

Also, for work garments the fur is generally on the inside; it is simply so that the flesh side takes lugging firewood, etc much better than the fur. For a fancy garment or an outer parka then -- as Martti writes -- the the fur out is the way to go.

 

[Wayland]

Some Inuit clothing is double skinned and reversible.

The idea is that moisture builds up in the inner layer so when the garment is taken off and left in the cold antechamber of the dwelling it freezes. The next time it is put on with the inner face out and the ice shakes out while the garment is worn which creates a cycle of drying while wearing.

 

[Everything Mac]

Some Inuit clothing is double skinned and reversible.

The idea is that moisture builds up in the inner layer so when the garment is taken off and left in the cold antechamber of the dwelling it freezes. The next time it is put on with the inner face out and the ice shakes out while the garment is worn which creates a cycle of drying while wearing.

very clever. Cheers guys!

Andy