OT: furry seller

[AlbeoLupus]

Hi boys and girls

Not sure if this will be of interest to anyone on here.

but if you ever fancied making your own bunny blanket, making a beaver hat or even a squirrel waistcoat

Checkout this site

House of De Clifford for all your furry needs

Andy

 

[Abbe Osram]

Thanks mate,
I dropped them a line and ask if they would like to buy fur from me.
cheers
Abbe

 

[British Red]

Abbe,

What does Abbe fur look like

Tell you what though - I bet theres a few on this site would like to buy some furs from you! Me included (unless their reindeer skins - they always seem to end up shedding when I have them)

Red

 

[Abbe Osram]

Like that:

cheers
Abbe

 

[British Red]

Don't want the skin off the left one at the top ta

Whats that at the bottom - I'm guessing reindeer but it look huge ???

Red

 

[Abbe Osram]

Don't want the skin off the left one at the top ta

Whats that at the bottom - I'm guessing reindeer but it look huge ???

Red

yes, this is reindeer. Its very little compared to a moose hide.
// Abbe

 

[British Red]

Aah lack of a visual reference scale - always my downfall!

So what hides and furs do you get mate?

Red

 

[Abbe Osram]

I can get Fox, marten, mink, Squirrel, reindeer and moose.
If I am lucky I can get some skulls, antlers etc

The only problem are the custom controlls, as each nation has its own restrictions.
We dry the hides here but to get them into the uk I believe every fur has to be chemically treated. Thats what I heard at least, I never mailed a fur before, so I dont know yet. Would be cool to figure out but its a real hussle to get straight answeres, I tried it once and got real frustrated about all the controll aspects.

I dont know either if fox and red Squirrel is a protected art in england, here it is not.

cheers
Abbe

 

[British Red]

Red Squirrels are mate - fox's can't be hunted with horses and hounds any more but no worries shooing em.

Well if you ever get into the export business, I'd love a moose skin - I can see myself in a mooseskin coat

Red

 

[Abbe Osram]

Red Squirrels are mate - fox's can't be hunted with horses and hounds any more but no worries shooing em.

Well if you ever get into the export business, I'd love a moose skin - I can see myself in a mooseskin coat

Red

moose skin is not good, what you want is baby reindeer, soft and warm, from them you can make youself the same type of anorack the inuit have.

cheers
Abbe

 

[British Red]

Baby reindeer - that'll get people going

So why do all the reindeer skins I'va had shet hair Abbe? Are the badly tanned? I've heard somewhere that they dry out in some way if kept indoors (never had the problem with any other skin though)

Red

 

[Abbe Osram]

Baby reindeer - that'll get people going

So why do all the reindeer skins I'va had shet hair Abbe? Are the badly tanned? I've heard somewhere that they dry out in some way if kept indoors (never had the problem with any other skin though)

Red

There might be two reasons for it, you got fur from a reindeer which got killed in winter time. The fur looks very pretty but is only good to hang on the wall but not to use it. Usually these hides are sold in the tourist shops as they look so cozy, often too they are chemically tanned. I bought such a thing when I came up here, until the boys told me that was rubbish.

They buy the autum killed reindeer furs. The fur is short and trimm and you can sit on it or lay on it for some years. All reindeer furs are giving off some hair but the autum ones are living longer. We too here only use them dried, that means that they are not soft on the fleshy side, on snow they get all wet and the naturclue is activated, they too survive longer than the chemial tanned onces.

The are only good to have outside around the fireplace, you dont want to have them inside, they stink. Keep you reindeer furs in a cool and dark place in summer time. I have some wonderfull Sami reindeerboots which are now laying in my freezer. That tip I got from a old Sami woman who made me the boots.
So, if you have it hanging in the sun they drie out and spoil.

Hope this answeres all your questions!

cheers
Abbe

 

[British Red]

Fantastic help as always Abbe - have a rep point and my thanks. I really fancy a warm, large, long lasting fur that doesn't mind being in the warm as well. Kind of like a 7' long sheepskin <g>

Red

 

[British Red]

BTW,

Sorry for the thread Hi-Jack Mr Wolf

Red

 

[AlbeoLupus]

BTW,

Sorry for the thread Hi-Jack Mr Wolf

Red

It's not a problem, it keeps the link high in the lists which means more peeps will see the link and maybe use the site.

I know the stuff on the site is of the highest quality as re-enactors whouldn't have it any other way. Which is the owners primary sales area.

Andy

 

[Abbe Osram]

Fantastic help as always Abbe - have a rep point and my thanks. I really fancy a warm, large, long lasting fur that doesn't mind being in the warm as well. Kind of like a 7' long sheepskin <g>

Red

sheepskin is wonderfull, I was reading that the sami while traveling with the reindeer sledges use lamm sheepskin to put their new born babys in. They added some warm stones too, there was a real technic in the way they did it but I cant remember how they did it. I have to look it up again.

//Abbe