Thread: Information on how badger hair is obtained

This is a more appropriate area for this thread. I am also posting a warning that links to gratuitous bloody or violent videos will be removed without question and without notification. You should be aware that a similar discussion regarding this has already taken place and was closed: http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...r-get-fur.html

Thank you for your cooperation.

This is great information Christian. Thanks!

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Byron, why not leave it to the reader whether or not they want to activate a certain link?

Video links are automatically converted to be embedded in the post - it does not show as a link - and unless you have a flash blocker active, you could simply pull up the thread and the video start playing.

Originally Posted by ByronTodd

Video links are automatically converted to be embedded in the post - it does not show as a link - and unless you have a flash blocker active, you could simply pull up the thread and the video start playing.

Actually, in post number 5 of the previously mentioned thread, there is a link on which one must click to open the video. I put it in as a link and it is still a link. I think we are adults here.

That is very interesting. I'm glad that this very legitimate use of these animals is not causing them to suffer or die needlessly and that trapping is being carried on in a sustainable way. That the rest of the animal is not being wasted and that persons and livestock are protected from illness is to be applauded. Trapping in the 21st Century really is humane and brings to mind the gentleness that St. Francis of Assisi showed animals.

It is unfortunate that this understand of stewardship wasn't present sooner in our modern history, maybe then we could have continued to enjoy luxurious materials instead of their modern imitations. Tortoiseshell scales or an ivory brush, for example.

Byron, thank you. Seeing videos like this are disturbing and often come from political sources eager to misrepresent actual trapping practices. I wouldn't watch people being tortured, either.

Anyways, lather up!

Originally Posted by Whiggamore

Trapping in the 21st Century really is humane and brings to mind the gentleness that St. Francis of Assisi showed animals.

Not everyone agrees with that. An animal trapped starts to panic, many dislocate the shoulder or hip joint which is very painful, some animals even bite the trapped leg off and limp on making them easy pray for predators or causing slow death due to infection or starvation as they can no longer hunt.

This thread is not going to degrade into a discussion on the merits of hunting and trapping..... Keep in on track and tread lightly....

This is the second warning on this thread!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Kees

Not everyone agrees with that. An animal trapped starts to panic, many dislocate the shoulder or hip joint which is very painful, some animals even bite the trapped leg off and limp on making them easy pray for predators or causing slow death due to infection or starvation as they can no longer hunt.

Kees -
While I agree with you on most things regarding razors and straight shaving, I feel that you are relating something with which you have no personal experience. I trapped for over ten years to make ends meet and to put food on the table. I never had an animal do any such thing and they were always dispatched humanely. The bottom line it that a trap line is always run at dawn before the animals have an opportunity to get agitated. While trapping is not something I would do today, it provided meat on the table and furs for profit at a time when I needed it.

Originally Posted by Kees

Not everyone agrees with that. An animal trapped starts to panic, many dislocate the shoulder or hip joint which is very painful, some animals even bite the trapped leg off and limp on making them easy pray for predators or causing slow death due to infection or starvation as they can no longer hunt.

Everyone doesn't agree on anything, ever.

It is sad that some hunters and trappers do not practice humane methods. "It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly." These people should be disciplined. Let us all be thankful that this is the exception though and not the rule. Too bad animals, badgers and their extremely violent, brutal behaviour comes to mind, don't show this same concern for the welfare of their fellow animals.