I'm wondering how hard it is to get a badger hide and cut the hairs to make a knot? I can get a whole badger hide for $120 Cad.
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I'm wondering how hard it is to get a badger hide and cut the hairs to make a knot? I can get a whole badger hide for $120 Cad.
I'm actually in the works, trying to get a hold of some loose badger hair. I really want to give a go at tying my own knots. As for getting it straight off a badger hide..... not sure how that would work. Pixel would probably know info on that. Hopefully he'll stop by and she'd some info.
Shed some info...Good one.:p
One way hair is removed from a deer hide is to soak a hide in water with ash, then scrape it off with something like a dull draw knife. I wonder if the same would work for a badger hide.
I think more work than it is worth,JMO
There maybe other things to consider about health risks - in the UK, legislation was enacted allowing badgers to be culled in areas where there have been outbreaks of bovine TB. So the pelt that's available would need to be sterilised to your satisfaction.
I was wondering the same thing since my brother has a badger mount and I was tempted to give it a shave though not really sure how/if taxidermy would affect the usability of the hairs. I think trying to differentiate the different grades of hairs would be the hardest part to the untrained.