Thread: Who has made a badger knot?

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.

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

Originally Posted by Deathblade

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 would imagine shearing the pelt would be messier than just buying loose badger hair to be knotted. As far as where to get the loose hair, you would have to ask a brushmaker, I don't know of any that are active on this forum.

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.

Originally Posted by UKRob

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.

Funnily it's only England and Wales that have a problem with badgers and TB Scottish badgers are not infected. But it's a shame they can't be used for anything just burned from the cull

Originally Posted by pedro083

Funnily it's only England and Wales that have a problem with badgers and TB Scottish badgers are not infected. But it's a shame they can't be used for anything just burned from the cull

My understanding is that Chinese and European badgers are slightly different species - but different enough to make just the Chinese ones suitable for brushes.

Originally Posted by UKRob

My understanding is that Chinese and European badgers are slightly different species - but different enough to make just the Chinese ones suitable for brushes.

European badgers are on the cities list they make great brushes it's just illegal to do so. Pity really