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No, mine came from Alaska,Skunk is also from the same family,the entire weasel clan:)

Sorry,i have alot of ferret pelts.none even come close to looking like badger.

Sadley, there are no more at this time:( I bought all TGN had:)

Have seen the vids. they were made at the simpson company,do not think knots are made that way anymore.

That Lighter has never lit a pipe.at least one with tabacco in it:) gets used 20 times a day and still going strong.

Thats my 45 year old Zippo guys:)

No help with a bucket size badger John,but than we have boar:
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You can have great knots, the best of the best,but loft is everything IMO.you can take the finest knot in the world,set it at 45mm,be a great face lathering brush,a little schritchy perhaps,you can...

The part you see, the top of the bulb.I have a Hoffritz I bought in 73 also, my son has it now, still a great brush,the manchuirans? marketing Ploy?? gotta have one man:)) to me a quality shaving...

The grade A knots are hand stuffed and hand trimmed, generic Knots are stuffed and than put into a trimming cutter that shapes them.
The days of tied knots are long gone,and in reality, dinosaurs....

All knots, be it simpson, rooney, thater, plisson, come from China. 55mm loft in an overstuffed 30mm hand made knot is the best of both worlds both for bowl and face lathering,yes i turn my own...

TGN 30mm Grade A,hand packed, hand trimmed,100% silvertip.
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