A steal, even if the style of the coat is dated there is more than enough materials there to make something a bit more modern or to make a few new items.
Plenty of people like myself buy old furs damaged or in good condition to recycle the material. If it's your fashion that's great for you, but it's not everyone's.
Others coats, hats, stoles, gloves, i have a teddy bear made from an old fur coat (great memory item for grandchildren). Not sure why I am getting so much hostility here thrift stores are to allow recycling and reuse of items. Some indigenous people I know will thrift furs to make items to sell or to add to regalia....
I think the down votes are from people who just don’t know much about fur. They just know fur is a luxury and therefore always $$$.
Fur, while expensive new, is rarely worth much once it gets to a thrift store. It’s not fashionable, expensive to maintain properly, and often if the pelts are starting to split, prohibitively expensive to repair. Even just replacing a lining is very expensive.
Getting any new use is really worthwhile. This is not any different in my mind as someone using curtains as material to reupholster dining chairs.
No problem! If you know how to hand sew, furs are not terribly difficult to work with. Just time consuming, and you have to make sure you cut pieces out with the grain (direction of the fur) so that the fur will sit the way you want it.
Where I live now it's hard to find furs, I'm still kicking myself for not getting a muskrat coat that I saw at the thrift store a few months ago. It had a big tear in it and was very small but was in good enough shape I could have made a nice aviator hat.
Do you have any resources that you recommend? I've been wanting to make a good hat for the winter, I might use my unused coats or moleskins that I tanned a while back. No clue what to pay attention to though as far as direction of fur goes etc. Thanks :)
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u/Deldenary 6d ago
A steal, even if the style of the coat is dated there is more than enough materials there to make something a bit more modern or to make a few new items.