I picked up a brown rabbit fur scarf on ebay intending to use for jigs. It's made of hide strips joined end to end and wound through a knit backing. I ended up with around two hides worth of really nice zonkers for about the price of a couple of packages of four hide strips.
The interesting things about this scarf is it has tassels on the ends made from a single strip of twisted hide. There's no hair and fur side like on zonker cuts. I can easily unwind the strips so they don't appear to be glued, but when released they spring back into their twisted shape. They're very soft and pliable. Sort of like a MOAL leech without the central cord. I expect they will make excellent tails and leech imitations.
Anyone know how they accomplished this? Is it a special cutting or curing method?
The interesting things about this scarf is it has tassels on the ends made from a single strip of twisted hide. There's no hair and fur side like on zonker cuts. I can easily unwind the strips so they don't appear to be glued, but when released they spring back into their twisted shape. They're very soft and pliable. Sort of like a MOAL leech without the central cord. I expect they will make excellent tails and leech imitations.
Anyone know how they accomplished this? Is it a special cutting or curing method?
