Rabbit Fur

**Burly Brute** · 7th September 11, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by azwildcat96

Yep, tough and stringy...I quit shooting them years ago and now only pull the trigger on the smaller, more tender and juicy cottontails. They are delicious! For the past 5 or 6 years, it's been a family tradition to roast them on Easter Sunday, along with a more traditional Easter meal. I know, it's wrong on so many levels...but so tasty!

Aye, we keep up the same tradition. Cottontails are especially delicious, especially the younger ones. Jack rabbit aint to bad if you boil it before you fry it.

**Chas** · 8th September 11, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by HeathBar

Not an expert, but I'm guessing its glued to another piece of leather to give added strength.

Originally Posted by flyrod6057

Uh...I was gonna say that...

And not just leather. I have seen, what I believe to be good quality linen used to good effect.

Regards

Chas

**Burly Brute** · 9th September 11, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Chas

And not just leather. I have seen, what I believe to be good quality linen used to good effect.

Regards

Chas

So when they glue it, do they just have the fur completely removed, or is it a layer of skin to which they glue to the other leather/linen?

**Joshua** · 9th September 11, 10:19 AM

I've got one rabbit sporran in the works, and my first sporran, a very primitive fur-faced hunter sporran, is rabbit. It is a pain in the *** to stitch through because of how fine the hair is, I've found a pair of hair-clippers quite useful to shave the pelt to stitch it to a firmer leather backing.

I bought my pelts from Tandy.

Here's my first one, completed...

And wearing it:

Full-sized pics are in the gallery.

**Thomas H** · 9th September 11, 10:56 AM

That is cool ,Great job, makes me want to make one, tooo

**Burly Brute** · 9th September 11, 01:39 PM

This is good info! Do you guys know if there is a difference amongst the rabbits/hares of the different parts of the country/world?

**luath** · 9th September 11, 03:01 PM

I can certainly tell you that when I ordered my rabbit skin sporran from these folk - who I think it's fair to say are pretty well regarded - it was made from a Texas jack rabbit pelt that they ordered in specially.

Bigger and furrier than Scottish rabbits, apparently.

**Joshua** · 9th September 11, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Burly Brute

This is good info! Do you guys know if there is a difference amongst the rabbits/hares of the different parts of the country/world?

Mine are from Mexico. Seems like a majority of the world's hides and leathers come from there, at least the ones stocked at Tandy.

**sydnie7** · 9th September 11, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Burly Brute

So when they glue it, do they just have the fur completely removed, or is it a layer of skin to which they glue to the other leather/linen?

If I understand your question. . .

fur-on-rabbit skin (skin side down)
glue
leather/linen

in that order/relationship.

I had a vintage (30s) rabbit-skin coat that belonged to my paternal grandmother. In the mid-70s I actually wore it a few times on "cold" California college days (this was in the SF Bay area, where it does get cold). We are talking knee-length dark brown rabbit, sewn in strips about 4 in wide IIRC and lined with heavy brown satin. It weighed a lot! Never opened up the lining to see if or what might have been used as a backing, sorry. And the coat is long gone these many years.