h a l f b a k e r yI like this idea, only I think it should be run by the government.
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Animals are trapped and shaved (The now hairless animal is placed in a climate-controlled facility until summer).
The hair is carefully attached to a synthetic leather backing, using a similar technique to that employed in wigmaking.
Repeat, profit, etc.
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Easier to farm the fur-bearers rather than trap them in the
wild. Otherwise, [+] |
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I don't know how you are going to *attach* fur, one hair at a time on something as large as a coat. Wigmaking takes about 40,000 stitches to produce a head-sized wig, so I'd think these garments would be extremely expensive and quite tedious to make. (hence- not much profit) |
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Perhaps a special skin treatment shortly before harvest
could adhere the individual hairs at the base, so the pelt
comes off in a single sheet when carefully shaved. |
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There is a simpler solution. First, coat the faux skin
with a suitable adhesive. Second, make the animal
either cold or angry, so its fur stands on end. Third,
etc etc. Sort of like waxing. |
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But then you get the root of the hair (the thickest, least-
desirable part) facing outward. Also, many fur-bearing
critters have what are called double- and triple-coats,
meaning thier fur is made up of different types of hair,
some short and fuzzy-soft, some long and glossy. These
multiple layers are what make these furs so attractive and
desirable, and would be completely destroyed by the
'waxing' method. |
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OK, plan B. Paint the animal with wax, allowing it
to soak through the fur to the skin. Now remove
the (set) wax. Now paint the inside of the wax
shell (the side formerly in contact with the now-
nude animal) with a suitable liquid rubber, and
allow to cure. |
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Finally, melt and remove the wax. Gadulka! You
have the fur coat, with every hair anchored in the
rubber base-layer in exactly the same orientation
as it was on the animal. |
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That's basically what I meant by 'special skin treatment', a
non-toxic adhesive that would somehow pass through the
fur and settle on the skin, without saturating or coating
anything but the very base of the hair. I don't think such a
thing exists, but it could work if only it would work. |
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Melting out the stripping wax is a clever variation, but I
think the fur might be damaged by the heat. I've had a
couple of rabbit pelts go all frizzy on me just from
accidentally leaving the frames fur-side up when I was
tanning them in the sun. |
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This may be a little extreme, but you could grow a new layer of skin on the animal but I suppose I wont be the same as normal skin.. |
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We just have to engineer reptiles to grow fur and then collect the sheddings. |
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//the fur might be damaged by the heat// |
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One could always use ice, or even dry-ice, in place of
wax. This would probably be fine for cold-tolerant
animals like polar bear or snow-leopards. |
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Let me know how that snow leopard farm works out. |
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