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Mole Substitute?

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:32 pm
by Silver Doctor
Is there a substitute for mole? any other light furs that with touch dubb? Having trouble finding any locally.

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:09 am
by Ron Eagle Elk
SD,

Where are ya? I might have a natural mole extra. I'll have to check.

REE

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:22 pm
by John Dunn
I'm still looking for a lite tan colour skin , not having muck luck. Hope you have more luck than Me:)

JAD

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:04 pm
by Eric Peper
John Dunn wrote:I'm still looking for a lite tan colour skin , not having muck luck. Hope you have more luck than Me:)

JAD
I've got a bunch of Australian possum somewhere, and I think some of it is pretty light tan. Any interest? PM me with an address, and I'll send a chunk -- once I dig it out.

EP

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:40 pm
by Silver Doctor
I'm in Calgary Alberta.

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:24 pm
by Jim Slattery
I have mole in the following colors:
Natural (Grey) , Black, dark brown, Tan Brown, and Blue

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:54 am
by William Anderson
If you're looking for something immediate, you can use the muskrat underfur and cut it up very small. Its usually much too long and silky to replace mole, but if you cut it into little short pieces, it will behave more like mole.

On the other hand, mole is really easy to come by, and there really isn't anything quite like it. Mole really has a defining quality that gives a lot of the soft-hackles their character.

w

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:08 am
by Liam
You can also check this site:
http://greatfeathers.com/search.aspx?find=mole+skins

I have gotten very nice Veniard mole skins from them in the past.

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:02 pm
by skunkaroo
You can always hunt your own too--I did :)

I was going to suggest Muskrat as well (with the guard hairs removed). Another thought would be fox body underfur (again cut short). Squirrel underfur comes very close, but by the time you finished removing the underfur a package could arrive at your door filled with mole :D

Aaron

Re: Mole Substitute?

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:15 am
by flymph
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