Thread: Possum fur as insulation

Is Possum fur a viable alternative to the likes of duck/goose down as a filler for a puffer style jacket?
I suspect there is a valid reason we don't see it in the shops apart from turned into fancy gloves and scarves for the tourists.

Build one Pengy but the outer would want to be fairly waterproof as you'd end up with a soggy clump of fur with zero insulation quality if it ever got wet.

Same thing applies to down

Originally Posted by Pengy

Same thing applies to down

Yes but ai reckon possum fur would clump even worse.

Years ago the cook bought me some possum merino fingerless gloves. They are when dry, amazingly warm.

Surprised no one has made some form of jacket out of possum fur yet.



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Originally Posted by R93

Years ago the cook bought me some possum merino fingerless gloves. They are when dry, amazingly warm.

Surprised no one has made some form of jacket out of possum fur yet.

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Like this?

McDonalds Merino - Possum Jacket with Leather Trim - The Tin Shed

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No no no. I am well aware of the knitted variety that make us of mixed fibres.
My thinking is that possum fur may be a viable alternative to duck/goose down in puffer style jackets.
Apparently there is a sizable number of our population that object to duck and goose down, based on some dubious methods of obtaining the end product. ( so my greeny sister tells me)

[QUOTE=Pengy;597495][QUOTE=Recoil;597490]Like this?

[url=http://www.thetinshed.co.nz/products/mcdonalds



No no no. I am well aware of the knitted variety that make us of mixed fibres.
My thinking is that possum fur may be a viable alternative to duck/goose down in puffer style jackets.
Apparently there is a sizable number of our population that object to duck and goose down, based on some dubious methods of obtaining the end product. ( so my greeny sister tells me)[/QUOTE]

And she is happy with the source of possum fur how???? Plucked when dead. Was that the goose, duck or possum?

A quick google search shows that there are possum fur jackets available, but not in the format I have in mind.

I've got some possum socks.skin with the fur on the inside. Very warm and seem to work when they're wet.
wife says I look like a faggot in them though.

Originally Posted by Brian

I've got some possum socks.skin with the fur on the inside. Very warm and seem to work when they're wet.
wife says I look like a faggot in them though.

She is clearly jealous of them

Originally Posted by Brian

I've got some possum socks.skin with the fur on the inside. Very warm and seem to work when they're wet.
wife says I look like a faggot in them though.

Nope!can't picture you as a faggot

Removing the Down from a Jacket and replacing it with live Possums would certainly keep you warm,as you writhed in agony.

I am just curing some possum skins at the moment , and noticed when I pulled them out of the near freezing tanning solution and wring them out , just how surprisingly warm the fur is even when wet. you are on to something there pengy.

I cant help thinking that there just has to be a down side (pun intended) to using Possum fur in this way, otherwise one of the major players would of already done it