Pretty good - 13 days before the sale and grades are up.

They have to be on top of things when selling in Helsinki. Sample bundles and everything have to be there when inspection starts.

Now just have to see how the beavers sell

My grades look good,lynx grades look excellent.Hope the prices are there.Lots of HVY grades in marten compared to NAFA.

Got my acc. No. The other day. But can't seem to log in, I'm a first time seller with FHA. Do I just need to contact them again?

25% of mine went 3X. Boco can you tell me how I'm stretching them wrong again?

I never said you were stretching your marten wrong,I think you said I was stretching mine wrong.

So you had NAFA grade them before you sent them to FHA?

No I split the catch right down the middle for weight size and colour.

No, I said I did not like the way you put up your marten. I didn't tell you why. You pointed out that the way I did it would not improve my grade. IMO size is part of grade.

OK.3x are big marten,I doubt your boarding made them any bigger than they started out.

I've got an Oregon coastal kitty that graded xxl western heavy with a B belly. Let's how that translates to $$$.

Happy with my marten grading. Let’s see what the buyers are willing to pay.
FWIW I don’t have hardly any 3x sized marten here. Also, lots of pitch, and not due to how I catch them. Just what I have to work with.

I’ve stretch a few marten in my time. Can you really OVER stretch them? I used wood boards and push pins. The pins tear out, or the skin tears off the pin is it take it too far. I remember wide boards being tight for the neck to stretch over.

Like any other pelt,I don't pull them tight on the board.I tap the board and pin the skirt across where the tail starts either square across or slightly angled down towards the outside.I mark my boards and if they are just at the line I will pull them over a half inch to make sure they make the size after shrinkage.If they are below the size line I back them off to a half inch over the next size down.
I pin the legs on the belly side the same way-I don't pull them down but pin where they hang,then spread them to dry with a few more pins.
You can lose a size by making improper opening cuts like any fur pelt,they are measured from the nose to where the tail attaches to the body,OR if scalloped at the skirt from the nose to the scallop.Borderline pelts with pointy noses will be dropped a size also.As will pelts stretched too narrow.

Mike,did you get any type of downgrade like a sd on the marten due to pitch as far as you know?

We'll just have to see how things go.

No, they didn't get any bigger. That is not the goal. The goal is to grade bigger.

Your boarding cant make them grade any bigger than they actually are.

40 mink all 1x-lg