I like wool duffle for backing(Hudson bay blanket),but it is pricey.

Rich Mellon from Trapping TV Canada said in an episode last year he and his wife were making a bedspread out of beavers they saved over the years. Maybe call him. http://www.trappinginc.com/contact.html

Fur Source does nothing for trappers. Will not make custom blankets or donate to any cause related to trappers interests. Research who furthers our trapping privileges and support that company. as a group we should be more concerned about who we deal with.

I appreciate the information. I won’t send business to those that won’t reinvest.


Thank you

We just had 22 beaver tanned, plucked and sheared to make a blanket. The tanning was $97 each, plucking and shearing an addition $25 each so for a grand total of $2684 for just the beavers to make the blanket. I supplied my own beaver and don't have the bill for the making of the blanket yet. This is in Canada but the costs add up fast!

You can buy a blanket at retail for less than this.

I recently made a lap throw for a customer, he sent me 8 beaver of various sizes, tho once done it looked like 6 all together. Ended up being 60x36 and made a perfect size lap blanket. It was trimmed with red fox. (Not shown in this pic because it wasn't done yet).

I will have to try this next time with the hexagon style. Sounds like it would utilize more fur.

I had one made. It's a queen bed size. It took 16 beaver and it is lined around the outside with 20 mink. Each beaver was cut into 1" strips, then each strip moved down from the last strip, a few inches, then sewn all back together, making it square. Then each square beaver was sewn to the next one. 4 across and 4 down, makes 16 total beaver. They lined the outside with 20 mink in a continuous strip all the way around the 16 beaver. They also sewed the entire blanket to a backing blanket that has a waterproof membrane inside the backing blanket. It covers to the floor, so it could fit a King bed easily, I just have it on a Queen bed. It must weigh 30 pounds because of the backing blanket. No, you cannot sleep under it. I paid $2200 for the sewing, pleating, blocking, backing blanket etc. It's appraised at $6000. All beaver and mink were caught by me in Alaska, so it's priceless to me. I had the beavers and mink tanned by Moyles, great job as usual, don't remember what I paid for the tanning, but worth it in the end.

$97 each for tanning seems high to me. I had one done about 5 years ago for $35. My buddy who has more money than god bought one from Cabelas for about $3200, very expensive but man it is nice.