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Title: otter fur hat
Post by: SunnySlopes on March 05, 2012, 08:58:11 AM: Just received my hat that I had Amanda with Harts Lake Trading post in Roy, WA. build for me. It is really nice, and fits perfectly. Great workmanship. I'd also sent her a couple of bobcat pelts which she made into headbands for my daughters. They love them. Last year we had a beaver hat made by usa foxx. It was nothing but a ripoff.
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Post by: Machias on March 05, 2012, 09:05:15 AM: Man that thing is nice!! I may have to buy me an otter. I got some beaver and coon skins, but that thing is really nice!
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Post by: SunnySlopes on March 05, 2012, 11:16:55 AM: Thanks Machias, I should have sent in pics of my daughter's bobcat headbands too. They are beautiful. One nice thing going through Harts lake is you know they use your own pelts. The hat my girlfriend had made for me by usa foxx last year was made out of three different beaver. One piece could have been from my pelt that my girlfriend sent in. Plus it was too small. She's still pissed!
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Post by: MADMAX on March 05, 2012, 11:32:18 AM: Reminds me of the movie "The mountain men"
nice hat, very cool
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Post by: JakeLand on March 05, 2012, 04:15:18 PM: nice looking hat if you don't mind me asking what do they charge if you supply the fur
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Post by: billythekidrock on March 05, 2012, 04:17:45 PM: Mandy is one of the best in the country. She has been in the business for decades and has clients all over the world.

You should check out the full length bear fur coats she makes. Incredible.
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Post by: bear hunter on March 06, 2012, 12:11:07 AM: Quote from: SunnySlopes on March 05, 2012, 08:58:11 AM
Just received my hat that I had Amanda with Harts Lake Trading post in Roy, WA. build for me. It is really nice, and fits perfectly. Great workmanship. I'd also sent her a couple of bobcat pelts which she made into headbands for my daughters. They love them. Last year we had a beaver hat made by usa foxx. It was nothing but a ripoff.
If you don't mind me asking? How much did it cost for the hat to be made?
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Post by: TheHunt on March 06, 2012, 07:24:24 AM: I would love to see more pictures of her work and the cost associated with it.
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Post by: billythekidrock on March 06, 2012, 04:38:31 PM: Here is an old article (84) with a pic of a bobcat jacket.
The article is very old and mentions that they tan hides, which they don't do anymore.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=969&dat=19840815&id=vkVlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mpMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1464,5570614
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Post by: TheHunt on March 06, 2012, 04:59:58 PM: That article came from the Eatonville Dispatch. We use the call it the Eatonville Discrace if your name was in there under the police activities. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: big wood on March 06, 2012, 07:46:32 PM: AMANDA IS AWESOME. I HAVENT SEEN HER AND ANGELO IN YEARS. SHE MADE ME SOME BEAVER MITTENS 10 YEARS AGO.
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Post by: SunnySlopes on March 07, 2012, 07:36:35 AM: I had 3 hats made and bought some elk leather from them,didn't parce out the cost of the otter hat. I had the pelts tanned at Moyle Mink before I sent them over to Hart Lake Trading. I'd contact Amanda and tell her what you have in mind and she'll give you a firm quote. You can find them on the computer.
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Post by: saylean on March 08, 2012, 01:25:46 PM: thats a beauty of a hat. thanks for posting...might have to send some business her way once I get a bobkitty
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Post by: Beartrap on March 09, 2012, 05:02:20 AM: Good morning SS nice looking hat. Hope too get a closer look at it in June.The fur hats are #1. Have a great day.