Origin of the furs

Rabbits (European pedigree rabbits)

Our fur products, marked with the addition "European pedigree rabbits", come exclusively from Europe. We guarantee that all those rabbits skins are high-quality rabbit fur skins. We often know the breeders personally and buy the skins only from sources we know and trust. The farmers often keep the animals in so-called "hobby breeds", which means that the farmers have very few animals on their farm. To get a good fur product, the rabbit must be treated very well. The farmed rabbits are mainly used for meat production, so the rabbit skin is only a byproduct which occurs in the meat production.

Only the best rabbit skins can be used or processed for the fur production. If an animal has not been kept well, you may not see it at first glance if you eat the meat, but you will see it for sure in the quality of the fur! We have very high demands on the quality of the rabbit skins. Only the best skins are purchased from us and processed to fur blankets, fur pillows, fur collars, fur jackets, and vests.

Since we receive the skins first-hand, we can also completely determine the further dressing and finishing process. That means that we decide where the skins are tanned/dressed and colored if necessary. Our skins are tanned or dyed in Europe to ensure that no harmful substances are contained in the produced product.

We do not use rabbit skins from China!

You can find often rabbit products made with skins from China. The conditions for the animals in China are often very bad. In China, substances are still used in tanning and dyeing, which have long been banned in Europe. Therefore, we do not buy and use any fur skins from China!

The different rabbit breeds:

Large and medium sized rabbits:

Alaskan - Blue Viennese - Blaugraue Viennese - Burgundy - German Giants - Chinchilla - Californians - Red New Zealanders - Black Viennese - White Viennese - Gray Viennese - White New Zealanders

Small rabbit breeds:

Dutch - Siamese - Russians - Small Chinchilla

Short hair Rabbit breeds (Rex rabbits):

Blue-Rex - White Rex - Blue Gray Rex - Japanese Rex - Black Rex -
White Rex

ORYLAG rabbit (probably the noblest rabbit):

ORYLAG rabbits come from France. The hair is silky soft and light and has a very high hair density (8-10 thousand hairs per cm²). Only Chinchillas, have a higher hair density. The leather is stable but thin and elastic as well as wonderfully light. The story of ORYLAG rabbits is like a legend. Two researchers at the INRA Institute for Agricultural Research in France have tried various crossbreeds of rabbits until they have finally been successful 15 years later. The ORYLAG rabbits had an incredibly soft fur coat. Some selected farmers and rabbit breeders began to breed the ORYLAG rabbits. The legendary fur became a reality. ORYLAG rabbits are produced exclusively under the license of the Orylag Breeders Cooperative. This is to ensure that only well-trained breeders are given the license to breed ORYLAG rabbits.

Our conclusion: Rabbit skins of all kinds can be handled and processed without hesitation. Rabbit fur does not exist because the rabbits are bred for fur, but they bred for the meat production and the rabbit skins are just a byproducts from the meat industry. If we did not use rabbit skins, it would be a waste of a natural resource, as the farmers would have to throw the rabbit skins in the trash, which would be an assured destruction of an excellent natural material.

Foxes (Wild Animals)

The fox is spread all over the world, but most of it is to be found in the northern hemisphere. In Europe, Asia, America and North Africa. In Australia, he was exposed to master the rabbit plague. It does not matter where you can find a wild fox; it is always the same animal, only the hair color and structure deviate from each other depending on the country where the fox is from. It is probably the most widespread mammal in the northern hemisphere. The most common type of fox is the red fox. Another group is that of the polar foxes with the two species blue fox and blue shadow fox.

The fox is spread all over the world, but most of it is to be found in the northern hemisphere. In Europe, Asia, America and North Africa. In Australia, he was exposed to master the rabbit plague. It does not matter where you can find a wild fox; it is always the same animal, only the hair color and structure deviate from each other depending on the country where the fox is from. It is probably the most widespread mammal in the northern hemisphere. The most common type of fox is the red fox. Another group is that of the polar foxes with the two species blue fox and blue shadow fox.

European Red Fox

Occurrence: Europe - The best qualities come from the mountains and Northern Germany (Holland, Pomerania, Switzerland, and Tyrol). The fox is not an endangered species in these areas, and therefore the population gets regulated by professional hunters.

Size: 60 to 100 cm body length and a tail length of 35 - 40cm

Hair and color: The coat is reddish (partly brick-red) on the surface and white to light gray on the underside. The hair is long, on some parts shorter, soft and silky. No fox fur is the same as the other, neither the color nor the touch and thickness.

North American red fox

The American red fox is very similar to the European Red Fox, with the American red fox having a clearer color and silkier hair.

Occurrence: North America - the darkest and densest skins come from the northern woody regions, North America. The lighter (yellowish skins) varieties come from southern North America.

Size: 65 to 110 cm body length and a tail length of 40-45cm

Hair and color: The hair is dense and silky soft. The best qualities come from Alaska, where the hair varies in the most beautiful red tones.

Silver fox (Vulpes Vulpes)

The wild silver fox is an independent fox species. It is equal in size to the American red fox. The hair coat is denser and finer than the ordinary fox of the same region.

Occurrence: North America (Labrador, Britsh Columbia, Alaska, Canada) and Russia (Northeast Siberia)

Hair and color: The hair is long in itself, silky fine and shiny dense.

Breeding foxes (mutation foxes)

Mutations can be obtained naturally or by breeding. Often, this can lead to the formation of colors, which can then be used for further cultivation. By controlled breeding (from the naturally occurring foxes, like the red fox, silver fox, polar/white fox and the blue fox are different mutations developed.

In the course of time, the following colors have been found in foxes:

Blue Fox - Blue Shadow Fox - Blue Frost Fox - Shadow Blue Frost Fox - Arctic Marble Frost Fox - Safir Frost Fox - Amber Frost Fox - Golden Island Fox - Golden Island Shadow Fox - Fawn Light Fox - Arctic Golden Island Fox - Silver Fox - Gold Fox - Gold Cross Fox - Cross Fox - Smokey Fox - Fire Gold Fox - Platinium Fox - Platinum Gold Fox - Arctic Marble Fox - Sun Glo Fox - Arctic Marble Cross Fox

We exclusively deal with Scandinavian and North American breeders from SAGA Furs in Helsinki, Kopenhagen Fur in Denmark and NAFA in North America/ Canada.

We use fur skins from China to produce our fur products. From Eastern Europe and Russia, we only use fur skins (e.g., Russian sable or Kolinsky). We do not buy fur skins from these areas, like China, because we are not convinced of the animal welfare conditions. Unfortunately, such goods are still offered in Europe, as they are often much cheaper to buy.

Russian Sable (Siberian Sable)

Among all fur-lovers, the Russian sable, as the noblest fur, takes the first place. For more than a thousand years, sables are traded worldwide as a treasure. Back in the time, the Russian sables were exclusively reserved for the Crown. These expensive treasures were often made a gift to foreign worshipers. The conquest of Siberia is due, among other things, to the possession of this valuable fur.

Occurrence: Russia (Siberia), Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, Japan and Mongolia

Appearance: The Russian sable is a real marten. The sable has a very dense and very soft hair. The hairs have a length of 36 to 58 mm.

Size: 35 to 45 cm, tail about 12 - 15 cm

Hair and color: The more uniform and darker the hair, partly almost black, the more valuable is the sable skin. The darkest sables are the smaller sable species. The underwool is very dense and fine, in many variations. The hair is silky smooth, dense and dark (blackish-brown) to light brown (beige and gold colors). The colors are divided into 7 color grades, 7 being the brightest and 1 being the darkest. There are a lot of different color shades. For the furrier, it is extremely difficult to sort the skins. You need several thousand skins to get even and good assortments of about 50 to 70 skins. This is another reason why a sable coat, sable coat or a fine sable fur cover has its certain price.

Raccoon (Procyon lotor Linné)

The North American raccoon, is a medium-sized fur animal in North America.

Occurrence: Formerly from Canada via the US to Mexico. The Canadian raccoon is one of the most successful in the neo-zones (the species of animals that have spread in a region where they have not previously occurred) of the European continent. The raccoon has spread at a breathtaking rate, within a few decades, over much of Germany and Europe. The uncontrolled spread of the raccoon has a negative impact on the European ecosystem. Due to the absence of natural enemies, the raccoon is spreading more and more and threatens domestic animals and protected bird species. Only using a controlled hunting, it is possible to keep the population at a reasonable size.

Size: 38 to 72 cm

Hair and color: The hair is fine to medium, shiny and beautifully dense. The raccoon has a medium-density underwool that becomes thinner to the sides. Raccoons have different hair colors and drawings, from yellowish-gray to brownish-gray, dark-gray to almost black-gray, and very rarely blue-black. The tail of the raccoon is striped.