Where to Buy Fur Products: Why Small-Business Furriers Are Worth Considering If you’re searching for where to buy fur products, you have more choices today than ever before. Real fur products are available through online marketplaces, specialty retailers, outdoor stores, independent makers, and furriers. But when you’re buying a natural product like fur, the seller…
Choosing the Right Fur Hat for Your Winter Activities Not every fur performs the same in every situation. Different species have unique characteristics, which is why experienced outdoorsmen often choose different hats depending on where they’ll be and what they’ll be doing. Windy Conditions If you’ll be spending time in open country where strong winds…
Best Management Practice When many people picture trapping, they imagine an old steel trap from a movie or an image shared on social media. What they often don’t realize is that modern trapping in North America has changed dramatically over the past several decades. Today’s responsible trappers don’t simply buy any trap and head into…
The History of Fur Hats: Thousands of Years of Warmth, Tradition, and Craftsmanship When you think of a fur hat, the image that often comes to mind is a Davy Crockett coonskin cap or a rugged trapper hat worn by mountain men. While these iconic styles have become symbols of North America’s frontier, the history…
Where Can I Buy Authentic Fur Products Now That Etsy Banned the Sale of Fur? For years, online marketplaces made it easy for customers to discover handcrafted fur products made by skilled artisans across North America. Whether you were searching for a traditional coonskin hat, a handmade trapper hat, fur mittens, or custom fur goods,…
For the better part of 3.5 years, I have been running Volk Furs through Etsy. This past April, Etsy announced a policy change that will ban the sale of fur on their website starting August 11, 2026. This announcement came as a shock to me, as my business has been growing on Etsy each year….
Fur was never really a part of my life growing up. I spent my summers fishing and my falls hunting when the temperatures were still mild enough that extremely heavy winter clothing wasn’t necessary. During the winter months, we switched to snowmobiles and wore the kind of gear built for riding — helmets, heavy parkas,…