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Have I fond a niche market ;)
LOL - OK - I am typing this in the sincere hopes that no-one takes offence. So I apologise in advance 
I keep bunnies. We are about to slaughter our first batch in a couple of weeks. I intend to cure the skins. I was chatting to a friend the other day about what would be the highest value items I could make out of the fur. His suggestion...............rabbit fur.........
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bikinis/underwear
It amused me - I think the key is there though. It is setting sights for value added products. It is something that I am not good at - I tend to go for the basics.
What are other people's whackier ideas?
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traditional cold weather muffs...ear muffs, hand warmer muff...hats even.
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oh...and boot blankets for hunters.
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Just got back from the rabbit convention and looked really closely at the things a "furrier" had there for sale. He deals only with the Rex pelts ... has made everything from queen-sized bed "comforters" ... at $3600 ... to pillows and earmuffs.
One thing that particularly caught my eye were teddy-bear type rabbits made out of the fur. They were a bit more "simplified" ... the heads not as "defined" ... and he had one that was just more or less the shape of a rabbit crouching ... with lop ears ... but they were absolutely adorable.
The one thing I had from when I raised rabbits 30 years ago was a "liner" for house slippers I made out of Rex pelts. Just got pull on ankle-high house slippers one or two sizes bigger than I normally wore and made a liner out of the pelts. I wore those for years and years ...
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For me personally, no.
but for cute, skinny young college twits on a ski vacation... sure 
I am positive that somewhere out there is someone who is just dying for fur undies. Yeah for the internet!!! Now you can actually sell them.
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If you're bad at sewing, rabbit fur cat toys, made from scraps stuffed with catnip sell very well.
Rabbit fur undies? You got DH all excited. What was that Rita Hayworth film where she wears the skimpy fur outfit?
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question
Do you think there is enough of a market for any real fur without getting clobbered by the "no fur folks" with any type of product, no undies for me either! LOLOL
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too bad you are not in the states as i would try to trade you maple syrup for a rabbit fur hand muff...the kind you wear on your belly and stick your hands into. that and/or a pair of boot blankets...over-boots to wear while sitting in the cold.
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traditional cold weather muffs...ear muffs, hand warmer muff...hats even.
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Don't forget your traditional cold weather rabbit fur Merkin... 
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(note to self...turn on the "safe search" when searching for images of a merkin...)
seriously, i was being sincere. i think a "muff" was the term for the article of clothing worn an the abdomen and outside the coat in which to stick your hands. of course, i have been wrong many times and perhaps so now. anyway, i hope you know what i mean as i have no malicious intentions.
now i am off to view images of baseball or somethiing so i can get some sleep tonight.
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i think a "muff" was the term for the article of clothing worn an the abdomen and outside the coat in which to stick your hands.
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Yes, correct term. I actually remember having one when I was a small child, I think it had to be before we moved out to the ranch. Vague, but in fact I think it was white rabbit fur.
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I saw some coverlets on line one time. They cut the rabbit fur into thin strips, it would sort of curl into a tube? Then they wove them loosely together. They were beautiful. That's not the greatest description, but maybe you could find the instructions?
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(note to self...turn on the "safe search" when searching for images of a merkin...)
seriously, i was being sincere. i think a "muff" was the term for the article of clothing worn an the abdomen and outside the coat in which to stick your hands. of course, i have been wrong many times and perhaps so now. anyway, i hope you know what i mean as i have no malicious intentions.
now i am off to view images of baseball or somethiing so i can get some sleep tonight.
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Some words you should not google.LOL
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Bags are in! All kinds of bag sizes and shapes. But you don't see any in fur. Think these would go over big!
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Tarzan and Jane costumes. LOL
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wall paper! No, how about pot holders, too flamable, hmmmmm.... pot scrubbers? yech! (you said whacky, didn't ya?
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omg omg omg, how about little fur lined doggy sweaters??? I would so put one on my dogs.
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Depends on the size of bikini!!
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Depends on the size of bikini!!
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Now, that is a consideration! I hat to think how many bunnies would have to give their all to make a totally cool bikini for me!
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