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Rayon made from bamboo can be pretty darned nice, judging from the couple shirts of mine made from the stuff. But that’s a woven fabric. I suppose it could be felted. But hell, I dunno. It’s far from my area of expertise.Indeed. I have no ideological commitment to furfelt; if they can somehow use bamboo to equate all the properties of furfelt but cheaper, I'm all for it. Jings, if they can make it so that it does copy all the properties of fur including durability and it's the same price, I'd still consider it over fur. My bamboo fabric poloshirts have never been damaged by moths. My wool-base knit wear and tailoring, (and my furfelt hats) I can't say the same....
We here are among that very small segment of the population who are willing to pay what a good felt hat costs. A hat made from felted polyester, that costs 50 or 60 bucks, that looks good new, might find a market.