mattsteinfeld
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Great info! Thanks. It makes sense now that Tim is a distributor for Fepsa.No, felting from fur is similar to wool but so much more complex.
The difficulty; you need to separate the coarse outer guard hairs, then lots of heat and pressure....which is hard to replicate at home. I suspect it can be done but your results would be far inferior to what machinery can accomplish. Might be a fun thing to try though.
Winchester has told me they have a wait list of over 200 hatters....in the last 8 years they have taken just 4 hatters from that list. They no longer bother adding names to the wait list as likely we will not live long enough for our name to reach the top. Even those hatters that can buy from Winchester it is taking them upwards of 12 months to receive orders.
FEPSA is a factory , a very large factory and is not interested in selling small orders. Tim @purebeaver is the NA distributor and can set you up. Also if you check out the FEPSA website they do list individual felts for sale.....leftovers, overruns, remainders are for sale at a good price. FEPSA has trouble meeting the orders of their existing clients and they too are not accepting any new customers.
Millinery Warehouse has great felts but their beaver stock is limited and when they get stock it sells out almost immediately. Keep an eye on their website, get on their contact list and you will alerted next time a shipment comes in.
Millinery Warehouse is where I have gotten capelines before. Do you know if they get their capelines from Fepsa, too?