Currently, natural mink fur is being processed by methods of painting, plucking, bleaching. However, products for the manufacture of which sheared mink are used are in special demand. Fur coats and hats from the specified material occupy an honorable place in the wardrobe of any girl.
What is sheared mink fur?
From year to year, the technologies for processing natural fur are updated and improved, which allows craftsmen to create new, more original textures. When dressing minks, furriers most often resort to pinching and shearing methods. In the pinch fur, the outer hair is removed, after which only a soft, velvety undercoat remains. When processing by the haircut method, the remaining hairs are shortened. As a result, the pile becomes more attractive in appearance, but a little scratchy.
Often, masters resort to the manufacture of natural fur, combining the plucking and shearing methods into a single technology. This allows the material to acquire an extremely smooth, velvet texture. To achieve the effect of "velveteen" shearing of fur is carried out at different levels over the entire surface.
How can a fur coat or hat get patterns? Sheared mink is often amenable to laser processing, which makes it possible to endow surfaces with textured patterns.
Practicality of the material
Products from natural sheared fur usually have a slightly lower price compared to products from mink, which has an elongated pile. However, this rule does not always apply. So, the original design models that have been processed by applying laser patterns are much more expensive than products from ordinary fur.
If we talk about how practical the everyday coat turns out to be a sheared mink coat, then, as practice shows, the material does not last as long as products from ordinary fur. The reason for this is the use of skins of lower quality, which acquire an attractive appearance precisely thanks to special processing. In order for the fur coat from sheared mink to please the eye for the longest possible time, preference should be given to products of reputable manufacturers who obviously do not use low-quality materials.
How to distinguish shorn mink?
Unfortunately, unscrupulous manufacturers have long adopted technologies that make it possible to refine knowingly low-quality fur and give it a chic appearance, thereby increasing the cost of products. In addition, the processed fur of a rabbit, a groundhog, a beaver, a muton, a honorik, and various varieties of artificial material are often given for shorn mink. Let's figure out what to pay attention in order not to become a victim of scammers.
Marmot
Outwardly, mink and groundhog fur are quite similar. However, when evaluating the material by touch, a completely different texture is observed. The groundhog pile in its natural form has a different length. The prickly but soft sheared mink quickly acquires its original appearance when stroking against the hairs. On the contrary, the groundhog fur is not so plastic and begins to shag.
Rabbit
Often, under the guise of a sheared mink, the consumer is offered products from carefully crafted rabbit fur. In order not to be mistaken, you need to understand that the mink pile is denser. In contrast, rabbit skins have relatively rare hairs, with virtually no undercoat. It is enough to squeeze the fur in the palm of your hand - and the rabbit fur will become almost intangible.
Honorik
The animal acts as an artificially derived derivative of mink and ferret. Honorik fur is used as a good, more affordable alternative to expensive material for the bulk of consumers.
Products of this category differ from natural shorn mink in the first place in shade. Honoric fur is more contrasting. The cushions here are visibly light, and the hard pile is dark.
Another sign of an attempt to pass one after another is the size of the layers of material that are used to make the fur product. Since the Honoric has larger sizes in comparison with its ancestors, then the segments here will be larger. Naturally, this method of determining a fake is relevant only if the design of the fur coat does not involve sewing from small pieces of fur.
How to identify natural colored material?
Sheared mink often undergoes processing by painting due to the presence of demand for products of unnatural shades. To distinguish natural colored mink from the fur of other animals, it is enough to pay attention to several points:
- Even in colored form, sheared mink has a uniform sheen over the entire area of the product.
- After processing the fur by shortening the pile, the natural mink retains stiff outer hairs. If when stroking the material against the wool, the latter are not found, most likely, there is an artificial base or the fur of another animal.
- The mink’s underfoot is thick and dense.
Finally
The above methods of masking fur under a sheared mink are not the whole list of dangers that await a sluggish buyer. Today, even some fashion houses resort to the use of artificial fur substitutes, the appearance of which is no worse than natural foundations. Therefore, the choice of products from sheared mink should be approached especially carefully.