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Offline BigJohn

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seal skin
« on: June 25, 2011, 06:06:00 PM »
i'm looking for a 4" x 4" piece of seal skin. Thanks, John
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Offline robtattoo

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2011, 06:10:00 PM »
Good luck!
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Offline BOWMARKS

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2011, 06:14:00 PM »
You better move to Alaska.
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Offline dpg

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 06:57:00 PM »
Lookin for the same.  Does anyone in US sell it anymore or is it banned?
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Offline tim roberts

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 07:15:00 PM »
Banned, for the most part.  One can be creative, and look on that one site and find stuff made from it and get pieces that way, other than that, well you might as well be like them folks in hell, make friends with an Eskimo and you both got a chance at getting what you need!!!   :D
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Offline Lincoln Ribeiro

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 08:28:00 PM »
I just ordered a bow with seal skin on the arrow shelf. The bowyer name is Siim Talmar, and he lives in Estonia, north of Europe. Maybe him sell a piece of seal skin to you, if you cannot find it at US or Canada.
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Offline Mack Marine

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2011, 09:14:00 PM »
Check thrift stores, an Goodwill. I got a ladies hat (Seal) about a month ago. Have not decide to cut it up. Really nice!   :dunno:
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Offline JRY309

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2011, 09:47:00 PM »
I heard one guy bought an old sealskin purse on the big auction site and cut it up for rests and side plates.
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Re: seal skin
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 10:39:00 PM »
Yep.  I've done that.
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Offline lpcjon2

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2011, 11:50:00 PM »
your best bet would be to find an eskimo, they can still sell it
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Offline CurlyMcFletch

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2011, 12:26:00 AM »
We can get all kinds up here in Canada...they certainly not an endangered species...this whole banning of the importation is just a bleeding heart thing that you guys have to fix ... it is just plain stupid!!
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Offline Kevin Dill

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2011, 08:53:00 AM »
Yeah this makes me a little crazy too. There are probably more seals world wide than deer, if truth be known. I bought a bunch of sealskin just as the ban was about to happen.

I'm looking into creating a synthetic sealskin for use only by traditional archers. It actually is four layers all bonded together. It's flexible and takes a beating. Never wears out over the years. I may copyright the name. 4Skin.

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Offline barebow17

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2011, 09:00:00 AM »
Good one Kevin.I got my am coffee all over the key board.
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Offline The Hawk

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2011, 07:01:00 PM »
Great name: 4Skin... and good for arrow life (protects your shaft!)
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Offline brian brooks

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2011, 07:46:00 PM »
I've got a 3"square piece,bought years ago.Excellent rest material
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Offline JParanee

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2011, 08:18:00 PM »
just used most of my last piece on new Silvertip

I like to run it grain going away from shooter
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Offline YORNOC

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2011, 08:50:00 PM »
Dont get caught with it. No matter what you hear on this site, I was "schooled" by one of the largest furbuyers in the US and a friend of the family works who for US fish and wildlife both with the same info.. It is illegal to have in the US, no matter where or when it came from. You will be held responsible, period.
Now, on the other hand, I'm sure there are not wardens at every tree in the woods looking for it, I'm just saying know what you are doing. Marine Mammal Protection Act. Research it fully.
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Re: seal skin
« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2011, 08:52:00 PM »
And the eskimo thing, they CAN sell it, so can Canadians,and you CAN buy all you want. Just dont import it into the country! No exceptions!

And by the way, I have seen more seals in  the Providence river this year than fish. LOADED. Cape Cod too, tons of them.  Politics.
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Offline calgarychef

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2011, 03:11:00 AM »
Nice isn't it?  The greenies have just about killed the market for seal skin.  The seal hunt will continue because it has to, there are too many seals.  So now those beautiful and useful skins will rot because the hunt will be changed to a cull with a bounty per head instead of a hide for sale.
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Offline JimB

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Re: seal skin
« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2011, 11:09:00 AM »
The natives can't sell hides,only significantly altered products.This isn't a recent thing.this is a 1972 law that has been in force since then.
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