We offer rabbit craft pieces that measure 5 cm by 10 cm or approximately 2" by 4". The rectangles come from first quality rabbit skins used to make plates. Using these pieces as a basic building block, we can create any size rabbit strip or rabbit plate in commercial quantities. For example, a 5 cm by 80 cm strip (2" by 31.5") uses 8 pieces and a 10 by 80 cm strip (4" by 31.5") uses 16 pieces.
There will be some color variation as these are natural products.
Made in Morocco using rabbit skins from Spain.
Do not dry clean
Do not dry clean
the rabbit skins as the dry cleaning process will remove the natural oils from
the rabbit skin. See our line of Eucalan™ Wool Wash for cleaning.
Why Do Rabbit Skins Often Have Yellow Edges?
The white rabbit skins in particular often turn yellow on the edges
over time. It is common for many people to believe that these are urine
stains from when the rabbits were in the cage. The real problem is
that fat on the rabbit skins runs when the rabbit skins get warm or are stored too
long. If the rabbit skins are fresh, they are usually snowy white--even in
summer. It is only after the rabbit skins have been sitting in a hot warehouse for
months, if not years, that the rabbit skins yellow.
All of the rabbits
that we get from our preferred tannery in Spain are fresh goods. The rabbit skins
have usually been tanned only weeks before they are sent to us on our
monthly shipment. In general, our rabbit skins will be some of the
whitest ones available.
We are the rabbit skin experts! We have been importing rabbit skins since 1996 and receive frequent shipments from overseas. According to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics, we are one of the largest importers of tanned rabbit skins in the United States. We sell to distributors, craft supply companies, gift shops, trading posts, clipper sharpening firms, manufacturers, designers, and crafts people.
We have dealt with a number of tanneries in 8 countries and now work closely with a tannery that is more concerned with quality than simply volume. The rabbit skins from this tannery are washed three times instead of two as is common at most tanneries and are alum tanned instead of using the more conventional chrome tanning process. This special preparation makes the rabbit skins softer and more supple to work with. The regular rabbit skins (not the females) tend to have thinner skin than some skins from eastern Europe. The thinner skins are easier to work with when sewing garments.
We are also interested in growing our business and know that if we ship you what you expect, you will re-order from us. We know what is in the market and are appalled at what some people charge for low quality rabbit skins. Compare our rabbit skins to those of others. We think you will be surprised.