samurman Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Crystal fox, along with golden island fox is my favorite fox fur, but I have been seeing less and less of crystal fox at furriers and fashion shows; the only crystal fox on sale these days seem to be furs from the 90s at ebay or other pre-owned fur sellers. Saga Furs calls some well known fur types in their trademark names, but I checked their website and there was no fox type resembling crystal fox. So, I wonder if crystal fox is no longer produced. And then I wonder why, because it had such a great color and pattern! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Crystal is a dyed flavor rather than a natural version of fox, so there should not be any shortage other than what might be caused by increasing demand. Golden Island was (is?) a natural variant of fox that has become rare for reasons unknown to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurman Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Really? I always thought crystal fox was a certain type of fox, like golden island, platinum, silver fox etc. This the first time I see crystal fox referred to as a dyed fox. As you know better than me, you are probably right, but I still find it hard to believe because the underfur and guard hairs have different colors in crystal fox and I don't know how dyeing would result in such differences... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Samurman, I would have thought the same, but have been informed by my friend who has been a furrier for 4 decades that crystal is a dyed color of fox. Other common dyed colors of fox I have seen are black, brown & indigo. I agree that without any knowledge of the dying process it is difficult to understand how the under-wool can be a totally different color than the guard hair tips. I suspect it is a 2-stage process with the guard hair tips being tip-dyed (or bleached) as the second phase. Crystal is one of the more popular fox colors, which could partially explain why you are not seeing it as much. Also the fact that many of the North American fox ranches went out of business in the 90's is probably another factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Fox Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I certainly hope that it is not gone as well. It is a nice colour yet does not "Stand out overly" in a crowd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailonfurs Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 yes crystal fox is a dye. This is also why you can see numerous variations of crystal foxes around. Cause with dyes the result is always different from tannery to tannery, plus the base (original fox fur type) used varies also. We make them out of Blue Frost foxes. One of the reasons you might not see so many crystal foxes today is that they got so expensive that not many furriers would "spoil" some good blue frost pelts to make crystals, unless they had an order for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow87 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 That's a shame. The color always seemed to enhance the coat's fullness and plushness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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