Funinfox Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Hi all, Which fox is dyed to make black fox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 There are natural black foxes, but it is a very rare mutation. Generally I believe blue is the most frequently used for dyeing, but I think several varieties of fox can be dyed. Others may have a better answer to the question, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxette Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 AK, you are quite correct, blue is often used, or lesser quality arctic fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funinfox Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Thanks AK and Lynxette for the information I asked as I recently bought an extra large black fox collar and it's really thick and soft so I was curious as to which fox it could have been dyed from . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxette Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 One can always tell if a fur is dyed by looking at the skin side...if it is dyed, the skin will be coloured as well of course as part of the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailonfurs Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Usually we furriers dye black from blue fox (dense short hair), but we also can and dye anything, depending on the hair length result we want to get. For example we also dye many silver foxes in black with thick underfur and long guard hair. One can always tell if a fur is dyed by looking at the skin side...if it is dyed, the skin will be coloured as well of course as part of the process. but since there is no natural black fox it is always dyed black at the leather side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullLengthFox Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I would like to know to what extent it is possible to dye fox fur WHITE. And what about raccoon fur? I have searched on internet, but it is amazing how little information is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 My understanding is that white fox furs start out as white or mostly white. Frequently off-colour foxes are bleached or "brightened" to obtain the desired pure white look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smothered_In_Furs Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Now I'm beginning to question whether my arctic fox tail really is an arctic fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullLengthFox Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 True, but what about raccoon? To my knowledge white / off-white raccoons don’t exist, yet white raccoon fur exists so I supppse there has to exist a procedure that to bleach darker shades of fur to white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullLengthFox Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Now I'm beginning to question whether my arctic fox tail really is an arctic fox. Arctic fox has longer guard hairs which makes it easy to distinguish from blue fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Arctic fox also has much thicker underwool than most other foxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Hi AKCoyote - with respect to Arctic Fox (don't believe I've ever truly seen in person) how can you reliably differentiate it from Shadow Fox in person (beyond pelt size as I believe these are mostly wild and therefore more likely smaller in overall length)? As I understand it Arctic Fox has the highest density of all furs and have always wanted to see it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 magsl, You are correct that arctic fox is generally trapped in the wild while shadow fox is ranch raised. Also correct that shadow fox pelts are generally larger than arctic fox. In fact, I have seen shadow fox pelts that were almost twice as long as arctic fox. In my opinion, the best way to tell arctic fox from shadow fox in a garment is the hair density. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Quote <> The densest fur in the world is sea otter. The densest fur of any terrestrial mammal is chinchilla. Also, keep in mind that blue fox is a color mutation/phase of Arctic fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Also, keep in mind that blue fox is a color mutation/phase of Arctic fox. I disagree as blue fox is a separate specie of fox that is ranch raised, whereas arctic fox is wild trapped in the arctic regions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 They are the same species. In the wild, most Arctic foxes have grayish-blue fur in the summertime, then turn white just before winter and remain white through the winter. A few Arctic foxes have a permanent color mutation which causes them to remain grayish-blue year round. The blue foxes that are raised on fur farms remain blue all year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther10 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 There are regional differences to Arctic foxes though, aren't there? I know Norwegian blue/arctic fox tends to be more ivory colored while Finnish arctic fox is more of a greyish white. North American Arctic Fox tends to be more closely related to the North American sub-species of the Common Red Fox due to the fact that they often occupy the same region. In most cases, these animals are fiercely territorial and tend to stay far away from each other, but on occasion these animals do mate with one another and over time, new generations of kits will be born with more pure white fur and yet still retain the longer guard hairs and fuller pelts as a recessive trait thanks to their common red fox ancestry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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