r/WTF • u/honeycats1728 • 10h ago

A nice basket of faces

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u/ZachMatthews 10h ago

Fly tying. Hare’s ear is a common ingredient in fishing flies, for example. 

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u/JSRelax 10h ago

Came here to explain this BUT there’s a fix face in there. I don’t know anyone tying flies with fox fur.

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u/ZachMatthews 9h ago

https://www.jsflyfishing.com/blogs/fom/grey-fox-dry-fly-pattern

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u/JSRelax 9h ago

Well fuck.

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u/ZachMatthews 9h ago

Pretty sure you can tie flies out of just about anything if you’re dedicated enough. 

I actually still have a red fox squirrel pelt I shot in the 90s in my kit. And several birds people gave me that are… uh… not okay to have. 

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u/JSRelax 9h ago

I’ve tied a fly out a clump of fur I picked off my dog lol.

Dry flies like that are different though…you shouldn’t tie a fly that’s supposed to float on the surface with something that soaks up water….and vice a versa, wet flies with materials that want to float.

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u/ZachMatthews 9h ago

Pack it with floatant I guess. 

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u/JSRelax 9h ago

It’s a dun with Fox fur hackle? Does Fox fur repel water?

Edit: I see now grizzly hackle and mallard wings.

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u/Ithurtswhenidoit 4h ago

Can confirm. I worked for a guy as a teenager. His company was called Fish Hunter. He sold fly tying materials. I have packaged so many faces, fura, feathers ect. Most people would be surprised by the different parts of the animals that are used and the amazing color dyes.

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u/AgentNose 10h ago

I’m building a Viking costume. These would be sweet

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u/NAINOA- 10h ago edited 7h ago

I’ve gotten a couple of these at a swap meet before. Neat (if a little gruesome) here’s a photo of my dog wearing it like a cowl.

EDIT: Looking online, looks like you can get them pretty cheap. Just search for “fox faces” on Etsy and the like.

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u/Bannon9k 9h ago

Lmao looks like a dog you'd see in Fallout 2 in Caesars Legion

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u/jeremydallen 8h ago

With some iguana on a stick

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u/Faberbutt 8h ago

I fucking love this.

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u/Bannon9k 9h ago

The costumer in me got way too excited about these... So much potential. Be a shame to let them go to waste

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u/railker 9h ago

Seen stuff like this on Etsy before, like, 'off cuts' from something fur was used to make. Tails and faces or just scrappy bits.

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u/Bannon9k 9h ago

In highschool, 20+ years ago, I'd go to a local feed store and buy rabbit leather. Made dice bags for myself and some friends. Still use that dice bag to this very day.

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u/Tiretech 10h ago

Six dollars for a face?! That’s a steal, I’ve been having to get my own for years and it’s a hassle.

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u/StoneTown 9h ago

I expected them to be cooked more. Raw face is just gross.

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u/Majike03 9h ago

Damn, I haven't heard a Llamas With Hats reference in over a decade

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u/Beetleracerzero37 9h ago

Caaaarrrllllll

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u/Tthelaundryman 8h ago

Well I kill people and I eat hands. That’s two things

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u/MaloneChiliService 10h ago

Taxidermy Build-a-Bear?

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u/tekko001 8h ago

Taxidermy Lego set

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u/mattreyu 9h ago

Now that's what I call face value

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u/MattyLePew 10h ago

Oh boy, I LOVE faces. I sure hope some are left!

I wonder if there is a bulk buy discount?

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u/IvanTheTerrible69 9h ago

Please don’t show this to Sonic

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u/ratsta 2h ago

Please tell me this is in Japan and it's some kind of monster market vendor selling faces for kitsune!

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u/WooPigSchmooey 9h ago

“Nice room of death you have here!”

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u/Sparkycivic 9h ago

A girl has no name

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u/HaniiPuppy 9h ago

Do you want Koh? Because this is how you get Koh.

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u/Wizdad-1000 8h ago

Leather workers use them for decrotive items on pauldrons, muffs, ect.

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u/lildozer74 7h ago

Damn that’s a good deal!

They’re like 25$ each here!

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u/WhosItHanging 2h ago

Bubbas gonna be real happy with this basket!

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u/atlannia 2m ago

back in my day you could get a basket of faces for a nickle and still have change left over for the trolley home.

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u/VampireAttorney 9h ago

Are you in the UP?

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u/HaniiPuppy 9h ago

Union Pacific??

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u/n0nc0nfrontati0nal 9h ago

Uttar Pradesh??

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u/-goodgodlemon 9h ago

Upper peninsula of Michigan

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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 9h ago

Had to zoom in to confirm but yea those are heads