F/S fur stretchers and coilsprings

[whauburger]

6 wooden fox boards
3 wooden coon boards
2 small mink boards
2 large mink boards
6 sleepy creek 1 3/4 offset coilspring (used a few times, waxed, & dyed - still work perfect)

Will take $115 picked up in Middletown NY

Thanks, Bill

 

[whauburger]

how about $100

 

[whauburger]

here are some pictures of stretchers, will get some pictures of traps when I have a minute.

 

[Exonautic]

To someone who doesn't trap, how do these work and why are they special. To me they look like you pulled a couple of wide boards off a big picket fence.

 

[whauburger]

They are soft wood cut and shaped to certain dimensions. When you put the hide over to dry you want a certain shape to bring as much money when you sell a pelt. NAFA (North American Fur Auction) has certain specifications they want hides stretched to. This makes it easier to grade and size them.

Edit with more detail because I am bored at work: If you for instance try and put a fox hide on a coon board it won't fit, you will rip/ tear the hide or distort its shape. There are certain widths at specific lengths which give the shape desired. I will add a photo for reference.