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Just want to say thank you here to Ger who sent me a PDF of 85 year old instructions that showed exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Ger. What a great group of folks who reside here.
Mike

Mike,

Thank you for teaching me something new and there you go, I was missing something.

Regards,

Mark

What kind of cat: house, bob, or other?

Dave,
Housecats more than 300 meters( maybe 200 in some states) from a dwelling were considered poachers and were shot "on sight". One of my best German hunting friends had an overcoat for sitting on a stand in winter, with a liner made from cat skins.
Very warm.
Mike

Mike,
are you sure the liner was made from 'catskins'?
even (or perhaps especially) in Germany that would have caused an uproar! hehe
I do remember the type of coat you are referring to - green Loden - the lining (removable with buttons) is usually made from hamster skins (Maihamster), sometimes rabbit, and is beautifully warm & pleasing to the touch!
Unfortunately I gave one away in the early seventies when I moved to a hot clime (Kenya) & thought I would never need it again.
Very expensive item though!

Best regards from England
Gunter
NRA Life 1974

Gunther,
Yes, I'm sure. He made it himself, from skins he tanned himself, from cats he shot on his revier. He was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, WW2, and Russian POW camps, living in a small village. No one would say anything to him about that. If anyone admitted one of the cats belonged to them, they would have to pay for the game the cat could have poached. I know some things have changed, I hope not that much.