South Dakota

For a winter
that stays.

Real coyote-fur hats, gloves, and mittens. Made for wind, dry cold, and long hours outside.

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Coyote fur hat set on a fence post in a snowy field
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01 — The pieces

What we make

02 — The company

Made for a Dakota winter.

SD Fur Company makes real-fur cold-weather goods in South Dakota: coyote fur hats, gloves, mittens, and related pieces.

The cold is the specification. Wind, dry air, and a season that stays. Cloth has its place. Fur holds air and turns weather when the day runs long.

A longer company history will be added when it can be told accurately. Years, people, and a workshop address are not invented here.

About the company

03 — The range

Hats, hands, and the rest

Two coyote fur hats on a fence post in a winter prairie

Coyote fur hats

Coverage for the ears, the forehead, and the wind.

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Black leather gloves with coyote fur cuffs

Fur cuff gloves

Leather gloves, coyote fur at the cuff.

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Coyote fur mittens hanging from a wooden fence

Coyote fur mittens

One pocket of air. Usually the warmer choice.

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Opening of a coyote fur can cooler with a light lining

Fur accessories

A coyote fur can cooler, shown as it is.

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04 — The craft

From hide to finished piece.

The photographs are from SD Fur Company. The notes describe what is in the frame, and the craft in general. A full account of the shop, and where it is, is not published yet.

Coyote pelts laid out in rows

01

The pelts

Coyote pelts, laid out. Density, guard hair, and color are visible before anything is cut. Thin spots become cold spots.

A coyote fur piece with yellow lining beside a fur sewing machine

02

At the machine

A fur piece with a yellow lining, beside a fur sewing machine. Seams have to hold when the piece is cold, and the hair should not be caught in the stitches.

A row of coyote fur hats on a wood bench, one opened to a yellow lining

03

Hats on the bench

Finished coyote fur hats, one opened to a yellow lining and one to a black leather crown. This is the piece after the pattern, not a diagram of the cut.

Coyote fur mittens with leather palms hanging on a fence

04

Mittens, hung up

Coyote fur mittens on a fence. The leather palm is the part that takes the wear. The fur is the part that faces the weather.

Coyote fur mittens hanging on a fence, one opened to a dark lining

05

A last look

A row of mittens in the sun. This is the check you can do with your eyes: even fur, a straight hang, nothing obviously unfinished.

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05 — Why real fur

Warmth the coat already solved.

These notes stay inside what fur reliably does. No laboratory temperature, and no environmental ranking.

Still air

Underfur holds a layer of air. That air, not a slogan, is the warmth. Crush the coat flat and you lose it.

How warm is coyote fur?

Wind

Guard hairs stand off the hide and meet moving air first. That is why this fur is worn when the plains are not still.

Are the hats warm?

Years, with care

Real fur can last a long time if heat, moths, and damp storage are kept away. That is care, not a lifetime promise.

Fur care

06 — The plains

Wind. Dry cold. A long season.

South Dakota winter is the condition these pieces are for. These are the company’s own photographs: coyote fur hats on a fence post, in snow and dry grass.

Two coyote fur hats on a fence post in a winter prairie
Coyote fur hat set on a fence post in a snowy field

07 — Journal

Questions worth a straight answer.

All notes

Coyote fur hats

Are coyote fur hats warm?

They are worn when the wind is the problem. Warmth is still a matter of fit, hide, and weather.

Coyote fur hats

How warm is coyote fur?

Dense underfur holds air. Guard hairs meet the wind. The number on a chart is not the whole story.