They've used horse hair for many things. I have a friend who braids horsehair into bracelets and other small pieces of jewelry, some attached to silver and other beads to enhance it. It lasts a long time. They have used horse hair for rug pads, for stuffing of furniture and even to help stiffen under skirts for those beautiful dresses in the old South before the Civil War.
There are people who own Bashkir horses, often called Curlies, that spin the hair, but I'm not sure if they spin the mane and tail or the hair of the body of the horses. I have a question out to one of the Curlies' sites. I'm kind of interested in these myself as they are very gentle horses and I'm a bit afraid of regular ones. Jet >I have read that horse hair (tail) makes a beautiful woven fabric for >upholstery. I think I remember that it is woven singly and the hair is kept >damp, so it doesn't break. You might try soaking it, to see if that makes >it more pliable. To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
