Seal skin watch band experiment

[MonsieurMax]

Hey RWI, just before going on vacation tomorrow I wanted a new watch band and I didn't want something that everyone would have. I have a few contacts in the high arctic in Canada who hunt for a living, so I have a lot of seal skin lying around and I play with it a lot so I decided to make a nice watch band with some of the seal skin I have.

It's a little ghetto but here we go

I would like to give a little warning here at the end for all them Green Peace warriors (hope none of you are here) but Seals contrary to popular opinion are NOT endangered in Northern Canada they are very prosperous, and also the Inuit who hunt these seals don't do it just for the fur, they eat every part of it and they use the bones to make sculptures and toys for kids, there is I harm in this Green Lear warriors


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[tripdog]

Well . . . it's . . different.

Hats off to you for the craftsmanship, but it looks like some sort of weird Fetish Accessory . . . or an Albino Brazilian Landing Strip . . . almost arousing, in a weird sort of way.

 

[sinsir]

Now that you mention it @tripdog it does remind me of those sex shop handcuffs!

 

[tripdog]

Now that you mention it @tripdog it does remind me of those sex shop handcuffs!

You have them too ? - they were a great deal !

 

[tripdog]

Nice watch BTW OP .

 

[MonsieurMax]

Now that you mention it @tripdog it does remind me of those sex shop handcuffs!

Lol in wasn't going for that look, do you think that I'll get weird looks when I wear this around?


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[MonsieurMax]

Nice watch BTW OP .

Thanks it's a gen Rolex from 1957 with a refurbished 1002 1986 dial


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[Raddave]

i always said if i ever see a strap made from a clubbed baby seal , the user would banned

 

[tripdog]

Lol in wasn't going for that look, do you think that I'll get weird looks when I wear this around?


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Avoid people with more than 12 body piercings, transvestites and seals.

Otherwise you should be OK.

 

[MonsieurMax]

i always said if i ever see a strap made from a clubbed baby seal , the user would banned

Rip good thing I'm running away to Bermuda tomorrow


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[tripdog]

Thanks it's a gen Rolex from 1957 with a refurbished 1002 1986 dial


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WOW '57, that's got some history behind it - great condition for a 60 year old watch !

 

[reckoner777]

That's kinda disturbing.

 

[MonsieurMax]

WOW '57, that's got some history behind it - great condition for a 60 year old watch !

Ya and what's even more amazing is that the person I purchased it from was a doctor from New York who purchased Himself 60 years ago, so only 1 person owned it before me


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[MonsieurMax]

That's kinda disturbing.

Haha why?


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[tripdog]

That's kinda disturbing.

But you keep on looking at it don't you ?

 

[tripdog]

Ya and what's even more amazing is that the person I purchased it from was a doctor from New York who purchased Himself 60 years ago, so only 1 person owned it before me


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A great piece of Rolex history - don't let it get away.

 

[reckoner777]

Haha why?


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It's a seal to begin with and it's no secret how they are being hunted. It's inhumane.

But you keep on looking at it don't you ?

It looks like a wire brush wrapped around your wrist. It's very punky.

 

[MonsieurMax]

It's a seal to begin with and it's no secret how they are being hunted. It's inhumane.

Did you read my disclaimer, it's not inhumane, people up there are indigenous to the land and their ancestors have been living there since the beginning of time. The Inuit (look them up) there hunt them for food and they use most of the skin to make clothes to clothe themselves if you want to talk about inhumane talk about the chicken in your fridge that most likely comes from a really sketch slaughter house



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[maxracingshox]

Elton John would love this!

 

[reckoner777]

Did you read my disclaimer, it's not inhumane, people up there are indigenous to the land and their ancestors have been living there since the beginning of time. The Inuit (look them up) there hunt them for food and they use most of the skin to make clothes to clothe themselves if you want to talk about inhumane talk about the chicken in your fridge that most likely comes from a really sketch slaughter house



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So then it's completely legitimate to allow this just to create an economy for indigenous people up north? Sounds legit.

Also got to say I can't agree with you more on your rant about slaughtering.