Baby Camel Hair
The Gobi desert is home to about 500,000 two-humped Bactrian camels. They graze the sparsely growing grass there in a very gentle way and serve the nomadic families as sources for milk and for transport.
Only a few years ago it was discovered that the combed under-hair of one year old so called baby camels with its diameter of 15-16 mikron equals goat cashmere regarding fineness, softness and insulation abilities.During the hair change in spring the nomadic families comb the one-year old camels in traditional way manually and without harm to the animals and obtain from each animal only about two handful of hair in its natural beige shades.
As one of the rarest fibres in the world, environment friendly and from highest quality baby camel hair is the optimal alternative to cashmere. Be surprised !
Only a few years ago it was discovered that the combed under-hair of one year old so called baby camels with its diameter of 15-16 mikron equals goat cashmere regarding fineness, softness and insulation abilities.During the hair change in spring the nomadic families comb the one-year old camels in traditional way manually and without harm to the animals and obtain from each animal only about two handful of hair in its natural beige shades.
As one of the rarest fibres in the world, environment friendly and from highest quality baby camel hair is the optimal alternative to cashmere. Be surprised !
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