Quite often customers or people pretending to be customers will ask us what ducthide really is.

But you know, we've got bigger fish to fry than trying to figure out exactly what ducthide is. There's like two weeks of summer here so if we're not shoveling snow, we gotta be making this paraphernalia full speed ahead.

If we had a real good clue, we'd tell you. But hail, we're not so sure anyone knows the answer to that question even though it's been on the mind of most Saskatchewanians for the better part of 120 odd years. That and some real puzzlement about naming all of us citizens after a friggin map. Why not some kinda ferocious animal for cripes sake?  (like a Badger or something...) Sheesh!


We're Only Guessing

Our closest guesstimate is that these skins are the featherdermis of the Saskatchewan Duct duck which makes it's winter home (almost full time) here. During the one week we have of spring we think they shed their outer carcasses and that's why the dang things kinda resemble a hollowed out pumpkin when we find them hiding in the tall grass.

The first settlers in Saskatchewan noticed that the real estate in some areas would be friggin covered with weird shells kinda resemblin' flompy neoprene slippers and them trailblazers slowly twigged onto the fact that the ground was only slicked up at a certain time of year. Granted, those hides were not easy to locate and no one has ever seen the ducks actually droppin' these dermis-eggs but what else in the world could they be?

Never-the-less, them clever pioneers would get after those hides and peel 'em, cut 'em into strips and make tons of things besides the obvious rubber galoshes which first came to mind. And I'll be danged if those bendable boots didn't make toilin' in mud and cow manure more hospitable to the point where folks actually had time to ponder about what else could be done with the pliable pelts blanketing their chunk of terra firma.

Presto Chango - Duct Hide!

It didn't take long before Saskatchewanians came up with some pretty ingenious uses for ducthide, one of the best being for moola protecting DuctHide wallets and likely the worst being for prophylactics. Back then it just seemed common sense that if DuctHide could guard a person's funds then why should a feller not strap some hide onto his johnson in the hopes for protection from the elements and  unnecessary young'uns.

However, it didn't take a rocket surgeon to realize that the same qualities that made ducthide such a great unwanted expenditure insulator was also gonna put the kibosh on it being employed for any carnal pleasure protection.

And now it's being used in all walks of life here in Saskatchewan. We make tree blankets from it, non slip toilet seat covers and even not very good collapsible drinking straws from ducthide. (for a weight watching company who don't want to be mentioned)

There seems to be no end to the stuff we can produce from DuctHide but with the limited supply being what it is, we aim most of this rare material straight where it should be - at producing the best and strongest wallets in the free world.

Saskatchewanians at their Most Productive

Anyway, we have some stay at home Saskatchewan moms making these things and they do a pretty dang good job, if I must say so myself. We could probably get the wallets made cheaper over in the Philippines but our people don't want to move so we figured that it's likely easier for finished wallet pick up with them living in our own neighborhood rather than having to meet them on some cruise ship or however folks get to the Philippines.

I'll have alot more to add later about this subject but for now I'd just like to list our different departments so if you need to get a hold of us, you'll know which email address to use.