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How expensive is it? I'm curious how it compares to spider silk fabric, described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk#Human_uses https://en.wikipedia.o
by eesmith 3y ago
How expensive is it? I'm curious how it compares to spider silk fabric, described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk#Human_uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk#Human_uses ("due to the difficulties in extracting and processing substantial amounts of spider silk, the largest known piece of cloth made of spider silk is an 11-by-4-foot (3.4 by 1.2 m) textile with a golden tint made in Madagascar in 2009.[118] Eighty-two people worked for four years to collect over one million golden orb spiders and extract silk from them").
https://deluxedibs.com/the-most-expensive-fabrics/ https://deluxedibs.com/the-most-expensive-fabrics/ says shahtoosh is "around $1,000 per yard" placing it 5th after Vicuña Wool (1st at $3,000 per yard), Guanaco, Akoya Pearl Fabric, and Lynx Fur. It does not list spider silk fabric.