A sealskin parka for a woman or man required five skins. The sealskin parkas were made to last and still show up on the market. Another such creature is the Scottish selkie, which needs its sealskin to regain its form. Selkies can shapechange to seal, provided they have their sealskin. They are often made from wolf fur, sealskin and other traditional materials. Sailors used to have tobacco pouches made from sealskin. Eric Linklater "Sealskin Trousers". Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and Namibia all export sealskin. Very short trousers made from a single small sealskin were also worn. The rest of his garments were partly of wadmal, partly of sealskin. The body is covered in a grey sealskin imitation. Greenland stones and sealskin products are created in the Natseq and Panigiit workshops. Likewise 25,000 copies of Eric Linklater's "Sealskin Trousers" (five short stories) were printed. Grass socks made from "[[Elymus mollis]]" used to be worn inside sealskin boots. The men manufactured clothes from sealskin and hunted and fished for food.