finished my sporran

**swampfox** · 23rd October 10, 10:25 AM

finally finished my sporran so now all i need to do is wait for my kilt pin to come in the mail... im gonna make a deer antler pin thats held on with magnets next.

**cessna152towser** · 23rd October 10, 11:19 AM

Hopefully you will be able to post a picture of your sporran here.

**troxel87** · 23rd October 10, 11:34 AM

I'm interested to see how that kilt pin works out as well... I'm assuming the magnets would be super strong. Interesting due to the fact that I am going to be doing a lot more flying as the year winds down, and would love to still have something that wouldn't raise suspicion in the airport. Dunno why I never thought of that myself!

But please, do post pics of the sporran!

**swampfox** · 23rd October 10, 12:25 PM

i dont know why my pictures didnt post but when i figure it out i'll post pictures of the actual sporran.

**be da veva** · 23rd October 10, 05:19 PM

Tried to fix it, couldn't do it. Not savvy enough...

**HeathBar** · 25th October 10, 05:17 AM

Go back to the album view and copy and paste the IMG tags below the photo.

**Mike_Oettle** · 25th October 10, 11:40 AM

Nice sporran, Swampfox. Looks rather like the army issue black leather pouch I used to wear.
Regards,
Mike

**swampfox** · 25th October 10, 09:30 PM

i had some leather scraps from hobby lobby broke out the ole stitching awl and had fun... next one im gonna try with some rabbit fur

**tinksdad** · 25th October 10, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by swampfox

finally finished my sporran so now all i need to do is wait for my kilt pin to come in the mail... im gonna make a deer antler pin thats held on with magnets next.

I've done a couple with magnets (rare earth variety for strength) and they have worked out pretty well. You do have to watch what you get close to, the bumper on my truck likes to grab the kilt pin.

I also found that when using two magnets, a single metal bar that stretches across both magnets will make it sit better than using two separate metal backs.

**artificer** · 26th October 10, 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by tinksdad

I've done a couple with magnets (rare earth variety for strength) and they have worked out pretty well. You do have to watch what you get close to, the bumper on my truck likes to grab the kilt pin.

The other thing you need to watch out for with rare earth magnets is that you don't put any magnetic strip cards (credit, security) near them. Rare earth can wreak havoc with the encoded data.

At my last job, we had magnetic nameplates (because nobody wanted to stick pins in their suits) and every once in a while someone would forget themselves and stick their money clip into their breast pocket. This was always followed by extreme panic, and then sad laughter from everyone else, as the forgetful worried about the possibility of having to get all their cards re-issued away from home.