As my first post, I'd like to first thank all the many members for their wonderful posts on the forum. I didn't need yet another hobby, but at least it put some of my skills to good use. Troop 7 sporran and X-Mark kilt plans kicked me into high gear.
I participated twice as a Scot years ago in the Ren. Fair in Ventura, Ca. where my father and step-mother met. After completing Wood Badge training many years later, I got a Mac Laren SportKilt and marveled at the freedom it offered, and hence my foray into mono-furcated attire. I have since added an Olive X-Kilt to go with my Scoutting attire, and have made several sporrans to go with different occasions, and will show off here.
First was a Jacobite pattern of brown deer skin and black from an old computer bag. Leather cow lacing made a quickie belt.
Next came a hair-on deer hide semi-formal. The doe I harvested and tanned years ago.
I also wanted a simple day sporran, and this popped out of the shop:
Lastly, and possibly most fun, came a full face raccoon sporran. I made the top removable with an optional tan leather snap-on top flap. This little guy was caught messing up garbage cans in the neighborhood a few years back, and I invited him to stay. Permanently. I made the belt from two dog chains, key rings and scrap leather. I couldn't find a buckle quickly, so built one using a rectangular ring and forged the prong from a second.
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