Fur sporrans

[Rusty]

I am a newby at xmarks so please be patient with me as I don't know if this issue has been raised in the past. I have a Racoon Skin and a skunk skin that I would like to turn into sporrans. Has anyone had any experience with making animal face sporrans. Or does anyone know where I can have them custom made in the states without donating an arm and a leg ?

[Piper]

Hi Rusty,
Being a rendezvouser/reenactor who's a bit cheap, I make a lot of my own gear. I've made some fur sporrans, but not full face ones. I have made some other types of bags using the animal's face for a flap, a skunk pipe/tobacco bag and a raccoon shooting bag.
The construction is fairly simple. If you can get a look at a full face sporran you should be able to figure it out easily enough. I'd advise you to line the pelt with a lightweight, soft leather. Something around the 2 oz. range like buckskin. The skin of the fur pelt is sometimes on the thin side, although the skunk hide I used was pretty tough.
If you want to add eyes, they can be bought online through a taxidermy supply. Good luck

[auld argonian]

I'm looking in vain for the link to a page that has a basic layout and desription of how to make your own sporran...i know that it's been posted here before...it was a pdf of a plan for historic re-enactors...if anyone can recall it before i find it in this huge pile of stuff both paper and digital, please help.

It was very basic but it was a start...I think that someone mentioned the trick of going to a resale shop and finding a cheap used leather coat or jacket and "harvesting the leather from that as an alternative to paying bongo bucks for fresleathr from a supplier.

Best

AA

[Southern Breeze]

This is the one thats been posted before:

http://www.nwta.com/patterns/pdfs/291sporr.pdf

I hope it's the one your looking for.

[auld argonian]

This is the one thats been posted before:

http://www.nwta.com/patterns/pdfs/291sporr.pdf

I hope it's the one your looking for.

Thanks...that was the one! I was actually going to raid the Goodwill store later this week for a brown cast-off leather to experiment with.

Best

AA

[Tartan Hiker]

That's the diagram I used to put this sporran together.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=16628

[angerli]

I am a newby at xmarks so please be patient with me as I don't know if this issue has been raised in the past. I have a Racoon Skin and a skunk skin that I would like to turn into sporrans. Has anyone had any experience with making animal face sporrans. Or does anyone know where I can have them custom made in the states without donating an arm and a leg ?

Rusty,

I ran across this site in Florida. I think they'll make one for you with your own animal skins. Gice them a call.

http://www.sporrans.com/index2.html

They have a pretty impressive site.

Sandy

[Rusty]

Sandy, I checked the website..... Hoots mon did ya see the prices