Muskrat Sporran

**katmills2005** · 26th December 06, 10:12 PM

As I posted on another thread, my son Jim got his first kilt for Christmas this year. Now we have set to work on his sporran. My friend Brian brought over a muskrat tonight. He skinned the little critter, scraped the hide, stretched and salted it. Now we just have to wait until it dries out.

I'll add a few updates and some pictures soon. Can't wait to see how this turns out. BTW, anyone ever seen a muskrat sporran before?

**Splash_4** · 26th December 06, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by katmills2005

. BTW, anyone ever seen a muskrat sporran before?

Check out http://www.landmhighland.com/default...typ=10&pid=102

**Tattoo Bradley** · 26th December 06, 10:26 PM

The possibility of using one as a sporran was also recently discussed.

**Warlock** · 26th December 06, 10:33 PM

I have a coyote face that I thought about making into a sporran. My wife said that I was sick bast.....well you get the idea. She does not believe in using fur products. I still might do it, and put it up for sale. Only problem is leather is so freakin' exspensive!

**BLAZN** · 27th December 06, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Beuth Sim

Only problem is leather is so freakin' exspensive!

OKay... I'll admit that I had planned to start making sporrans on a more regular basis for profiit. That being said, I will share this anyway. I found a guy on eBay that sells leather fairly cheap. I'll grant that most of what he sells is scrap, but for the quantity and quality, he's good to go. I recenly bought 17 sq. ft. of gray suede from him... set me back a total of $35 for the 17sq. ft.! His stiffer, heavier leathers are also fairly inexpensive.

I will now share my secret:
http://stores.ebay.com/The-Leather-G...FQ3aSLLRQQtZkm

There you go... I'm out fo business before I even get in business. lmao

**katmills2005** · 27th December 06, 07:01 AM

MacWage made the suggestion of going to Goodwill and getting an old leather purse to use for the leather needed. I intend to follow that advice.

Thanks for the links, its good to see a finished product to gage this one by.

**Warlock** · 27th December 06, 07:03 AM

You can also find leather coats there cheap. That would give you more leather.

**PiobBear** · 27th December 06, 07:49 AM

anyone ever seen a muskrat sporran before?

A friend of mine has one of L&M's; very nice.

leather is so freakin' exspensive!

If you're anywhere near one, make up your patterns, then take them and root through the scrap bins at a Tandy Leather store. I can usually do a sporran for about $30.00 in materials.

**katmills2005** · 27th December 06, 08:40 AM

I checked out Garden Ridge today as well for scrap leather. The quality of the leather is moderate and may work for the back portion of the sporran. I will be checking out Hobby Lobby and Goodwill soon.

**Improv1** · 27th December 06, 12:18 PM

I managed to get an old leather coat from the St. Vincent de Paul in our town... for three dollars I have enough leather to make five sporrans!
It seems that I have now committed to accepting a deer hide from my brother to try my hand at tanning/finishing into another sporran. Perhaps you know someone who hunts?