I've been wearing my kilts everyday outside for almost a year now (in October) and I've never had a sporran. Yesterday I got the idea that perhaps I could make something using these boots I got from the Army/Navy surplus store (I got these boots in the winter but after only a few times, I realized they were hard and not good for my feet).

front



back


opened


inside


leftover boots



It's a bit square at the bottom but it was a good project (started it yesterday and finished it today). At least those painful boots can be of some use. Now I need some belt to hold it on.



I used my new Victorinox 'Hunter' knife for making this. This has the perfect combination of tools (for what I wanted which was basically walking in the woods) and still remains thin enough to be comfortable in the hand (as opposed to knives with countless tools which are too thick). Next to the cork opener is an auger (with a hole for threading thick thread). This was used for drilling all the holes for threading the boot laces used to tie this sporran together. The main blade is locking (which I definitely wanted). The saw blade is great (cuts wood very well) and something I wanted . The shorter curved slightly serrated blade (I guess a 'gutting blade') is great as a cutter of cords (would be great as an emergency seat belt cutter).

Victorinox 'Hunter'