Quote Originally Posted by Grizzly View Post
Very nice work if that's your first attempt, I look forward to your progress.
Thank you sir! I vaguely remember maybe pounding on some leather as a Cub Scout but that would have been 40 years ago or so so I don't count that as much experience...Oh lordy that shop was full of so many things I want to try..lol...I'm worried this might take the place of record collecting in vying for my spendin' money...but I'm going to have buy and practice on a lot of things since I want to make a sporran I'm proud of rather than a "refrigerator art" class of project...I count myself lucky to have some fine examples here at X Marks to aim for.

My wife loved the journal cover though and for now that's plenty fine. The good news is I know what mistakes I made this time so hopefully I'll remember to learn from them.