As long as knowledge is shared, I don't mind thread jacks at all.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm presently making sporran #3. It's coming from the same batch of leather as the first two, for the front and back. I'm planning another leather order soon. I'm going to go with 6/7oz veggie tanned tooling leather... should come out to about 5mm thick.

As for fitting my hand in my sporrans... they're actually pretty roomy. I've had no issues fitting my hams into my sporrans. My gussets don't taper, but they're usually about 2.75" wide when I cut them out. The suede... I think those are 2.5" wide because I only had a 10 wide piece of suede to work with, and the bride unit wanted half of it... I even had to stitch two pieces together to get the right length.

As for finishing the edges... I didn't think about that at all. Perhaps I'll try to dye the edges to get them to blend in.

I'm definately getting good input here... perhaps I'll try my hand at less stiff sporrans, much like Rob Roy sporrans or like the Freelander.

OH... and anyone know how to work fur into the mix? What sort of gue would I use to bond fur to cowhide leather?