Hand made kit

**Dranoweb** · 10th August 13, 06:49 PM

The buckle is about 5 inches (125mm) across.
In the pictures it is shown against a very small kilt, namely the one to fit my nephew whom is 5 years old, as mine had not arrived at the time.

I'm around 6'6" and in testing, they were quite proportional, and didn't seem to interfere. The sporran it'self is not my work (as may be obvious to some) but was of a good quality. I had gone as far as catching, skinning and tanning some rabbit fur for the task, but that will go to other projects now.

Due to a mistake when casting, one of these buckles is left handed, and the other right (relating to the peg orientation)
I'm not sure which is "correct" but I have the original mold and can make another.

The Sgian Dubh will be filled with the same epoxy/graphite powder mix as the buckle for continuity. The pictures don't tend to do it justice - in the sunlight, it has a slight sparkle and has a nice sense of depth.

The mold halves were a bit misaligned, so I plan to try again, and I need to make three to outfit everyone.
I'm thinking of getting a little more ambitious with the knotwork design. I feel it's a bit too simple for my eye.

**BCAC** · 11th August 13, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by Dranoweb

The buckle is about 5 inches (125mm) across.
In the pictures it is shown against a very small kilt, namely the one to fit my nephew whom is 5 years old, as mine had not arrived at the time.

I'm around 6'6" and in testing, they were quite proportional, and didn't seem to interfere. The sporran it'self is not my work (as may be obvious to some) but was of a good quality. I had gone as far as catching, skinning and tanning some rabbit fur for the task, but that will go to other projects now.

Due to a mistake when casting, one of these buckles is left handed, and the other right (relating to the peg orientation)
I'm not sure which is "correct" but I have the original mold and can make another.

The Sgian Dubh will be filled with the same epoxy/graphite powder mix as the buckle for continuity. The pictures don't tend to do it justice - in the sunlight, it has a slight sparkle and has a nice sense of depth.

The mold halves were a bit misaligned, so I plan to try again, and I need to make three to outfit everyone.
I'm thinking of getting a little more ambitious with the knotwork design. I feel it's a bit too simple for my eye.

Excellent work! Well done. I think that the knotwork design is good as is.

**English Bloke** · 11th August 13, 01:40 AM

Me too. Smashin'. leave the knotwork, less is more.

**TheOfficialBren** · 11th August 13, 03:00 AM

Seriously, mate! Good-looking stuff!!

I love that buckle design!!!

**Dranoweb** · 11th August 13, 07:12 AM

well nice to know the design is appreciated.

I did the knotwork in autocad to start with and fed it to adobe illustrator to give it some depth before I laser engraved the mold halves.

It started as a simple 4 strand weave the same way I make rope, then I tried to give it the endless look of traditional stuff, and failed on two strands.

the buckle design artwork was procured by my fiance, and she spend a great many hours creating the various masks needed to laser engrave the molds.

They took around 2.5 - 3 hours to cut at 0.025mm passes.

I wanted some detail.

Maybe I have high standards, but I never quite looked at celtic /scottish styles with the "less is more" mentality, but I have had a few comments about it in the last couple of days and I'm starting to understand.