Tandy Leather sporran kit and video offering

[tripleblessed]

They often have scraps, and they have other suitable leathers that are cheaper. Relevant tools are helpful, but folk were
doing leather work long before those tools were available. A good yardstick or steel rule and Xacto knife will get you
through a simple sporran (he says knowingly, looking at the three he's started and not completed). You'll wind up spending
as much or more than what a cheap one will cost, but you made it, and your next will be better. A pattern can be made
by drawing one based on looking at various sporrans and seeing their construction. If you have fun and want to do more,
then you can invest in the tools.

I met up with Lamar Britt at the Stone Mountain Powwow and we found a leather booth that had great prices. We bought.
I will get it done. Also, I was given a skunk pelt by one of the merchants. I was in a kilt, which started a conversation as I
was buying. Still deciding on design.

Have fun.

[Todd Bradshaw]

I think they look quite good, and most Tandy patterns are not bad at all. FYI you can buy sporran-sized hunks of many leathers individually off of eBay at decent (usually better than Tandy) prices, as well as just about any individual tool or hardware bit you will ever need. Making a nice sporran will most likely cost you a bit more than a Pakistani one, but it won't look stamped out by the thousands and won't cost anything remotely close to hundreds of dollars.

I use a combination of machine and hand sewing (because I already own the machines) but these could just as easily be all hand sewn with no more equipment than a simple punch and a couple of needles. I doubt I have more than maybe $25 in materials and hardware invested in any one of them.