Help Needed with Sporran Repair

[Pleater]

The tassels are a strip of leather cut part way, as seen in a couple of OC Richard's pictures. The solid edge is wrapped around the core, then a bootlace is wound around and woven, wetted so it stretches and is drawn tight - it shrinks as it dries to clamp everything tight.

Anne the Pleater

[OC Richard]

Using metal bells makes it fast and easy.

I put some glue (just a little, you don't want it oozing out) on the top un-cut portion of the fringed thing, wrap it tight around the "bolo" cord (you don't want any glue getting on the cord) and bind it tight with a nylon zip-tie until the glue dries. (Photo below, bottom right.)

It's easiest if the bell has been put in place first, further up the bolo cord.

Then I slide the tassel to where I want it along the bolo cord, then slide the bell down over the top of the tassel.

Just to make sure the tassel can't slide off the cord I put a zip-tie under it.

[LRRobertson327]

Thank you for your help, I ordered black fringe, and I found how to take the tassles apart without destroying the other components. With your input, I believe I can recover this sporran, and I will be much more careful to store it for longivity. Thank you all Again!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LRRobertson327]

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With your help I was able to repair my sporran. Thank you All

[OC Richard]

Wow that looks really good!

[LRRobertson327]

Wow that looks really good!

Thanks Richard,
I just happened to find the exact fringe leather I needed on etsy,
and i measured my intact tassle to cut the fringe to length.
Then I counted the tassles and matched the new one to it.
The difficult part was getting the knot work onto the new tassle,
warm water and some leather lotion did the trick. considering the only
leather working I've done, was horse tacking, I think this was a positive experience.
Thank you for all your insight on this repair, It is appreciated.
Thanks Again
Les