Sporran #7 Silver Harp

[Alan H]

REALLY nice work!

[BarefootScott]

Your work is stunning! Unbelievably professional. I love the silver lion design!

[Warlock]

Really Amazing!

[neo71665]

Your work is stunning! Unbelievably professional. I love the silver lion design!

Couldn't have said it better myself

[cloves]

I agree with the others...your work is superb. Getting better and better each time as well. Please let us know when you start selling them.

[BLAZN]

#6 the Silver Lion and #7 the Silver Irish Harp.

Simply amazing. I really need to find myself some dye/stain so I can work with different colors... especially since I have such a hard time finding black at a price I can afford. I also need to learn such excellant embellishment skills.

Funny story... I saw your first Irish Harp sporran and wanted to find an Irish Harp pattern for myself. I ended up Photochopping a black/white Guinness logo.

This sporran uses a turnlock closure instead of a magnetic catch. Technically, this is the best one so far. I've worked out most of the problems of how to put them together. If I do it again, however, I would move the Harp down about a quarter inch, and the turnlock up about the same. I think that would give it a better balance.

Care to share the source of the turnlock closure? I've been wanting to buy some for a while. I have a few sporrans that need closures to be "finished."

Looks great Tom. I like the "tri-lobed" flap. Very unique, and very elegant. That would look great with one of the pin-locks also.

I agree... the tri-lobe flap is quite an attention getter... assuming you can pull your attention away from that beautiful Irish Harp!
Speaking of pin-lock closures... anyone know a source for those? I'm about this close | | to buying a set of hood pins from Summit Racing and converting those to sporran closures some how. That'd be a great way to merge my love for auto racing with my love for kilts/kilt accessories.

[Tartan Texan Trenton]

...I really need to find myself some dye/stain so I can work with different colors... especially since I have such a hard time finding black at a price I can afford.

Jim - tooling leather takes dye so very well, and every PX/NX/MCX I've ever been in sells black dye for boots... so not sure I understand your problem here. Further, I've seen a couple posters here who have used colored pens to great effect - cheap and simple solution.

I'm looking at Lee Valley's (woodworking site) small but powerful (and inexpensive!) rare earth magnets http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,42363,42348 for my first sporran project.

In addition, if tooling leather is your passion there are a number of sources available for fantastic desings in this style - George Bain's Celtic Knotwork has to be acknowledged as one of the premier works in this field. Also check out http://www.gallowayglass.com/CELTIC.JPG for some great designs.

[BLAZN]

Jim - tooling leather takes dye so very well, and every PX/NX/MCX I've ever been in sells black dye for boots... so not sure I understand your problem here. Further, I've seen a couple posters here who have used colored pens to great effect - cheap and simple solution.

Y'know... I never thought of the shoe dyes. I'll have to see if the pathetic exchange at Portsmouth Shipyard has any. It's not exactly well stocked. Though I could probably find some at the Kittery Trading Post.

I'm looking at Lee Valley's (woodworking site) small but powerful (and inexpensive!) rare earth magnets http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,42363,42348 for my first sporran project.

That sounds like a good idea. Of course, you'll let us know how it works out! ;)