Kangaroo fur semi-dress sporran

[BEEDEE]

Great looking sporran. Where did you get the cantle?

Brian

[Piper]

We had friends who grew tired of reenacting, so they gave us quite a load of stuff to get rid of for them. Basically, "just find someone who can use it, we don't want it anymore". For whatever reason, there was a Kangaroo pelt in among the goodies (aren't a lot of kangaroos here in South Jersey). I thought, "What more natural material to make a pouch from, than kangaroo?"

The kangaroo sporran is on the top right. The cantle is from Stillwater kilts.

[AL-58]

how thick is the leather you guys are making these sporrans? and where are you getting it? Ive been curious about this. I'd like to try my hand at making a sporran. thanks

Various, the back is the thickest we have (3mm approx), the roo skin is too light so it's been bonded to another piece of leather (2mm approx) to stiffen it a bit. The gusset is upholstery leather which is soft, flexible as required. The upholstery leather I've got heaps of in my workshop, but would buy from an upholstery supplier otherwise or possibly scraps from an upholsterer if i only needed a small amount. The heavier leather comes from a supplier called Birdsall, but I understand Tandy is your main craft leather supplier in America.

Marie my wife does leatherwork as a hobby (for as long as I've known her) and I'm a Motor Trimmer/Upholsterer by trade and I like to fidget with unusual jobs too (a challenge)

Al

[AL-58]

Great looking sporran. Where did you get the cantle?

Brian

Thanks, the cantle came from an ebay trader who wouldn't communicate with me and took a hell of a long time to mail it. They are hard things to find.

Al

[Doomsday]

The kangaroo sporran is on the top right. The cantle is from Stillwater kilts.

That's purdy.

[breacan]

Here's the first pic, it's not finished yet. The tassles have to be finished before they can be attached, waiting for Marie to complete the Turkshead knots.


I will put up some step by step pics later so anyone interested can see how it's put together. I have to resize them first.

Al

Looking for a source for this type of Cantle? plate.

Can anyone help?

[AL-58]

Looking for a source for this type of Cantle? plate.

Can anyone help?

I got it from a mob on eBay called scottishitems. If you want to take the gamble, buy from them but don't expect quick delivery or them to answer any emails.

Al