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    I was thinking of a Rob Roy style sporran with a snake skin flap.

    Gotta check out the Tandy Leather next time I'm in Louisville.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OFCJAX View Post
    I was thinking of a Rob Roy style sporran with a snake skin flap.

    Gotta check out the Tandy Leather next time I'm in Louisville.
    Be prepared...A rattlesnake or python hide runs about $80 at Tandy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OFCJAX View Post
    I was thinking of a Rob Roy style sporran with a snake skin flap.

    Gotta check out the Tandy Leather next time I'm in Louisville.
    Here's a couple of other sources:

    http://www.hideandfur.com/inventory/5540.html

    http://www.chichesterinc.com/RattlesnakeSkins.htm
    [SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

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    I don't know about python, but given that one of these was shot three miles from my parents' place in NW PA, a boar-hide sporran (a boarran?) or two is a possibility.

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