pretty good first attempt

**Thomas** · 10th June 08, 10:29 AM

Hard to believe that it´s your first attempt. Looks pretty professional. Well done!

**DWFII** · 10th June 08, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Thomas

Hard to believe that it´s your first attempt. Looks pretty professional. Well done!

Well thanks.

And to you and others who have expressed the same incredulity, remember that I am a professional shoe/bootmaker of over 35 years experience. It's not like any of these techniques are foreign to me, although I did have to review my pineapple knot. I used to be able to do that in two colours but I've forgotten how.

You can see a small sampling of what I do if you check out my profile or you can go to my website. I am offering to make shoes and sporrans like this (and others evolving towards dressier) to anyone who might be interested.

**Finn** · 10th June 08, 10:49 AM

Wow! That's really neat!

**beloitpiper** · 10th June 08, 01:29 PM

That's great! I think you have enormous talent.

**Darkislander** · 11th June 08, 04:05 PM

Yet another talented member. Good work.

**DTrain** · 11th June 08, 04:07 PM

That is amazing. I like the single boss look myself. Wow!

**DWFII** · 11th June 08, 04:18 PM

I have a friend who has advised me for months that I need a round sporran flask for my Lagavulin. I have told him I have flasks, I have sporrans and I have Lagavulin but I don't have round.

When I rented one of those hard dress sporrans for my daughter's wedding I did feel like the square flask was out of place in there. But since this is a soft sporran, when I put the square flask in, I put the convex side towards me and the concave side cradles my wallet and everybody's happy.

I like the looks of sporran flasks (maybe for Christmas) but I'm not feeling like it is a problem with this sporran.

All that by way of saying that my original concept of making a soft body sporran below a hard cantle was justified.

**Kid Cossack** · 11th June 08, 09:40 PM

That is simply stunning work. Bravo, sir, bravo.

**Coemgen** · 11th June 08, 10:33 PM

“Pretty good” seems to be understating your talents a bit. Well done!

**Thomas** · 12th June 08, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by DWFII

And to you and others who have expressed the same incredulity, remember that I am a professional shoe/bootmaker of over 35 years experience. It's not like any of these techniques are foreign to me, although I did have to review my pineapple knot.

Experience and technique are one thing, feeling for style and taste is the other.
You really connect both in this sporran to truly craftmanship.
I love that plain and tough look.