Calling all DIY Full Face Sporran Owners

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...and now on to the fur.

Here's the head with tissue in the ears to help shape them.
When the pelt is tanned, the ears are turned indide out, so the leather can be processed correctly. When I bought it the taxidermist instructed me to soak the head overnight and allow the leather to soften again so as to invert the ears rightside out.

followed up by blowdrying the fur to keep it from matting.
I made a quick form out of a section of a plastic bottle from our recycling bin to help hold the shape of the head as it dries.




The pelt is a full sixed adult Red Fox that was intended for a full mount.
That was untill the taxidermist got the tanned pelt back from the processor.


Now , here's the reason that I picked up the pelt so inexpensively. The trigger happy hunter blasted the neck out of this fox, so a mount was out of the question. The exit wound is just as big as the entrance wound.



Most of the pelt is usable and I anticipate making both a full mask, and a formal dress canteled sporran. If there is any left over, I may attempt to trim out a day sporran ( and squeek 3 sporrans out of this hide.)