Deer hide sporran

**T-Bone** · 19th October 10, 05:29 AM

Here a sporran I made. I had some questions about how to attach the hair-on deer hide. I received a few very helpful suggestions here:http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...an-help-61949/
That link also shows some WIP pics. This thing took almost a week to complete. I worked on it 2-4 hours every night. It should not have taken that long, but I wanted to get everything just right and not just "good'nuf". I did not have too much of a plan other than the shape. All in all, I am happy with how it turned out.
The particulars: I utilized the parts of 2 deer(hair and lining) 1 cow(front and back of sporran body) 1 kangaroo (gusset, edging) and 1 horse (hair tassles).

Here are some more pics of it..

**T-Bone** · 19th October 10, 05:36 AM

Here is a WIP of the horse hair tassles I made for it.

Get a small bundle of hair and tie it in the middle.

Attach a thong to the middle of the bundle. I sewed in a loop to make it secure.

Bring the ends of the bundle together and wrap the bend tightly. I also wrapped the thong where it was sewn.

I used leather as the "bell" to go over the hair. I may look around for something a little better, but this works for now.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 19th October 10, 07:48 AM

Quite nice, and I'm really impressed with your step-by-step photos. I do have one tiny comment, though.

Your kilt pin is on upside down. The clasp goes at the bottom, to keep from loosing the pin if it should accidentally come undone.

**T-Bone** · 19th October 10, 02:46 PM

It's always something! Just kidding. Having the expertise of members here improves the quality of everyone, new and old. Thank you for the kind comments!