New Artificer Texas bobcat with MOD Culloden cantle

**Orionson** · 3rd April 15, 01:08 PM

Yet another stunning Masterpiece from The Artificer. If you were not already a Member of the Club, Welcome.

**ShaunMaxwell** · 3rd April 15, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Orionson

Yet another stunning Masterpiece from The Artificer. If you were not already a Member of the Club, Welcome.

I'm one of the founders! My first was Artificer #11... The bobcat is my third.

**cck** · 3rd April 15, 02:06 PM

Hope you can bring the bobcat to SAHG. Looking forward to seeing you there.

**Tim Little** · 5th April 15, 06:37 AM

Wow; another stunner!

**Tobus** · 6th April 15, 05:34 AM

Very nice! Look forward to seeing it this weekend in San Antonio. I'll be wearing a new Artificer sporran as well. He's still working on my MoD cantle sporran, but he did finish my fox sporran (from a hide that I sent him):

**ShaunMaxwell** · 6th April 15, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Tobus

I'll be wearing a new Artificer sporran as well. He's still working on my MoD cantle sporran, but he did finish my fox sporran (from a hide that I sent him)

Very nice, Tobus! Was the fox one you got yourself, or a hide you'd obtained elsewhere? I like the idea of having a sporran made from a critter you took yourself!

Looks like a near cousin to my skunk:

Looking forward to seeing it in person on Saturday... Can't wait to see your Artificer MOD!

**Tobus** · 6th April 15, 07:49 AM

The fox hide was actually from a fox that someone hit with their car right in front of my neighbourhood. I found it on my way home from work, and it was still warm. I felt sorry for the little guy. I have a lot of foxes on my land, but I would never shoot them. I like having them around, and it's always a treat to see one when they emerge at dusk. Anyway, I threw this fox in my freezer and then took it to the taxidermist just down the road from me. I'd been sitting on this hide for a couple of years, but decided it was time to let Scott do his magic with it (especially since my own bobcat sporran was a no-go).

As for the sporran design itself, I went back and forth on what type I wanted. I originally planned to do something different, but in the end I decided to go with Scott's typical style like your skunk sporran. It's just such a nice elegant design.

**OC Richard** · 10th April 15, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Orionson

Yet another stunning Masterpiece

You took the words out of my mouth! The words "stunning" and "masterpiece", so often hyperbole, are absolutely deserved by this gorgeous sporran.

I wear my Artificer all the time, and every time I look at it I'm struck anew by its subtle beauty. It may be new, but it has a "been there, done that" lived-in look to it, coming from the design, the half-century-old cantle, and the wonderful leather.

Sooo... I wonder... I suppose I could get a bobcat body for my MOD...

**Liam** · 10th April 15, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Tobus

Very nice! Look forward to seeing it this weekend in San Antonio. I'll be wearing a new Artificer sporran as well. He's still working on my MoD cantle sporran, but he did finish my fox sporran (from a hide that I sent him):

That is a beauty!.... Lucky you and congrats to Scott on another piece of art....