Questians regarding making your own sporran

**Jerry** · 10th January 06, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

I know that I looked at that .pdf before but it shows up as a blank page now....any ideas of what might have happened?

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If your Adobe accrobat reader isn't up to date, sometimes an Adobe popup will come up. It usually looks like a blank page with a small text announcing a newer version is available If you're like me and look down at the keyboard when you hit any key, including "enter", it can be so quick that you miss the original page and see only the popup.

**A Dhuglas** · 10th January 06, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by KiltedKnight

I too got tired of my sporrans and decided to make my own after reverse engineering an old sporran. I got the leather from Tandy Leather company but I suppose any supplier of leather would do and I order a bear paw and attached forearm skin from the Moscow Hide and Fur Company in Idaho and went to work. The most difficult part was the sewing but I found that if, after I had determined exactly where the stiching was to go I nailed the piece down to the wooden workbench and with a small nail I made the holes in both pieces of leather and later stiched it together. Now that takes a while but it sure beats paying $1400.00 for a leather stiching machine. Other than that it was contact cement and elbow grease and I have a fine sporran from a black bear and it is just at home in a formal setting as at the games. Hope this helps someone.

Sounds interesting. Do you have a picture, perhaps?

**bricelythgoe** · 7th January 09, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by KiltedKnight

I too got tired of my sporrans and decided to make my own after reverse engineering an old sporran. I got the leather from Tandy Leather company but I suppose any supplier of leather would do and I order a bear paw and attached forearm skin from the Moscow Hide and Fur Company in Idaho and went to work. The most difficult part was the sewing but I found that if, after I had determined exactly where the stiching was to go I nailed the piece down to the wooden workbench and with a small nail I made the holes in both pieces of leather and later stiched it together. Now that takes a while but it sure beats paying $1400.00 for a leather stiching machine. Other than that it was contact cement and elbow grease and I have a fine sporran from a black bear and it is just at home in a formal setting as at the games. Hope this helps someone.

I am making my own sporran and trying to get some information about how to do it. Thanks!