After seeing all of the beautiful Rob Roy style sporrans on this forum I started to jones for one of my own. After a certain forum member inquired as to why I have never made myself a black sporran when I do leather work, I took that as a challenge and kicked my but into gear. I love the versatility of the Thorfinn but being as I already own all the gear to build my own sporrans, I wanted to make my own. I contacted Turpin and he graciously allowed me to "steal" his snap flap idea. He is a gentleman and a scholar. Let me say this right now, DO NOT contact me about making a snap flap sporran for you. I wont do it, but he will and will do a wonderful job. That is Turpins original idea, and all the rights to it are his. Now if you want a sporran, sans snap-flap I would consider bartering off my work.

Now, this is made out of a lighter leather than Thorfinn's and other comparable Rob Roy's are. I would have liked to use a bit thicker of a leather but I ALWAYS have this on hand because it is great for all kinds of projects. Anyway, its not perfect but I still like it.








All the seams under stress on this thing are hand sewn with the only machine stitches in this puppy being on the rolled edges and the inner pocket (which is removable so I can swap in my custom pipe pocket or design a new one). I also designed it to attach with a solid sporran belt or the clip type that I make.

Comments and constructive criticism welcome

BB