I live in Alaska, and a friend gave me a seal skin jacket. I am making it into sporrans! I made a nice sporran out of a beaver pelt for practice. I have been doing leather work for years, but have only made a few sporrans. The seal skin jacket is VERY old, but I put soaked some leather restorer into it, and it has made it much softer. I am worried that sometime in the future the hair may slip (fall out), but I think that the sporrans will last a while before that happens. I will post some pics maybe tomorrow...