This is what kilting does to you.

[dfmacliam]

I can relate to all of this... I see fur and I think hmmmm sporran, just as I see feathers.. and think... hmmm that will make a cool loose fan.. I meet people from other parts of the world.. and I wonder... what do they have around them, that I could make a cool sporran, or fan...LOL

[Bigkahuna]

Well, I am currently working on my first homemade sporran, using part of a Nyala hide (an African Antelope). My Step-Dad shot it in Africa last year.

Fur needs to become sporran......

Cheers,

Marshal Moroni

"One night on my last trip to Africa, I shot an Elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know".ith:

[RamsayClanCommish]

I have a friend who bagged a cougar and.....okay, that doesn't sound right....I have a friend who shot a mountain lion and I tried convincing him about the sporran opportunities there. He decided to have it placed on his wall instead.

[Sammac]

good day gentlemen, I have laughed with that ideas of sporran…. applause for you
now a question:
can only be done sporran with terrestrial animal? (four legs obvious), because I have seen beautiful purses and accessories done with fish skin. yes of salmon mainly and the truth is that the work craftsman is beautiful, I do not create to have seen esporran thus. then…it can?

Don't see why not, fish,snake or gator, could be very interesting and unique!

[Tatonka]

I have been reading this thread to my wife who just commented that "you are all warped!" Thank you for allowing to be in such good company! BTW, a friend of mine is finishing up a sporran for me out of buffalo fur.

[butch]

I was thinking of using one of the kids stuffed Barney The Dinosaurs The purple would look good with a Pride of Scotland

[sathor]

I found a hollowed critter yesterday at my moms, must have got it at a period camp thing. I don't see a seem, it just seems hollowed. I was thinking, 'how do I know if it is big enough to make into a sporran' and the cost and such...

[Kiltman]

So many wonderful furs out there to make into sporrans, but I can only wear one (maybe two) at a time. You know you're over the top when every time you smell a skunk you think "future sporran". Mrs. Kiltman has suggested sporrans anonymous.

[TexasMcGregor]

I do have a rather nice sporran made from buffalo, no hair though. It's black buffalo hie with red suede gussets.

This thread has me thinking of the deer skin that my girlfreind has in her freezer until she can get it tanned. She's got two, maybe I can talk her into getting one tanned hair on, and giving my enough for a sporran.

[Squeaky McMurdo]

This thread has me thinking of the deer skin that my girlfreind has in her freezer until she can get it tanned. She's got two.

Me and your girlfriend would get along! I have 2 deer and 3 elk hides salted in the garage waiting until I get around to tanning them...I also have a stuffed blackbear cub in the attic that had it's feet chewed off by mice.

--Chelsea McMurdo--