Jeff Forrester wrote: “I would love to have a badger or bobcat full mask . . .”

I did a search for “bobcat full mask” and came up with a sporran that didn’t exactly inspire me.
A friend of mine has acquired a caracal (or rooikat) pelt – it is a smaller cousin of the bobcat, reddish in colour and with very pointy ears – which he plans to give to me at the weekend.
Depending on how good the face on the pelt is, I am seriously considering getting a full mask sporran made of it.
It would certainly say “South African” or at least “African” – this species is found across Africa and Arabia, as well as Iran and parts of Central Asia.
As for badgers, the local variety is the honey badger or ratel. It can be quite a vicious creature.
(The South African military uses an armoured personnel carrier called the Ratel.)
This badger has a silvery back (black and white fur mixed), and the white fur continues onto its scalp. However the face, throat, belly and sides are black.
It could probably make a very handsome long sporran using mainly the back fur.
Regards,
Mike