Kangaroo fur semi-dress sporran

[AL-58]

Would love to see photos of it as well when you done with it. I have seen a beautiful buff colored dress sporran done from "Roo" pelt. It will be interesting to see the color of the grey pelt, I bet a big red would look good too. I wonder since seal is a no go here in the states due to Marine Protection acts and such, if there is a ban on "Roo" fur as well.

Probably on some varieties there is a prohibition. We've been looking into this for our Scottish trip, I dont want to take it if its going to be confiscated by customs/quarantine. Some rare varieties are prohibited in the UK, this is just a plain Eastern Grey, we've got millions of them.

Al

[keepoffgrass]

how thick is the leather you guys are making these sporrans? and where are you getting it? Ive been curious about this. I'd like to try my hand at making a sporran. thanks

[AL-58]

how thick is the leather you guys are making these sporrans? and where are you getting it? Ive been curious about this. I'd like to try my hand at making a sporran. thanks

Various, the back is the thickest we have (3mm approx), the roo skin is too light so it's been bonded to another piece of leather (2mm approx) to stiffen it a bit. The gusset is upholstery leather which is soft, flexible as required. The upholstery leather I've got heaps of in my workshop, but would buy from an upholstery supplier otherwise or possibly scraps from an upholsterer if i only needed a small amount. The heavier leather comes from a supplier called Birdsall, but I understand Tandy is your main craft leather supplier in America.

Marie my wife does leatherwork as a hobby (for as long as I've known her) and I'm a Motor Trimmer/Upholsterer by trade and I like to fidget with unusual jobs too (a challenge)

Al

[BEEDEE]

Great looking sporran. Where did you get the cantle?

Brian

[AL-58]

Great looking sporran. Where did you get the cantle?

Brian

Thanks, the cantle came from an ebay trader who wouldn't communicate with me and took a hell of a long time to mail it. They are hard things to find.

Al

[Piper]

We had friends who grew tired of reenacting, so they gave us quite a load of stuff to get rid of for them. Basically, "just find someone who can use it, we don't want it anymore". For whatever reason, there was a Kangaroo pelt in among the goodies (aren't a lot of kangaroos here in South Jersey). I thought, "What more natural material to make a pouch from, than kangaroo?"

The kangaroo sporran is on the top right. The cantle is from Stillwater kilts.

[Doomsday]

The kangaroo sporran is on the top right. The cantle is from Stillwater kilts.

That's purdy.