WARNING: THIS THREAD CONTAINS IMAGES OF A SMALL FURRY ANIMAL MADE INTO HIGHLAND WEAR.
If this is objectionable or offensive to you, please don't read any further. Thank you.

Okay, on with the thread.
As most of you have picked up on by now, I commissioned Turpin to make a full-mask sporran for me. And as I wanted something different than the usual badger or skunk or muskrat, I asked him to make me a woodchuck sporran. I'd actually gotten the idea from Thompson's So You're Going to Wear the Kilt, and that the dog when he was healthy caught woodchucks on a semi-regular basis (never did get a chance to skin one while it was fresh enough, though).

Anyway, Turpin had never done a woodchuck sporran before, so I went looking and found a local provider of skins. After consulting with Turpin, I stopped at their warehouse, bought the two best woodchucks they had, and mailed them down to Turpin. And it was a good thing I sent him two - the one had a good mask, but there was some bad fur slippage on the neck, and the other had a good back but a bad mask and shoulders.
Turpin was able to sew the good mask to the good nape to the good back for the flap, and use the good back for the front. With all of this stitching together, he named it "The Frankenchuck."

And now, the pictures:

Opening the box, remove the air pockets ... and it's staring at me.


Sue the Cat meets Frankenchuck.


And a good picture: