YinTx

Ok, yeah that's cool!

Try shipping to Indonesia. Once it gets there, the post office holds a $30 item for $300 ransom. Unreal. This is after you've paid the $50 to get it there.

here is a screenshot. Not allowing me to add second photos. Happens very often. You can see the image size is 554kb, but I get blocked from adding any more photos. WTH?

Thanks to a lot of folks for pointers to improve my prototype, here is the second version.

Giggity. Thank you all for the pointers, I think this version turned out much better. I'd add more photos, but for some reason I've been limited to this .5mb image?

Fan freaking tastic. YinTx

Exactly. Kinda what I was saying about how I should make the top more vertical. Has to help some. You rock. These are the views I've been trying to find! I think I'll profile the lid to have a more masculine look as yours does. I have some ideas to adopt the first profile for some other uses... Thank you. I think I read somewhere the originals were made from like a deerskin, so I'll opt for something with a less firm hand than what I originally used. and thinner gussets, I think I used a piece of 4" wide leather, which made a rather extra roomy bag. YinTx

I think this would be the answer, but everything is hand stitched and I haven't done binders so well when hand stitching. My impressions looking at Sporrans was that they had an unusually large rolled section, so I did intentionally make it large. I agree with your assessment, and will make the next one with a skinnier roll. Also I think making the top more vertical instead of rounded inwards will make the edge show less, since the roll does not hug the front piece. Thank you for that image, something I wanted to see but was not able to. Can see that the top is more vertical, keeping that edge from showing as much. Are those tassels just pulled through a slot and riveted at the upper edge of the front? How soft is the gusset? I made mine from 2-3oz veg tan belly, so it is slightly firm. I'm thinking it needs to be dry milled veg or bag leather tho, which doesn't lend itself well to a burnished edge at the attachment to the back piece. Mine is only partially lined, as in the front piece is lined only. Is this standard, or do most of them have linings? I'm not really making a Sporran, just something largely inspired by one, but I want to understand how they are really put together. I could edge paint before adding the rolled gusset edge as an option. If by "it" you are referring the the width of the rolled edge, I agree, I will make the next prototype a bit skinnier. I am a bit confused by this, as the rolled edge is the gusset... I really appreciate everyone's suggestions, I was really frustrated after I finished this prototype, as I felt it was un-useable/unpresentable as it came out, and didn't want the next version to follow suit. YinTx

So I did a rolled edge, inspired by Sporran designs. However, the edge of the front piece shows on the inside of the bag, and is not very attractive. If you have used multiple layers, as I have (lining leather, foam, stabilizer, Bontex, front leather/fur, etc) it can be quite ugly. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong that allows that edge to show, or does it normally show on things like Sporrans? (I've never actually seen one, only photos, and no one seems to post images of the inside of these things, even those selling them). Thank you! YinTx

That's a whole lot of excellent work there!

Nice. They are kinda fun, a lot of room for artistic license in there!

Nice, goes well with the handle also!

Very nice set. On the set I recently made, I used heavy nylon/poly webbing with solid stainless slide hardware, that seemed to work instead of elastic. I wondered about the comfort without the stretch of elastic, but no complaints from the customer, so I figured good to go. And in that case, solid leather all the way around would do the same thing!

I struggled like mad trying to get the heart pattern from that stamp, well done!

That is a whole lot of tooling!

Nice holster!!

I have purchased from both before, but didn't get any emails and didn't see anything on their websites. Thanks for confirming. and @Rossr you are right, it is what it is. Hope it works out ok for all the workers involved, etc. Mergers can be painful for all.

As the title says. Not sure this is a good thing to have options of suppliers reduced, thoughts?

You can really get after it with those leaves if you like....

Just awesome!

Also, I've had luck applying tape to the back of the leather, and rubber cement to the back of the tape, and then to the card board/matt board. Easier to separate later, just have to peel the tape, no rubber cement stuck to the leather. Best to use like blue painters tape.

Yeah, it started out innocently enough... but has gotten a bit out of control. I don't see it getting reined in anytime soon... Yes, that's a pink hat with bling. Also, the orange briefcase is a keychain, owner keeps a $10 in there for emergencies! So mini things, just sayin.

Looks like the real deal!

Just so happened to have a photo of the sewing in process. Could not even fit my pinkie down in there.

Oddly enough, that photo illustrates one of my re-occurring dreams/nightmares. Used my big ol hams. It was just one small step for man... shoe-t. Treaded all over it. I try to toe the line. I'll just step out the door for now. YinTx