Sporran For A Handicapped Friend

[Nighthawk]

My first sporran! Sorta...

I have a friend who has MS. He has a hard time walking, and uses a walker. He can't wear a regular sporran because it gets in the way of his legs, or it gets in the way of his walker. So I watched him walk with his sporran on and it occurred to me- the sporran is too long! It's not the belt, not wear the sporran is worn- the body of the sporran itself hung just right to get in his way. So I did some research into belt bags. I found this on eBay, which I liked:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

But it's not all that big and won't hold wallet, keys, cell phone, etc. So I made a sporran that is a hybrid of a traditional sporran and a belt pouch!

The clan crest is Lyle.

I'll be making a sporran belt that attaches like a sporran chain, using spring clips to make it easy for my friend to attach the belt. I can't wait to get a picture of him wearing it! I think he's going to be stoked!

And a big Thank You to the person who posted the molded bag tutorial. I had been trying to figure that out for a while, with little success. This was my first attempt. I'm all that happy with the corners, but they will be better on my next one!

[fletch]

See a need, fill a need (Robots)

Great work, and may God bless you for thinking of others in this way

[Nighthawk]

  On 8/23/2010 at 1:44 AM, fletch said:

See a need, fill a need (Robots)

Great work, and may God bless you for thinking of others in this way

My friend's doctor actually told him that it would be healthier for him to wear a kilt instead of pants- the airflow is better! But they have no pockets!

[fletch]

Kilts :D

Make sure he wears them 'tradtionally' :D

[scottishshoemaker]

Nice work man.