Members druid Posted February 4, 2011 Members Report Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) Just a project I've been working on between ice storms and shifts in the Prison... Templates I made: What I have so far: ^^ The face is still wet from stamping and will go back to natural color when dry. ^^ All materials are from Tandy Leather except for the Tartan, which are remnants from when Barb made my Kilt. It sits under the Boss and is centered under the Triquetra. The sporran face and back are 12-14oz cow hide, the gusset is ~4oz goat. The colors are 'British Tan" and common black. The face color of the Sporran is going to match the Triquetra [british Tan], the Cantle is going to be black and carved to match the design [imprint] face of the Sporran. I still have some smoothing to do on the Triquetra edges [where it's cut out] and I didn't get a pic of the gusset...but the gusset is a wide one, at 3" wide and is black. Edited February 5, 2011 by druid Quote
Members druid Posted February 5, 2011 Author Members Report Posted February 5, 2011 Dyed the front face and tooled/dyed the Cantle Quote
Members scottishshoemaker Posted February 5, 2011 Members Report Posted February 5, 2011 looking good! Quote You Want It, I'll Make It!
Members druid Posted February 6, 2011 Author Members Report Posted February 6, 2011 thanks. Got 2 new pics. The pieces are just "set together" to show what it basically looks like. Still have lots to do before it's finished: Quote
Members druid Posted February 6, 2011 Author Members Report Posted February 6, 2011 and 3 more: Quote
Members druid Posted February 9, 2011 Author Members Report Posted February 9, 2011 Inside Gusset Front Back [belt hanger] All that's left to do is put the snap on and seal it with the semi gloss coating. Quote
Members druid Posted February 14, 2011 Author Members Report Posted February 14, 2011 I had the occasion to wear it today. Sadly, it was for a fellow Officer's funeral. My Class A uniform for Honor Guard, en-route to play at graveside: Quote
Members Rhichmond Posted February 20, 2011 Members Report Posted February 20, 2011 Very nice work. I always wanted to make a sporran of this kind too but I still cant find a source for the metal-piece of the sporran. Sorry for my bad english gut I dont know the right name fot it. Please can someone tell me where to get them ? Quote
Members druid Posted February 28, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) The "metal piece" at the top, to which you are referring, is called a "Sporran Cantle"....or as we call them...simply "Cantle." You can buy them here: http://lythgoesporrans.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8922979 Well...I made a new one that's more appropriate to the uniform - I used the same process as the one above...with the exception that the leather is bound in Black nylon. The gusset is also black nylon. Edited February 28, 2012 by druid Quote
Members wolfeyes Posted February 28, 2012 Members Report Posted February 28, 2012 Great looking Sporrans and many thanks for the link to the cantles. I do have a question about the cantles. How do you attach them to the leather? Quote
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