Alisdair Report post Posted May 13, 2018 A client asked me to make him a custom sporran, so I spent a day or so making this. He's a big laddie, so I had to adjust my usual dimensions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJole Report post Posted May 13, 2018 Sporrans are born, not made?! Seriously, though, the attention to detail there is very good. I greatly enjoyed looking at all the pieces in progress, and then the final product. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alisdair Report post Posted May 14, 2018 7 hours ago, DJole said: Sporrans are born, not made?! Seriously, though, the attention to detail there is very good. I greatly enjoyed looking at all the pieces in progress, and then the final product. Sporrans are definitely born and not made! I'd be terrible at doing this full time, because I have trouble sending them away to their new homes! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handstitched Report post Posted May 14, 2018 G'Day , Thats beautiful work. Love the ' step-by-step' pics, and the little....um ...bunson burner? The tea pots caught my eye too They look exotic . Good to see I'm not the only one that uses those springy paper clips. I have boxes of them, and they are a Godsend. Well done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stetson912 Report post Posted May 14, 2018 Very nice work! @Handstitched, that little burner is an alcohol lamp. It's used for heating up the creaser before creasing the edge. It helps set the crease nice and crisp. Just a little tid bit if you didn't already know. I thought it was interesting when I learned about it haha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lrishjoe Report post Posted May 15, 2018 Nice work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverd Report post Posted May 21, 2018 Very cool bag. Nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LumpenDoodle2 Report post Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) I do like your tools, and I think it would be worth a thread on its own to show the rest of them. My spider sense tells me that part of the ‘birthing process’ consists of the joy of using aged and quality tools. So how did an Alisdair end up in Geneva making sporrans. Edited May 21, 2018 by LumpenDoodle2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alisdair Report post Posted May 23, 2018 On 2018-05-21 at 10:00 AM, LumpenDoodle2 said: I do like your tools, and I think it would be worth a thread on its own to show the rest of them. My spider sense tells me that part of the ‘birthing process’ consists of the joy of using aged and quality tools. So how did an Alisdair end up in Geneva making sporrans. I must say that nice tools are my weak point...for example, that Jeremiah Watt divider/compass was an impulse buy...could've bought about 100 Chinese dividers for the same price! I practise my stitching and try out new tools, materials and methods by making new protective covers for all of the pointy bits. An Alisdair ended up in Geneva by way of a Swiss grandmother: I came here to go to university and to practise my French...and like many other people, ended up staying here! BTW, @LumpenDooodle2 ...I see on your site that you're into detecting. I published a book on Late Roman Bronze Coins a few years ago that's quite popular with detectorists! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
