Making a Scottish Hunting Sporran?

[jcuk]

19 hours ago, Matt S said:

A skirt has a hem. Kilts do not. Men have been wearing kilts for working and fighting far longer than your country has existed.

Love the banter between the English and the sweaties so miss the home internationals and yes have many Scottish friends its all in good fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yw0bLHTOb0

https://genius.com/Andy-stewart-donald-wheres-your-troosers-lyrics

We also have older houses.

 

JCUK

Edited August 19, 2020 by jcuk

[fredk]

2 hours ago, Matt S said:

Aye, there's a lot of Scots went west in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. 

Aye, and a little known fact is that tens of thousands, from the Highland Clearance mainly, went as slaves. My town was a major port then and the slave ships called in for provisions before heading to the Atlantic.

But this be a deviation.

I'm just keeping up with following this thread and the construction of this sporran

edit to add, btw do you know there are various superstitions related to bags, purses and sporrans? mmmm, thought not. With sporrans you are supposed to give it to the new owner and indeed keep it yourself with a small leather drawstring bag containing a handful of dried oats. This is to ensure you or the other person will never go hungry. Superstition is that if you don't have or give that wee bag you'll starve to death within 6 months

 

Edited August 19, 2020 by fredk

[mike02130]

21 hours ago, Matt S said:

A skirt has a hem. Kilts do not. Men have been wearing kilts for working and fighting far longer than your country has existed.

The Scots didn’t want to pay extra for a hem. 

[Retswerb]

Wait, kilts are unhemmed? That seems impractical.

[fredk]

afair a kilt doesn't need a hem cos its the width of the loom so both edges have a selvage - a self-edge

[chuck123wapati]

6 minutes ago, fredk said:

afair a kilt doesn't need a hem cos its the width of the loom so both edges have a selvage - a self-edge

i thought it was because the scots asked for AHEM but the seamstress thought they were just clearing their throat. lol You have some cool knowledge friend. 

[GrafVil]

4 hours ago, fredk said:

Aye, and a little known fact is that tens of thousands, from the Highland Clearance mainly, went as slaves. My town was a major port then and the slave ships called in for provisions before heading to the Atlantic.

But this be a deviation.

I'm just keeping up with following this thread and the construction of this sporran

edit to add, btw do you know there are various superstitions related to bags, purses and sporrans? mmmm, thought not. With sporrans you are supposed to give it to the new owner and indeed keep it yourself with a small leather drawstring bag containing a handful of dried oats. This is to ensure you or the other person will never go hungry. Superstition is that if you don't have or give that wee bag you'll starve to death within 6 months

 

I did not know about including a small portion of oats with a new sporran.  I will have to start doing that!  On the other hand, when I have made billfolds for people, I enclose a $1.00 bill with the wish the billfold will never be empty.

[fredk]

16 hours ago, GrafVil said:

. . . On the other hand, when I have made billfolds for people, I enclose a $1.00 bill with the wish the billfold will never be empty.

   I congratulate you. You are one of the very few people who know of these things

Its bad luck to be superstitious, but why take a chance?

[Rahere]

It's becoming commonplace to use a laser cutter on leather, working off a CAD design. They're often accessible in Hackerspace club workshops.

[RCAnderson]

On 8/17/2020 at 9:56 AM, GrafVil said:

Hello to all.

I am attempting to make a Scottish leather Hunting Sporran similar to the one in the picture.  I could use some help or advice on how to make the circular device shown in the center.  Does anyone have experience making the outer edge of the circle with the points and holes?  Is there a special tool  or pattern available to lay this out?  

I have made many other types of sporrans but this detail is one I can't find a video on.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Tom H.

To achieve that circular edging, I have used pinking shears For the outside edge and a simple punch for the holes.

As a Scot Who wears a kilt daily, I would be remis if I didn’t remind you that a “hunting” sporran would never have a metal cantle or tassels which could make noise when hunting. Instead of the 3 tassels, hunting sporrans have 5 “leaves” that are tacked down so that they do not flap.

RC

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