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23rd August 09, 04:42 PM
#1
Thorfinn Sporran 140 - Silver Fox with metal cantle
Last night received my fourth (yes, fourth) Thorfinn Sporran from Turpin.
As we all know, Turpin is a master at making Rob Roy style sporrans, and full-mask sporrans as well. But he has also successfully tried his hand at making full dress sporrans.
Having seen one that he made for himself, I asked him to make one for me.
This is the result.  

Silver fox pelt with enameled celtic hound cantle by ClanArt.
Side-by-side with TCS #28 for size comparison:

They are the same size, but the stiff front and back give the fox a slightly smaller capacity.
And the inside:

My fingertips aren't quite to the bottom. 
You can see the cell phone pocket (the pen pocket is hidden under my wrist), and the key clip is just visible above my wrist.
Turpin has done another beautiful job on this sporran.
I am easily moved for sympathy for dogs, far more so than for humans, because dogs do not understand. There is no way to explain that you will return, that the vet will make it all better, that they cannot go shooting today because that is not what today is about. They cannot work out that their misery is finite and will some time end, and so their misery is magnified.
Gerald Hammond
Mad Dogs and Scotsmen
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23rd August 09, 05:12 PM
#2
Congratulations on the new sporran Gary I look forward to seeing it sometime soon.
"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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23rd August 09, 05:19 PM
#3
That is one really nice sporran!
Virginia Commissioner, Elliot Clan Society, USA
1745 Appin Stewart Regiment
US Marine (1970-1999)
Clan Elliot, Donald, Gunn, Morrison, and Leatherneck
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23rd August 09, 05:23 PM
#4
That is one classic dress sporran. The mix of silver fox and enamel is just great.
Brian
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23rd August 09, 05:28 PM
#5
Fantastic looking Sporran
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23rd August 09, 05:56 PM
#6
beautiful mate and good on turpin for his mastercraft
Reverend Chevalier Christopher Adam Dow II KStI
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23rd August 09, 06:41 PM
#7
That's a beaut'!
T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES
proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.
"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No arse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)
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23rd August 09, 06:46 PM
#8
Another fantastic piece of craftsmanship from Turpin. Congratulations
The Great Highland Bagpipe is giving me great pleasure and my neighbours great annoyance, very loudly. Veteran U.S.A.F. From County Down to Boston Town a descendant of MacNeil of Barra. Member: New Hampshire Highland Games (Sept 21,22,23, 2012) http://www.nhscot.org Life Member: Scottish Tartans Authority, College of Piping.
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23rd August 09, 07:21 PM
#9
Very nice indeed !
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24th August 09, 03:45 AM
#10
Very neat, and an all-around classic presentation. I would like one too!
He makes items, all handwrought; Combinations of metal, stone, and thought; Symbols and history that certainly ought; Be worn by any well-dressed Scot. Carol, 2009
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