Purse I'm making my 11yr old

**druid** · 29th March 11, 10:27 PM

The bag is goat skin and the flap is 14oz cowhide. It's a bit nerve-racking painting such small detail but this is what it looks like before I put the protective coating of sheen on it:

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**Nighthawk** · 30th March 11, 10:36 AM

That's awesome!! I love the rose. So out of curiosity, why 14 oz leather for the flap? Seems a bit thick to me!

**T-Bone** · 31st March 11, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

That's awesome!! I love the rose. So out of curiosity, why 14 oz leather for the flap? Seems a bit thick to me!

Very nice...and bulletproof!

**The Thirsty Viking** · 31st March 11, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

That's awesome!! I love the rose. So out of curiosity, why 14 oz leather for the flap? Seems a bit thick to me!

the Flap on my Sporran is 16oz leather. its just what we hand on hand.

to the OP - looks great!

**druid** · 1st April 11, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

That's awesome!! I love the rose. So out of curiosity, why 14 oz leather for the flap? Seems a bit thick to me!

Thanks.
Aside from the fact it's what I had on hand at the time, the flap is thick so it can be tooled [as you can see]. Thinner leather can be tooled but not as deeply as something like this.

Originally Posted by The Thirsty Viking

the Flap on my Sporran is 16oz leather. its just what we hand on hand.

to the OP - looks great!

Yep. On hand and takes tooling very well.

Thanks all!