Rob Roy sporran #2

**Kilted Hiker** · 4th March 11, 11:53 AM

Hello folks!

Check out my second attempt at sporran crafting,I already had a little article with pictures on my blog, here is the link

http://thesecretfire-seth.blogspot.com/

**jason10mm** · 4th March 11, 12:33 PM

That is really nice! Did you use a specific pattern? I'm about to attempt a Rob Roy and can only hope it comes out even half as nice.

Looks like your bag is made from 3 pieces. Why did you go that route instead of two pieces or just a gathered circular piece of leather? Is your cover two pieces of leather stitched together or is that just ornamental stitching around the edge?

**Cowher** · 4th March 11, 12:33 PM

Nice! It looks better than my first!

**T-Bone** · 4th March 11, 12:40 PM

Nice work.

T

**KiltedDixon** · 4th March 11, 03:52 PM

Good job!

**tripleblessed** · 4th March 11, 10:35 PM

I like!

**Whidbey78** · 4th March 11, 11:03 PM

Really nice. Good work, and nice color selection too.

**Nighthawk** · 5th March 11, 10:13 AM

That looks really sharp! I love the colors, and the antlerbutton. I'm actually working on something similar, using elk hide. The one thing that I notice is that the edges of the veg tanned leather are raw and unfinished. If you're interested, I recently posted an edge-finishing tutorial on my FaceBook page:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...00002109169454

A good edge finish will help to mask the roughness that inevitably comes from hand cutting things like your flap.

**Kilted Hiker** · 5th March 11, 02:17 PM

jason,

For my first sporran,(which I will not humiliate myself by posting here

) I followed this pattern: http://www.troop7.net/Resources/5.%2...20Patterns.pdf

Its a good pattern, and for my second one I changed the pattern a little by making the flap piece larger. I went for a three piece 'bag' because its more spacious. The 'flap' is one piece, the stitching is just for insurance.

Nighthawk, thanks a million! I've searched for how to do that for quite awhile, and tried some things on my own. This is just the thing I need. The next sporran I make will have nice burnished edges.

**T-Bone** · 5th March 11, 02:38 PM

Thanks for the photo tutorial. I am going to have to get one of those rotary slickers. I've been using a boar's tusk and rubbing it back and forth on the edge.

T