Rough Sporran - Any Suggestions?

[artificer]

Thanks, Tom and Artificer for the additional thoughts. I do have my doubts about the quality of the leather - it is stamped as "Real Leather" and smells like leather but it might be one of the near substitutes - I'll know when I try bevelling it.

Unfortunately "Real Leather" is one of those terms... you know the sort, they say something without actually meaning very much.

It says nothing of the quality or composition of the leather.

In the same way some makers of cabinets call particle board "All Wood" which is true in the loosest sense of the word, "Real Leather" only means that the product is made of leather- leatherboard is basically particle board made from shredded leather instead of pulped wood, it is then given a veneer of amazingly thin leather to give it a surface.

FWIW:
In the leather industry "Full Grain" means uncorrected top grain leather.
"Top Grain" means that they're using the skin surface, although it may have a new grain heat pressed into it or have scars/brands sanded off or filled.

Other countries have better consumer protections/labeling, but in the US pretty much all other terms are meaningless as the "Real Leather" may in fact be a split-

When leather is thinned to it's desired thickness it is sliced through on a huge table machine. The upper skin surface is the top or grain, the lower cut is the split. Sometimes these 'splits' are sold as suede, sometimes these are sent through the heat press to have an artificial surface grain applied to them, then they are given a surface dye.

BiCast/Bycast leather is this split grain leather which is given a heavy polyurethane coating/lamination to look like a shiny leather, frequently with a slightly crinkled pull-up antiquey finish.
It's similar to the way most patent leather is produced today (it used to be top grain leather which had been lacquered). This type of product cannot be called 100% leather or "Real Leather" in a number of countries. The US is not one of them- I don't know about the UK.

Good luck with the edging!

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