Ordered a New Sporran

[David Thornton]

Does anyone have a pattern for a mask? I can get tanned hides.

[mudd]

You know what would be cool? A way of integrating a MACE spray into a skunk sporran! Can't you just imagine the surprise when the skunk on your waist starts spraying! ;-)

Yes, but just think about the position of a sporran on your body. It just may be confused with something else.

[Moosehead]

hmmm...I like the idea of a moose-mask sporran. Little tough on the back, maybe. And, of course, I'd always be accused of being too horny. :mrgreen:

[GlassMan]

I don't know why this thought just came into my head, maybe I'm just way too tired.

Instead of making the sporran flap out of the head of the animal, make it out of the hind end so that the tail hangs down like a tassel! Then when you need to take something out you can just grab the tail, lift and dig right in.

I bet that would be guaranteed to gross out anyone in the area.

[davedove]

I just ordered a new sporran from Highland Tide. I figured if I ever got a full mask sporran, it would have to be a skunk.8-)

I got the sporran today. It looks pretty much like the picture here. It was made by L&M Highland Outfitters. The fur is a little thin on a couple of the edges, but nothing drastic. It has a capacity about like any dress sporran, enough room for wallet and keys. You wouldn't want to put any more in because then the flap wouldn't sit right and the nose would stick out.

It came with a set of leather and chain hangers to hang it from the front of the kilt belt, but I won't use them and will instead just run a sporran strap through it.

This will probably be my only full mask sporran. I like this one because it's a skunk, but I don't see myself wearing an animal head in my lap too often.

[mkmound]

Dave,

Let us know what kind of reactions you get!

Mark

[Tartan Hiker]

Now you've all gone and done it...I've got to make my own "critter purse".

I'm thinking a beaver pelt bag with the tanned tail as the flap. We get numerous beaver DOR around here. Anyone seen one like that?

[davedove]

By a strange coincidence, the morning after I receive my skunk sporran, guess what I smell as soon as I step out the front door. That's right, someone hit a skunk somewhere in the neighborhood (it's fairly close to the woods). Such a lovely fragrance to assault your nostrils so early in the day.:rolleyes:

[GlassMan]

By a strange coincidence, the morning after I receive my skunk sporran, guess what I smell as soon as I step out the front door. That's right, someone hit a skunk somewhere in the neighborhood (it's fairly close to the woods). Such a lovely fragrance to assault your nostrils so early in the day.:rolleyes:

That reminds me of when we went to visit Nopadon's parents in Amarillo, Texas. The day we arrived it was almost a windless day; the air was calm and still. But the next morning when we opened the door to our hotel room we found that the wind was blowing in across the cattle ranches and the entire city smelled of cow sh**. Then when we went for breakfast she had the windows open and the smell infiltrated everything. I could see with my eyes that I was drinking coffee and eating pancakes and eggs, but I couldn't smell any of that. The only thing sensed was the overwhelming odor of excrement.

And Nope's mom wonders why I refuse to pack up everything and move out to Amarillo.

[davedove]

the wind was blowing in across the cattle ranches and the entire city smelled of cow sh**.

Oh, that fresh country smell.:rolleyes: I remember it well having grown up in the country. It's especially nice after some farmer has just covered the fields with fresh "natural" fertilizer.