Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt
Very nice work.

No clue how you sewed on the leather flap.

Are the long leather strands below the bottom zipper pulls?

Ron

I do lots of leather work, so I have all the cool gizmos. I just ran along the edge with a star wheel to mark the locations for the awl holes, laid the flap on a piece of closed-cell foam, made holes with the awl, and then just stitched it on with a double-needle saddle stitch and black linen thread.

The leather strands are the laces that hang down below the tassles. I split each one, so two fat laces above the tassle become four thin strands below.

As for leather in foul weather, I oil and wax all my leather and it is indeed pretty impervious to water...up to a point. I just prefer to not expose my finely crafted leather pieces to soaking rains if I can help it (and we have mighty heavy downpours on a moment's notice here in the Blue Ridge).

By the way I used the new sporran all day today. It worked very well indeed, and I received lots of compliments from many folks who know enough to listen to.