Wallace,

I am so glad you like this! And thank you for the kind words. I hope you enjoy it as much in person as in the photos.

X-Markers,

Yes, I did make it myself! When I saw what nice handwork Wallace put in on my kilt I wanted to create something by hand for him. He had included a business card and I saw the shield pattern he had sewn into my kilt...now, I had asked what he wanted and had intended to make him a brown sporran strap, but unbeknownst to both of us Wallace's wife had already ordered a custom brown belt and strap from CavScout and a Thorfinn sporran from Turpin for Christmas!

So I tried to come up with a suitable accessory. Turpin kindly described the sporran color to me so I could at least come close.

My brother taught me to carve leather over forty years ago, and I love it. I made this while sitting in front of my fireplace looking at the lighted Christmas tree and surrounded by dogs, family, and friends. So it has a lot of good energy as well as room for spirits.

Moosedog