seal skin sporrans

**Colonel MacNeal** · 16th April 09, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

I have a semi-formal with a seal-skin front. It's the only semi-formal sporran that I have and it gets worn quite a bit. I've had it for 10 years.

Just saw a TV program which showed how eskimos make waterproof sealskin bags. They club the seal (no spears or harpoons which might pierce the skin), remove the skull, and then peel the skin back (slowly) to remove the carcass. They end up with a perfectly intact skin, completely watertight, that they use to store oil. Unsettling to us folks in the lower 48, but very effective for the eskimos. Would make one hell of a sporran.