Umm..Strange request-Your thoughts?

[Tobus]

I think the 'creepy' factor comes from the idea of wearing any part of a human as decoration. It probably wouldn't be as creepy were it not for the history of Native Americans wearing them (with scalp attached) in precisely the same manner - as decorations on their belts.

That said, if she's OK with it, I think it's a great gesture on her part and would make a very symbolic and meaningful sporran for the gentleman. My wife has very long hair as well; it's so long she has to sweep it out of the way so she doesn't sit on it. She does complain about the weight of it, especially when it's tied up on top of her head. She keeps threatening to cut it off, but I keep pleading with her not to. If she did one day cut it off, I'm sure we'd want to find some meaningful way to keep it for sentimental reasons. Probably not a sporran, though...

There is a charity out there (can't remember the name) that takes hair to make wigs for cancer patients. That would probably be the most generous thing to do with it.

Anyway, the only concern I'd have about a human hair sporran is that the hair would be a bit too fine for it. Horse hair is very thick and coarse, and will keep its shape fairly well. Human hair would probably look rather limp on a sporran and would be constantly blowing about and flailing in the wind, getting knotted and tangled, don't you think? Unless it were kept braided, of course.

[Squeaky McMurdo]

There is a charity out there (can't remember the name) that takes hair to make wigs for cancer patients. That would probably be the most generous thing to do with it.

Locks of Love.....there was an article about a year ago that talked about how they and other wig companies don't typically use hair from Americans because of all the chemicals and treatments we tend to subject our hair to. Instead, they use donated hair to sell to factories for testing machinery and companies that make mats to soak up oil spills. Then they use the money to buy hair from Europe and Asia, mostly from Russia, Poland, and the Netherlands. So, you're still helping cancer patients, but don't expect a beloved head of hair to end up in a beautiful wig.

So with that in mind, I don't see why someone's long hair can't be made into a piece of art in the form of a sporran.

I've been asked to make a custom sporran for someone who wants to use his wife's recently...

You had me worried for a minute. When I saw that, I thought the next word's were gong to be "Deceased [insert family pet variety here]"


--Chelsea McMurdo--