Hello everyone!

First time post for me, but I have been lurking around your site here for quite some time admiring the fantastic work you all produce.

I've recently made my first attempt at a hand made sporran.

I have sent it off to the Highland cattle rancher from whom I acquired the fur from to sell this weekend at an event he is attending. And not long after he began getting feedback... mostly bad.... regarding my sporran, forwarding it to me. "It is too small", "The stitching is bad", "It is a hunters sporran and people wont be willing to pay much for it", "The attachment in the back is wrong", etc, etc, etc.

I know very little of Sporran making, or the anatomy of a sporran, it seems books on the subject are all but non-existent. I quite literally wung it when creating this, comparing to Sporrans I had found online, and have recently ordered a cheap sporran to reverse engineer.

I have no machines, and hand stitch absolutely everything... also, being that I am a leatherworker (masks mostly), I take pride in hand tooling and carving all of my work. I really dont want to go the route of stamping, machine-work or making it "easier". But rather clean and professional. You know?

So my question to you all is this.... could you please offer some constructive criticism to this sporran? What will make my future attempts "right"? Any tips on stitching? I do know the rough edges are an eyesore. What are "correct dimensions"?

Any help at all would be so greatly appreciated.