Yeah, I've not worked with fur before. My wife (the saddle-maker) has done lots of stuff with hair-on cow hides, and she complains non-stop about it. But that's much shorter hair that this fox fur.

I think I'll just go with thin plain exposed leather gussets. I picked up a thin deer-tanned cowhide for another sporran project, so I'll use some of that.

Thank you again for your help!