Full-mask sporran construction?

[Tobus]

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!

[artificer]

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!

Yeah, cowhide is a LOT easier to work with than something with real fur. With cow, it all lays down pretty nicely and is of a relatively uniform thickness and length. With fur pelts, there is the guard hair and the fluffy under layer of much finer hair. THAT stuff gets EVERYWHERE.

Deer tan is nice for gussets, but pay attention to your piece, as sometimes it can be REALLY stretchy. When you're doing the joining between the stretchy gusset and the hard panels you have to make sure you keep your spacing uniform, otherwise the stretchy leather can end up bunching against the firmer material.

Make sure to post pix!