There! It's in progress. Happy?
So- I haven't got a deer hide to work with, so I'm using elk. I know it's not technically correct... but who's gonna know anyway?
I might be able to help with that one.
Do you have access to someone that can tan a hide and get it ready for you to work? If so, I can furnish a few deer hides by end of the year. I would be willing to get them if I could have one after tanned
***disclaimer, both family and friends have way too much time and land (KS) on their hands in which Deer hunting from stands on said land is overly used.***
I do not use said land or time for things like that, I get to work.
Seriously though, I do know a lot of people that hunt like madmen in Kansas and on any given year will produce about 7 hides. Those being close to me, I suspect others that I work with would chip in on the count too.
Last edited by Mule; 25th July 11 at 06:28 PM.
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So- I haven't got a deer hide to work with, so I'm using elk. I know it's not technically correct... but who's gonna know anyway?
Very happy!
...and don't worry too much about using elk, rather than deer.
The Scottish Red Deer's scientific name is Cervus elaphus.
And while our own White-tailed Deer's scientific name is Odocoileus virginianus, and our Mule Deer's is Odocoileus hemionus, the North American Elk's scientific name is Cervus canadensis.
So in reality, the elk hide you're using is very likely more authentic than if you had used what we in the U.S. consider "deer" hide.
the flap and belt loop can be made as one piece
cut it out the flap with a long strip attached to it
the strip is then folded to make the loop
it is a very simple design and works well,
the only draw back to this style is that you can only get one sporran out of a lage deer hide ,which makes it pretty expensive.
the three piece body style allows at least two+ sporrans per hide
below is the same type flap and loop on a three piece sporran
Last edited by Joe Gondek; 24th July 11 at 10:18 AM.
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I would be willing to get them if I could have one after tanned 
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