So I have this leather Utilikilt. I earned it by working a lot of shows the last couple years, and it's a thing of beauty, truly.
Only problem with it is that, unlike a regular Utilikilt, it has no pockets. This means I've gotta wear either some sort of waist pouch or a sporran.
But all the sporrans I have are intended to go with my highland kilt, and just look too damned scottish to my eye when put with a leather Utilikilt.
So I got to thinking, what I need is something more hard-core. More edgy. Studs, maybe. I was thinking about having a local leather worker make me a biker-lookin' sporran.
Then I started thinking about just buying a really plain one and decorating it, maybe a skull broach or something, maybe put some studs on it myself. I starting looking for things like that, and then it occurred to me to just google skull sporran.
And what do you know. Someone makes it already:
I talked to Jen, the lady who runs that shop (The sporran-maker herself), and she's making me a custom skull sporran, black on black. And better yet, we worked out a barter deal. She's an absolute sweetheart, and I can't wait to see the sporran she's working on for me.
I'm absolutely thrilled. This is the sporran I wanted. Something that's me, that's custom. The idea came to me after seeing my friend Corrine, who's all about the bat tattoos, wearing a bat-shaped sporran with her leather kilt. That was the idea I needed; not some generic highland thing, but something that says Karl Elvis.
...do we even want to know what you bartered?
I want to know what was bartered!! Funny, that was the one point I focused on, too...
You two. Two peas in a pod you are.
Actually, how about you both come over and climb in my pod with me?
I was too busy imagining the skull to wonder what he bartered. Where the hell is my imagination?
Woohoo! Everyone! Party in Karl's pod!
Man purse.
What you got is a man purse.
Call it what you want, it gets everyone looking directly at my crotch.
Just to climb all the way up my own arse, I thought I'd let you know that I'm absolutely thrilled you love your skull sporran because I have the first *ever* skull sporran made by Jen, back when sporrannation was just a twinkle in her eye. She's a dear, dear friend of mine and makes amazing merchandise!
I hope you enjoy your buy, I still love mine, old and battered as it is!