Horse hair sporrans . . .

**Father Bill** · 6th May 11, 04:50 PM

Okay, I know that what I've seen in various places is not necessarily "correct," nor "traditional." I also know that you don't have to be "c" nor "t."

BUT . . .

Who normally wears a horse-hair sporran, and in which circumstances? To me they're one of the most beautiful accessorries from which a tank can benefit.

And finally, knowing that I will receive dozens of conflicting answers from which I will need to discern my own perspective, I turn it over to my marvellous friends in the marvellous rabble with thanks.

**SlackerDrummer** · 6th May 11, 04:53 PM

1) Formal attire.

2) Pipe bands in military uniforms.

3) See 1 and 2 above.

**Thor271** · 6th May 11, 04:56 PM

Also Military DEU1A for Canadian Highland Units wear Hair Sporrans. Not just restricted to the pipe bands of the unit.

**English Bloke** · 6th May 11, 04:58 PM

Horsehair? Horsehair you say? I'm right into horsehair just lately. An under-rated sporran if ever there was one.

If it wasn't that it frightened my neighbours and my wife, I'd wear one in all circumstances.

**artificer** · 6th May 11, 05:05 PM

Here's the one I recently built

based on John Stewart's sporran, as illustrated by Ken MacLeay (F) in the below pic

I wear it to our local St. Andrews meetings and dressier events.

I'll probably wear it to the local games this season as well. I like that some of the older sporrans have all leather cantles as MacLeay illustrated. It really is the multi-function piece, day through dress.

**NorCalPiper** · 6th May 11, 05:36 PM

You can wear one ANYTIME you want. And MAN do I want to wear the one pictured above!

**English Bloke** · 6th May 11, 06:07 PM

Grrrrrr! ... See? ... Now I want that one... [sob!]

**beloitpiper** · 6th May 11, 06:27 PM

artificer's horse hair sporran is the only kind of horse hair sporran I would wear outside of a piping gig.

**robbiethepiper** · 6th May 11, 11:01 PM

I only wear mine when piping and wearing full no.1 dress ( feather bonnet,spats, pipers long plaid,cross belt.....). IMHO it is impractical and looks ludicrous at any other time. A bit like wearing a PC to visit the supermarket!!!

**Downunder Kilt** · 6th May 11, 11:09 PM

I like the horsehair sporrans that Artificer and Josh at Skye Highland Outfitters are making, for what I believe are daywear. Each of them have leather cantles and I think that the are a very viable option to daywear leather sporrans. If however the hair sporran has a metal cantle, I believe in remains in the realm of evening wear. Though I have seen the one that Artificer did for David Pope and I think that with the hair used on that one, you could use it during daytime. From memory it had a brass cantle (I could be wrong)