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25th January 12, 11:02 AM
#1
"Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
So you like to braid . . .
"believed to date back to the 1700's" , thoughts?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-Sc...item46006a06b2
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25th January 12, 11:06 AM
#2
Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
It does look a little bit old, but I'm calling shenanigans of some sort. Never seen something like that, before...
I'll go out on a limb and say it's not a sporran. The form just isn't right.
Puts me in mind of Cthulhu, honestly. 
 Originally Posted by piperdbh
...then the store manager would try to throw us out, and when RR and tyger and various others tried to stare him down with The Look he'd accuse us of voodoo or something and we'd wind up in the clink or on Dr. Phil.
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25th January 12, 11:09 AM
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Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
To me it looks like a 70s nightmare thats been under someones porch for the last 30 years.
Last edited by Burly Brute; 25th January 12 at 11:15 AM.
[-Floreat Majestas-|-Semper Vigilans-|-Aut Pax Aut Bellum-|-Go mbeannai Dia duit-]
"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels." - John Calvin
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25th January 12, 11:11 AM
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Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
Originally Posted by piperdbh
...then the store manager would try to throw us out, and when RR and tyger and various others tried to stare him down with The Look he'd accuse us of voodoo or something and we'd wind up in the clink or on Dr. Phil.
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25th January 12, 11:13 AM
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Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
Originally Posted by Ryan Ross
It does look a little bit old, but I'm calling shenanigans of some sort. Never seen something like that, before...
I'll go out on a limb and say it's not a sporran. The form just isn't right.
Puts me in mind of Cthulhu, honestly.
Maybe a satchel of sorts?
[-Floreat Majestas-|-Semper Vigilans-|-Aut Pax Aut Bellum-|-Go mbeannai Dia duit-]
"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels." - John Calvin
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25th January 12, 11:14 AM
#6
Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
those were pretty much my thoughts as well, looked definately more 1970's.
But reading the description it sounds plausabel and there are/were undoubtably an unlimited number of one-offs. Considering a sporrans rather simple function it is/was certainly open to artistic variation.
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25th January 12, 11:17 AM
#7
Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
What the?! Give me a break! It looks like a leather octopus.
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25th January 12, 11:20 AM
#8
Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
Originally Posted by Burly Brute
Maybe a satchel of sorts?
Sure. Why not? Just a really flamboyant belt pouch of some kind, I suppose.
Originally Posted by creagdhubh
What the?! Give me a break! It looks like a leather octopus.
Exactly.
Originally Posted by piperdbh
...then the store manager would try to throw us out, and when RR and tyger and various others tried to stare him down with The Look he'd accuse us of voodoo or something and we'd wind up in the clink or on Dr. Phil.
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25th January 12, 11:26 AM
#9
Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
Originally Posted by Ryan Ross
Sure. Why not? Just a really flamboyant belt pouch of some kind, I suppose.
Exactly.
It would look sick dyed green with a Cthulhu tartan kilt! 
[-Floreat Majestas-|-Semper Vigilans-|-Aut Pax Aut Bellum-|-Go mbeannai Dia duit-]
"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels." - John Calvin
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25th January 12, 11:36 AM
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Re: "Old Sporran" on eBay, yikes, 1700s?
Originally Posted by Burly Brute
It would look sick dyed green with a Cthulhu tartan kilt!
That, it might.
Seriously though, I'm betting that thing made it's frist public apperance at a black powder rendezvous in 1969. Heh...
Originally Posted by piperdbh
...then the store manager would try to throw us out, and when RR and tyger and various others tried to stare him down with The Look he'd accuse us of voodoo or something and we'd wind up in the clink or on Dr. Phil.
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