Sporran Review

**davedove** · 7th April 06, 04:31 AM

Originally Posted by billmcc

davedove,

Could you please start a new thread and give us a review of your leather dress sporran? It is new isn't it? I would like to know how you like it and where you got it.

I've had the sporran for a couple of months, but this was the first opportunity to wear it. It's the Exotic Leather Sporran from Celtic Croft:

It's a nice sporran that I thought would be a good semi-dress sporran for dressing up with a jacket and tie. The little colored insert is fish leather and comes in red, blue, and green.

Like most dress sporrans, it has very little capacity. If I didn't have pockets in my jacket, I couldn't have carried my wallet, change purse, and keys all at the same time. Also, since it's stiff, it pushes up funny when you sit down.

Something that can be either good or bad, the metal tassels against the leather set up a real rhythm section when you walk.

**Kilted KT** · 7th April 06, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

I've had the sporran for a couple of months, but this was the first opportunity to wear it. It's the Exotic Leather Sporran from Celtic Croft:

It's a nice sporran that I thought would be a good semi-dress sporran for dressing up with a jacket and tie. The little colored insert is fish leather and comes in red, blue, and green.

Like most dress sporrans, it has very little capacity. If I didn't have pockets in my jacket, I couldn't have carried my wallet, change purse, and keys all at the same time. Also, since it's stiff, it pushes up funny when you sit down.

Something that can be either good or bad, the metal tassels against the leather set up a real rhythm section when you walk.

fish leather? that is the first time I have ever heard of such a thing. It does look like a very nice sporran, though.

Could have some fun with it and put a false eye in the center of the blue ring. Would really turn some heads!

billmcc · 7th April 06, 09:26 AM

I think a black leather dress sporran is versatile enough to wear with both a semi-formal and a formal outfit. The fish leather is interesting, but its color might limit the tartans it can be worn with. Stiffness seems to be a common drawback of this type of sporran.

**davedove** · 7th April 06, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by billmcc

I think a black leather dress sporran is versatile enough to wear with both a semi-formal and a formal outfit. The fish leather is interesting, but its color might limit the tartans it can be worn with. Stiffness seems to be a common drawback of this type of sporran.

I got mine with the red leather insert specifically to coordinate with my MacIan tartan which is mostly red, but yeah one color wouldn't work with all tartans.