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View Poll Results: Full Mask Sporran: Yes or No? | |
Yes, it is a distinctive and bold fashion statement!
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No, it looks bloody awful!
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What's a full mask sporran?
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Makes no difference to me, as long as I can fit the flask in...
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07-28-2010, 01:31 AM
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| | | Full mask sporran: Yea or Nay?
Doing a bit of on-line window shopping for yet another sporran, and noticed many more full mask sporrans on offer than the recent past (at least to my subjective eye). I really hope this isn't coming back into fashion, as I despise the things. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, especially the ones that taste good. I just think it looks uncouth to have what appears to be a rodent of some kind "emerging," so to speak...
But then fashion has never been my strong suit. What say you? Yea or nay on the full mask?
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07-28-2010, 06:24 AM
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Personally speaking, I like them. I do have to add several caveats with this statement to make it 'true' for me...
1) the workmanship should be superlative, otherwise it looks like road-kill in your lap.
2) go for 'size appropriate' animals. I once saw a guy with a brown bear full mask! Who is compensating for something? 
Conversely, if you 6'4 and 23 stone, you might want something bigger than a weasel.
3) Sometimes people have too much 'bling', with badges, cockades, fly plaids, dirks, claymores, targes, etc, etc, etc... I think that something like a full mask should be THE accent to your outfit. It shouldn't be at risk of getting lost in the outfit.
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07-28-2010, 06:40 AM
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07-28-2010, 06:43 AM
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I think full mask sporrans are perfectly suitable, being as they are a solidly traditional piece of Highland attire. It's not really "fashion" at all. In fact, "fashion" has more to do with all the other non-traditional sporrans people are wearing nowadays.
That said, I do think that full mask sporrans can easily go over the edge. A badger, fox, or other traditional and normal animal is great. Skunk is pushing it a little (for me, anyway).
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07-28-2010, 06:48 AM
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I think they are a great addition to an outfit. Artificer made some really good points about what makes them or breaks them.
Although it wont be full mask, I just picked up a beautiful pelt that I have plans for. Believe it or not, it's an opossum. Really good looking pelt.
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07-28-2010, 06:57 AM
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07-28-2010, 07:17 AM
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I have always liked the full mask sporran and almost purchased one for my wedding a little while back. Unfortunately my darling wife-to-be at the time said I was not allowed to have dead animal faces on my crotch at the wedding, lol. I settled for a nice semi-dress targe with sealskin instead.
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07-28-2010, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Manitoban Keith  I have always liked the full mask sporran and almost purchased one for my wedding a little while back. Unfortunately my darling wife-to-be at the time said I was not allowed to have dead animal faces on my crotch at the wedding, lol. I settled for a nice semi-dress targe with sealskin instead. |  I have to agree with your fiance... I think they things are a little unnerving. It's the eyes, really. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jock Scot | I was personally a little dissapointed! It looses it's impact! 
And as to the traditions of the full mask, I fully understand them and respect them, and would never tell someone that they can't or shouldn't wear one. It's just really not for me! I look at those things and see my little kitty Barbosa!
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07-28-2010, 08:23 AM
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I think they are great when not over done (the over taxidermied ones that look like they are leaping off the...ahem...). My problem is that some I have looked at are rather small for me, at 6'2" and uh, some weight, they look like Ive hung a change purse on my chains.
A brown bear might be much, but I'd love to see a Black Bear full mask.
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07-28-2010, 08:24 AM
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One thing I love about full-mask sporrans is their versatility - you can wear the things just about anywhere without raising any (or many) eyebrows.
Having said that, though, I don't feel they're really for me - you don't see kilts often around these parts, so people aren't that familiar with the tradition - and having a full-mask sporran can be a bit shocking/off-putting to some. In addition to that, my wife is essentially a vegetarian and getting a fur sporran through the door is difficult enough - you add a face to it and it would be just about impossible!
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