What's the story on the huge hairy sporrans

[madmacs]

Which raises the question: exactly how are the modern MOD horsehair sporrans made? I've seen a couple on Ebay and as I recall the loop(s) for the sporran belt are in the normal place, on the back of the back panel of the sporran body.

mine (unissued mod surplus with full pocket) is the same, the d-rings are on the back of the front panel inside the sporran... My guess would be that it holds the front in position, with any sag then being back into the body... Which since it's a dress uniform item would make it look smarter...

It probably also reduces the amount that it gets used to store things too...

[longhuntr74]

mine (unissued mod surplus with full pocket) is the same, the d-rings are on the back of the front panel inside the sporran... My guess would be that it holds the front in position, with any sag then being back into the body... Which since it's a dress uniform item would make it look smarter...

It probably also reduces the amount that it gets used to store things too...

Well...if the RRoS is anything like the US Army, it's likely that you aren't allowed to carry anything in the pocket. When we used to wear the old woodland camo Battle Dress Uniform...it became the unwritten standard that they were expected to be heavily starched and pressed to cardboard stiffness...and God forbid if you even thought of putting anything into either of the leg cargo pockets or the 4 pockets on the front of the blouse!! Much like the "water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink"...except it was "pockets pockets everywhere, but no place to carry anything."