I am not one of the lucky one's to own one of Scott's wonderful sporrans (yet!) but I do have a couple of gorgeous Wyvern sporrans mentioned above.I more than understand the necessity of keeping to a budget sporran to get started. But as a person who "has been there done that", once you look for a better quality sporran it is well worth saving a little longer and getting a real quality product from people like Scott or Donnie. I compromised and bought a modestly priced but mass produced sporran for my second sporran and (long story) and it broke within 6 months. The leather piece that holds the loops the sporran pass through tore out, really beyond repair. The leather it was riveted to was just too thin and weak. On the other hand, I expect my Wyvern will live beyond me, and it is unique and hand crafted. Sometime real value is found saving a little longer and going for the better quality.
Another great sporran that is really well made and budget priced is RKilts festival sporran. That is my "go to" weekend, running the errands doing the shopping sporran and like all of Robert's product top quality. Though others may have examples, I don't know of a better quality product that I have seen at that price.
Originally Posted by artificer
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Be VERY careful conditioning a low-cost sporran. Many of them are leatherboard, which is a fibreboard-like material made of leather scraps which has a very thin veneer of leather over the surface.
If you condition leatherboard you run the risk of the leather surface delaminating as well as the core material deforming.
Even if it is an actual leather product, many lower end pieces have such a heavy topcoat that they tend to be VERY stiff for quite a long time and won't take a conditioner anyway.
Do you have a link or a picture of your new sporran? It would help tremendously in providing advice.
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