Quality Sporrans for less money

[MacInLaw]

Thanks for the links and advice. I’m a proud new owner of one of the sporrans highlighted above! Looking forward to showing it off; pictures to come when it arrives!

Just wanted to add a quick story about buying quality for less. A couple of months ago a found a good looking brown leather sporran in excellent condition for sale on eBay. With shipping and import charges the cost was about $200, still less than new but more than I was willing to pay. But, because I really liked the look of it I kept my eyes open for another one like it.

Sure enough after some diligent checking online (what a great way to spend the morning coffee break) I found another one just like the first, but much, much more my price range. The reasons for the lower price was (I assume) 1) the seller wasn’t an experienced highland clothing seller, and 2) the condition of the leather was reported as being pretty bad. There were a few pictures and I could tell that the leather was dried up, but not ripped or broken anywhere. Because I knew the quality of the leather was once good (I saw it in the first sporran) I was willing to risk that some TLC in the form of leather conditioner was going to bring back the life to the sporran.

So I bough it for a song, and after buying some good leather conditioner it turns out my risk was worth it! I now have a beautiful, rich, well patinaed brown leather day sporran.

Moral of this story is that with time, patience, a keen eye and a bit of work there are some real deals to be had!