Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
I'm always wary of guessing about sporrans if I can only see photos of the front.

Because no matter how clever the Pakistani makers are at copying the fronts of legit sporrans, the backs are generally odd, revealing their origin.
You're making me wonder in what sense the backs of Pakistani made sporrans are odd. How can I identify them by looking at the back in case pictures of the back are provided?

Also, besides them being odd, is it 'just' that they look odd or are they inferior in some way? If it's just looks does it really matter all that much, given that in principle you don't see the back of the sporran, at least whilst being worn?

You opened up my eyes to the Celtic knot embossing (in retrospect I can't believe I didn't notice that ) so I'm now wondering what else I might not be seeing.

As I mentioned in the other thread (the one I started about waist height) I have ordered a kilt from what I believe to be an expert and highly qualified kilt maker, spending a lot more on it than I thought I ever would on a kilt. So on the one hand it makes sense to also pay a bit more for a good quality sporran to go with it but on the other hand I've already spent so much on the kilt that it's tempting to save on the sporran just to keep the total cost somewhat manageable.