Quality Sporrans for less money

[RGM1]

Not apparent in hand.

Inspected it more closely and I see what you commented on. Any suggestions?

[OC Richard]

Robin Crafted in Scotland sporran, seems new, $50 here in the USA

https://www.ebay.com/itm/36579233956...Bk9SR_ztiNOTZg

Very high-quality L&M black "day" sporran #203, here in the USA, $44.

L&M, at least in their earlier days, made all the styles made by WE Scott, but though the quality of the latter declined L&M continued to use high-quality leathers and craftsmanship.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/14676701757...Bk9SR_ztiNOTZg

Nicoll Brothers plain "day" sporran stamped Hugh MacPherson, here in the USA, $55

https://www.ebay.com/itm/11673061403...Bk9SR_7tiNOTZg

[OC Richard]

One sees the same or similar stamps used over and over by multiple makers, but here's something different, the flap tooled with a Celtic swirl design.

Brass hardware.

By Piper Leathercraft, Scotland. In the USA, $60

https://www.ebay.com/itm/18600074006...3ABFBM5L24qJRm

[TheDruidOfCelina]

This is exactly the type of thread I joined the forum to find. I'm just starting to rebuild my kilt wardrobe and I don't have nearly the money I had when I first got into kilts. Thank you for this.

[User]

Inspected it more closely and I see what you commented on. Any suggestions?

I don't think you can make a wrong choice. I'd probably finish stripping it, because I like consistency, and the leather underneath looks distinguished.

But it also looks quite good in its current state. So I wouldn't be surprised if most people would favor keeping it as is.

[OC Richard]

This is exactly the type of thread I joined the forum to find. I'm just starting to rebuild my kilt wardrobe and I don't have nearly the money I had when I first got into kilts. Thank you for this.

Thank you so much!!

I grew up not having any money in a place where people had a "make do" attitude.

You can take the boy out of the hills but you can't take the hills out of the boy, they say, and I've always looked for 1) making something myself or 2) finding things for less money on the used market.

My first two kilts were made by my grandmother. My first tweed Argyll jacket and Full Dress doublet were made by myself.

Most of my sporrans were made by myself. Others were picked up used. I do have one I bought new and paid full price for.

Ditto kilt jackets. I have three Argyll jackets, one was picked up for a song on Ebay, one was on the odds & sods rack at a Kilmarnock hire shop, one I paid full price for.

There's just something in my DNA, literally, that makes me avoid paying full price for things, but I will do when needs must.

Myself in 1976 or 1977. I made the doublet, plaid, and bag-cover. My grandmother made the kilt. The pipes, sporran, hose-tops, and dirk were picked up secondhand for little money.

I did push the boat out for the feather bonnet! I had just won a decent cash prize in an art contest which saved me the trouble of making a feather bonnet, which I was starting the process to do.

[OC Richard]

WE Scott black "day" sporran with white pony/bovine front, $10.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/14678058437...102140.m167418

[OC Richard]

Above our ordinary brief, but it's seal and in the USA.

WE Scott brown "day" sporran with seal front $90

https://www.ebay.com/itm/11674044247...102140.m167418

[OC Richard]

Best for UK people, a WE Scott seal "evening" sporran £50.

Comes with a Pakistani "Hertiage of Scotland" sporran, for better or for worse.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/19763092234...Bk9SR9bHwMSYZg

[California Highlander]

That is a beauty!! $70 + $10 shipping...do I really need another sporran??

Above our ordinary brief, but it's seal and in the USA.

WE Scott brown "day" sporran with seal front $90

https://www.ebay.com/itm/11674044247...102140.m167418