21st Century kilts, or Utilikilts?

[Canadian Vet]

I'm pretty sure that's a Ferguson Britt sporran.

His work is gorgeous. Note that he doesn't use any metal in his sporrans- the cantles are leather as is seen here.

There have been many discussions about his sporrans on Xmarks, and many photos, but I just checked and the photo links are mostly dead now.

Does that old dobbin have back-up lights?

[Jock Scot]

I am afraid to my eye, it's not to my taste. Sorry.

[geomick]

it looks like it would be great for wearing at a LARP (a vaguely medieval-ish Fantasy Live-action form of role playing game), but doesn't quite fit my categories of Scots wear.

[jsrnephdoc]

I am afraid to my eye, it's not to my taste. Sorry.

I agree with Jock on this one. To me, it looks like the back of the head of a woman who couldn’t decide between pressing her locks with a straightening iron or threading them into dreadlocks, so she did some of each.

That said, it certainly looks well executed.

[OC Richard]

In defence of Lamar Britt sporrans, for the overall style I would guess that he was inspired by mid-18th century sporrans like this one:



What kept me from buying one wasn't the furriness but the all-leather cantle, which puts it outside of actual Highland Dress of any time-period. As I recall Lamar is a leather-worker first and foremost.

About the fur itself, as you probably know I take the long view with Highland Dress, and also something of the Historian thing that it's not my job to impose modern or personal views on the things other people do or wear, but accept what I observe at face value.

Furry sporrans have pretty much always been part of Highland Dress, though as we know the furriness factor went out of fashion after WWI. Lamar Britt is an example (there are plenty of others) of things having a habit of re-appearing from time to time.

[Liam]

I’ve always admired Ferguson Britt’s work.