Leather free sporran

[Dreadbelly]

Chainmail would be a BAD idea. Chains are a bad idea. They rub and wear out your kilt.

Friction = Bad.

[Prester John]

Who is this "Freelander", and does he have something on the Net?

[Big Paul]

Who is this "Freelander", and does he have something on the Net?

Sorry about that..
http://home.c2i.net/kilted_1/public_html/main.html

[Shay]

Would a wool felt or knit sporran be out of the question? A heavy wool felt would be heavy enough.

If you really want a canvas one, I could try to make you one for the cost of the fabric, but I don't have any way to attach a chain- no metalworking tools. :-(

[Viscaria]

Welcome. I too, am a vegetarian, for dietary reasons, that is rapidly sliding in to ethical reasons as well.

Just thought I'd say hello.

There are lots of folk around here that make GOOD cloth sporrans. Like Jeff from Pittsburgh Kilts. I am pretty sure you could talk somebody in to making a snazzy sporran for you at a reasonable price.

Well, hello! Always nice to meet a fellow vegitarian. I've been reading this forum on and off for a while, and searched quite a bit. I checked out Pittsburgh Kilts, but I was hoping to find somthing a touch more authentic (don't get me wrong, I like his work, it's just not quite what I'm looking for). Thanks though

Would a wool felt or knit sporran be out of the question? A heavy wool felt would be heavy enough.

If you really want a canvas one, I could try to make you one for the cost of the fabric, but I don't have any way to attach a chain- no metalworking tools. :-(

While I am somewhat partial to canvas, I just want somthing that looks reasonably authentic and isn't leather (and preferably dosen't / isn't meant to look like leather). I appriciate your offer, Shay, YGPM.

[bubba]

I don't think anything like this is made, but you could make a sporran out of pleather and glue faux fur on it. The back of it could be two layers with some bag stiffener in between. I made a dress sporran out of some scarred up tooling leather and glued faux fur to it and the fur looks great.

[Archangel]

I've been looking for a long time for a good sporran and finally settled on R-kilts which I picked up Friday night. His design follows the traditional pattern and carries my wallet, cell phone, car keys, note pad and assorted papers and coins. It's leather but he works with many fabrics and might be able to put one together for you. He's a good guy.

[macgreggor]

if you search ebay for sporrans somewhere in there will come up sporrans made by (i think) morningstar. seem to be made out of a duc(?) cloth.

worth a try.

macG

[Viscaria]

if you search ebay for sporrans somewhere in there will come up sporrans made by (i think) morningstar. seem to be made out of a duc(?) cloth.

worth a try.

macG

I just looked through all the hits for sporran on eBay; nothing came up. Oh well...

[davedove]

I've never seen a sporran that wasn't leather, but I have seen many belt pouches and such at renn faires that were made of cloth. So while it would probably never look quite traditional, I don't see any problem with fashioning a sporran from cloth, probably heavier weight cloth would be best. You will probably have to make one yourself, unless you can talk one of the board members here to make one for you.;)