Sporran placement

[furrycelt]

Having been trained in the visual arts, I would say the idea placement would be to align the center of visual mass of the sporran with the rule of thirds.

In other words... take the open area of the front of the kilt that is seen (don't look at the part covered by the belt), and divide that into thirds. so you have two horizontal lines running across, one is a 3rd of the way up from the bottom, and one is a 3rd of the way down from the top. Place the sporran on the top line. Not the top of the sporran or its bottom or its center, but its "center of visual mass". Which means you have to take into account its shape, it features, etc. In short... where it looks "right".

Having said all that, I place mine so that it meets the above, but then I adjust it so that when i have my keys and wallet and cell phone in there, it will not rack my boys if I were to start to swing.

(i am typing this really late... i doubt this is all coherent)

[Bil]

Well put... coherency sustained. I like the idea of the 3rd's, I'll give that a try with my different sporrans as some of them hang different than others.

[highlander_Daz]

As a rule pipe majors always insist the sporran be four fingers below the belt buckle, and it does look right most times

[Planopiper]

Are you wearing a piper's sporran with that piper's doublet? If so, then the whole mass of the thing is much greater than with a smaller sporran. From the pictures I've seen, the bottom of the sporran would hang a little lower than bottom edge of the kilt.

[MacConnachie]

Thanks, everyone. Well, the event to which I referred was the first at which I wore the doublet, so I realized there would probably be need for some adjustments. I do not own a horsehair sporran, so I was wearing what I consider to be a semi-formal sporran -- it has the shiny cantle and the cones which are characteristic of "dress" sporrans, but the rest is dark brown cowhide. I plan to move up in the world of sporrans, as far as a more formal look is concerned, but right now that one is the "dressiest" of the three I own (the other two are a Rob Roy and a basic leather day-type sporran).

furrycelt, I like the use of the "Rule of 3" or "Rule of Thirds," as I have heard of this before, just never in the context of wearing kilt accessories. Your advice bears some further investigation.

highlander_DAZ, I knew that I had read - or inferred - that handspan separation between the bottom of the belt and the top of the sporran somewhere, so thanks for helping to clear up the source. It was probably information on the RSPBA rules for dress for Drum Majors, or something similar.

Glassman, thanks for adding your thoughts. I considered "hiking it up" that high, to within the specified distance of the belt on the doublet's hangers, but actually thought that might look a bit silly, out of balance, something like a big belt buckle without the big belt . . .

thanks again, everyone

Mac