Sporran "bump"

**Pour1Malt** · 14th April 06, 10:12 AM

ai wear mine even higher than a palm width (maybe ai've got big palms?)

turning it to the side oan a long hike works fair me tae...

**Kilted KT** · 14th April 06, 11:19 AM

the sporran is almost as necessary as the kilt itself. Wearing tartan without the sporran is about the same as wearing a skirt with a belt. Not only does the sporran provide a place to put stuff, it also prevents wind from blowing your kilt up, and ads some protection from hmm....natural uprisings?!?

either way, the only time I'm not wearing a sporran with me kilt is when at home working on the computer or watching TV.

and yes, the problems you are having will go away should you wear your sporran close to your belt. Wear it too low and you will have all kinds of problems...

**JackK** · 14th April 06, 03:58 PM

I'm with Ron the jacket or vest, but now that spring has arrived here in Michigan I will have to start wearing a sporran more. I got a pair of the belt hangers and will try them this weekend.
Micheal, I will jump in with everyone else that has said you are probably wearing the sporran a bit to low.

Jack

**James** · 14th April 06, 11:19 PM

For day to day wear, I use the excellent side sporran, together with the hillwalker kilt which has pockets and is designed to wear without a sporran.

There are sufficient old pictures, and military photos etc to show that the sporran in front is not mandatory.

The kilt is a practical, comfortable working garment: would a chap stalking or lying in abush have worn a front sporran?

Having said that, for formal occasions I do go along with convention.

James

**ckelly327** · 15th April 06, 05:02 AM

The only thing that I have read to add is that you could always run your Sporran chain through your belt loops to keep it from shifting things. It tends to stay closer to the original belt position than if you wore it too low and it dropped a little during the wearing.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 15th April 06, 05:37 AM

I agree with those who say to wear your sporran higher. I find that many people typically wear their sporran much lower than I imagine would be comfortable. Keep it a hand's span or less below the belt and you'll be fine.

As to overloading your sporran, I have to ask what do you guys typically carry in your pant's pockets, anyway? When I'm in pants, I usually have my wallet in my back pocket, keys in the left hip pocket, and maybe my cell phone or some change in my right hip pocket.

My standard day wear sporran is a Buzz Kidder Rob Roy style. It comfortably holds all of the above. My usual load is my wallet, cell phone, house keys, office keys, some loose change, and maybe a tube of chapstick. If I really try, I can even fit my checkbook in there, and I have a pretty thick tooled leather checkbook cover. I don't normally do that, because it does tend to fill the sporran to max capacity, but my point is that even when I do, I still don't have a problem with my sporran being uncomfortable.

So wear it at the proper height, and you'll be fine.

And as to Highland Dress suppliers needing to come up with some way for a kilted man to carry all of his stuff -- how much more stuff than the above do you really need to carry with you on an average day? Any more than that, and you really do need a backback, briefcase, what have you. Remember you are a man, not a pack animal!

Aye,
Matt

**sorcererdale** · 15th April 06, 06:31 AM

Unless you wear a UK Survival or Workmans. Then you can carry your camera, cuckoo weights and more. ha ha. The other day I had my Survival on and forgot that I had cuckoo weights and my camera in my pockets. I was carrying the cuckoo clock out of my apprentice's house and just slipped the weights into my pocket. I had the camera as I was going to take a picture of something. Later I forgot they were in there until looking for them.
And at times my wife gets tired of me asking her to put stuff in her purse. So I guess at times we are a pack man. hmmmm, a play on words?!

DALE.

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

I agree with those who say to wear your sporran higher. <<BIG SNIP>>-- how much more stuff than the above do you really need to carry with you on an average day? Any more than that, and you really do need a backback, briefcase, what have you. Remember you are a man, not a pack animal!

Aye,
Matt