Sporran Advice

[obuchiteck]

To VISUALIZE what Cavscout is writing:

BADASS!

[turpin]

My well know rant with sporrans is WHY don't most sporran makers give the size of their product with the photos and information of their product?? That's a bit of information customers are entitled to prior to purchase. Many "standard size" sporrans seem too small for my hands to get in and rummage around, let alone hold all my gear.
Ron

You want dimensions, Ron, or pix showing how much they hold? Both sporran makers on this forum demonstrate the latter on their respective websites.

[Riverkilt]

Aye Turpin,

You're right. Some do. But its been my experience that most large sporranmakers and most sporran resellers don't show the size of their offerings. Leathersporrans, L&M Highland Outfitters, Alexis Malcolm, Scotland Yard, House of Edgar, Sport Kilt, USA Kilt, Scottish Tartans Museum, and many many more vendors for some reason never mention the actual size of the many sporrans they offer for sale and present photos of them with plain backgrounds. A new person couldn't tell if they were for dolls, children, or a type of sleeping bag.

It still baffles me how the sizes of sporrans for sale ever became such secret information.

Hopefully, sporran vendors will follow the lead of others and include sporran size with the photos and other information on their products.

As consumers, we need to know...wanna have some fun, ask a vendor's rep on the phone or by email what the dimensions of a sporran you're interested in are...baffles them.

No, I don't wanna buy a pig in a poke, I wanna know the pig's size to see if it fits my needs....

Ron

[cacunn]

I suggest the "popcorn" rating for sporrans. The site selling a sporran fills it with un-popped popcorn and then publishes the weight of the popcorn the sporran can hold. The second question would be can a softball easily fit into the opening of the sporran. If a softball will fit in the opening then most hands, with something in it, will also fit.

Low cost test and if everyone uses it it would be comparable.

[MacWage]

BADASS!

The Rob Roy "look" could EASILY be achieved using Cavscout's belt and belt strap (mentioned above), as well as one of Freelander's or Turpin's sporrans.

[turpin]

I suggest the "popcorn" rating for sporrans. The site selling a sporran fills it with un-popped popcorn and then publishes the weight of the popcorn the sporran can hold. The second question would be can a softball easily fit into the opening of the sporran. If a softball will fit in the opening then most hands, with something in it, will also fit.

Low cost test and if everyone uses it it would be comparable.

Would that be fast-pitch or diaper ball?

[obuchiteck]

The Rob Roy "look" could EASILY be achieved using Cavscout's belt and belt strap (mentioned above), as well as one of Freelander's or Turpin's sporrans.

Uhg.. Well I don’t have to worry to much about room for money in my sporran. You all are getting me Jonesing for more stuff to buy making me quite poor.

[Big Paul]

Uhg.. Well I don’t have to worry to much about room for money in my sporran. You all are getting me Jonesing for more stuff to buy making me quite poor.

That is a problem most of us have!!

[12stones]

Okay, to revive this...what are the rules on no sporran v. sporran, day sporran v. semi-formal sporran, before 6pm (tradition?) and after?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Mark Keeney]

Okay, to revive this...what are the rules on no sporran v. sporran, day sporran v. semi-formal sporran, before 6pm (tradition?) and after?

Thanks in advance for the help.

No hard fast rules just common sense.
no sporran v. sporran - If you have one wear it (if you don't want don't)
day v. semi-formal - should be casual or dressy no set time.
If all you have is a day sporran wear it when you need to,
same with a semi- formal. Best guideline is black with black and brown with brown. (shoes, belt, strap, sporran)

The best guideline is if you like the way it looks it is right.

If someone confronts you saying that you are wearing something wrong just know the person is rude and wrong.