Sporran-Phobes Unite!

[Bugbear]

I feel very uncomfortable about the fancy sporrans for my own personal style of kilt wearing. It's a bit like the giant shiny belt buckles and so on. In some cases the sporran is in the way, but other times it's nice to have it there...

And of course, it doesn't matter to me if others like to wear the fancy stuf. I just don't like to wear those.

[Bob C]

I'm with Panache. A kilt doesn't look right without a sporran, or a belt, for that matter.

Too much tartan, unencumbered, begins to look like a hostess skirt.

[davedove]

I'm of the opinion that the sporran completes the overall look of the outfit.

That being said, just like with any clothing or accessory, it can be overdone. For me, it all depends on my mood. If I want to be less conspicous (or at least as best you can in a kilt), there are some relatively plain sporrans out there. If I want to stand out a bit more, there are sporrans for that as well.

As far as covering up the tartan, I figure if you've got 8-9 yards af tartan wrapped around you, it doesn't hurt to cover up a bit of it.

[northernsky]

I feel very uncomfortable about the fancy sporrans. It's a bit like the giant shiny belt buckles and so on. In some cases the sporran is in the way, but other times it's nice to have it there...

Last time I wore my kilt and belt to school someone congratulated me on my winning the WWF championship (the belt buckle is a bit on the large size, but that seems to be the norm).

I'm also not crazy about the furry sporrans, especially the 'masks', but I am intrigued by them.

[McClef]

I rarely wear a sporran in the house but always when I go out.

I never heard of sporranphobia before!

[Panache]

...I never heard of sporranphobia before!

(Panache in a very thick fake Austrian accent)


My dear Trefor,

It is a very rare pyschological phenomena und seldom seen in Wales. Normally it is ze result of trauma as a child. Ven a young kiltling is attacked by a vild sporran it can leave permanent pyschological scarring that affects ze kilties later in life. Zis often happens in areas of Scotland that are scarely populated und the vild sporrans hide in ze shubberies. In Wales ze ysgrepan or sgrepan as they are known there are completely domesticated.

Luckily, zis condition is completely treatable with lots of ze very expensive therapy..."

Cheers

Jamie

[McClef]

(Panache in a very thick fake Austrian accent)


My dear Trefor,

It is a very rare pyschological phenomena und seldom seen in Wales. Normally it is ze result of trauma as a child. Ven a young kiltling is attacked by a vild sporran it can leave permanent pyschological scarring that affects ze kilties later in life. Zis often happens in areas of Scotland that are scarely populated und the vild sporrans hide in ze shubberies. In Wales ze ysgrepan or sgrepan as they are known there are completely domesticated.

Luckily, zis condition is completely treatable with lots of ze very expensive therapy..."

Cheers

Jamie

Danke Herr Doktor Jamie Freud!

I think our freund in Norvegen is in need of treatment for trauma!

[Freedomlover]

(Panache in a very thick fake Austrian accent)
Luckily, zis condition is completely treatable with lots of ze very expensive therapy..."

Or ze very expensive single malt also native to ze sporran's habitat.

[Kiltman]

I rarely wear a sporran in the house but always when I go out.

I never heard of sporranphobia before!

For me a sporran makes a statement that the kilt is a masculine garment and completes it. Like McClef I don't wear a sporran in my home, but do outside.

[Tartan Hiker]

I don't know if this helps, but....

I've made most of my own sporrans. The ones I now use regularly are the survivors of intense "natural selection", whereby the losers were taken apart, rebuilt, or simply trashed. The selective force (to continue the biological analogy) was my dear wife.

Her objections to the "unfit" sporrans fell into two categories:

"It looks too scrotal."

"It looks like a woman's purse."