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    A fine array of tartans and rabble for sure!

    Haven't been to Seattle since 1960 as a boy with the Sea Cadet Corps. Got really drunk on a layover. Remember hiding the empties by dropping them out of the YMCA room window into the alley below. Probably owe the City of Seattle some community service amends cleaning up something.

    And hey...something new??? WalkerK, your sporran looks "normal" in front but is that an apron type tie in back...puzzling. Yearn for enlightenment. Thanks.

    Ron
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    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post

    And hey...something new??? WalkerK, your sporran looks "normal" in front but is that an apron type tie in back...puzzling. Yearn for enlightenment. Thanks.
    You'll yearn for something else if you see one of these up close: it's a Ferguson Britt Glengyle sporran. That is the sporran belt that comes with them: see also Tattoo Bradley's badger Glengyle in his Carolina kilt pix.

    Ferguson Britt Sporrans fur gallery

    Ron, you will likely approve of the newest version, whose leather cantle is 7 inches across.
    Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon,
    gainfully unemployed systems programmer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
    And hey...something new??? WalkerK, your sporran looks "normal" in front but is that an apron type tie in back...puzzling. Yearn for enlightenment. Thanks.
    Hi Ron,

    As Fluter noted, it's a Ferguson Britt sporran in natural beaver. There are no metal parts. The "buckle" for the sporran strap is a double thickness of leather with two vertical and one 45-degree punched slots for each end of the strap. The cantle is woven leather and the two side tassels function as hinges. The loop on the center tassel passes in and out through two leather grommets; pulling down on the end of the tassel binds the top tassel to keep the cantle closed.

    Here's a close-up:


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    Thank you sir. Never seen that before and certainly would never have figured it out without the close up.

    And I like it. Very aged and traditional look.

    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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