A new way to wear a sporran

[Nanook]

Day sporrans worn, at times, to the side is actually rather traditional. The ability to easily push a sporran aside is one of the features of a belt. Even with a kilt there are many occasions and activities where having the sporran pushed to the side is desirable.

I would not put valuables in it

Why? I would image that it would be safer than the typical handbag, rucksack or pants pocket (the rear is a particular favorite of pick-pockets). To cut the straps of a sporran to remove it in a crowd takes, I think, a bit more experience and daring than most common thieves would want to bother with. They might as well go the more direct route and just ask. Most of the pick pockets that cover European city centres are trained in handbags and pockets and looking for easy pickings (tourists, distracted mothers with their kids, shoppers with many bags, people who have drunk a bit too much etc.). Most work in teams and are part of organized gangs. Munich, like London, has quite a few CCTV cameras and large numbers of police (including many hidden from view and undercover)--- although not as many as you probably just saw (and the large number of VS and BKA as well as foreign bodyguards, secret services etc. you did not see) due to the Pow-Wow in Bayerischer Hof (yearly NATO "security conference" at the hotel and "anti-conference" on the streets).

[pastorsteve]

Great look and idea. Thanks for sharing.

[A Hay]

The point of this thread was using a sporran with non-scottish clothing. I know you can push a sporran to the side with a kilt. Done it myself. Have not seen others do it with pants.

This sporran has a magnetic catch. Too easy to open for someone behind you, unlike wearing it in front where it has more visibilty. If I'm on holiday or in a big crowd, I have other arrangements for my wallet and papers. Only had one close call with a pick pocket that I know of.

We saw lots of police in Munich downtown. Later in the afternoon there were many peace marches and protesters in the area, but fortunately we were gone by then.

Day sporrans worn, at times, to the side is actually rather traditional. The ability to easily push a sporran aside is one of the features of a belt. Even with a kilt there are many occasions and activities where having the sporran pushed to the side is desirable.

Why? I would image that it would be safer than the typical handbag, rucksack or pants pocket (the rear is a particular favorite of pick-pockets). To cut the straps of a sporran to remove it in a crowd takes, I think, a bit more experience and daring than most common thieves would want to bother with. They might as well go the more direct route and just ask. Most of the pick pockets that cover European city centres are trained in handbags and pockets and looking for easy pickings (tourists, distracted mothers with their kids, shoppers with many bags, people who have drunk a bit too much etc.). Most work in teams and are part of organized gangs. Munich, like London, has quite a few CCTV cameras and large numbers of police (including many hidden from view and undercover)--- although not as many as you probably just saw (and the large number of VS and BKA as well as foreign bodyguards, secret services etc. you did not see) due to the Pow-Wow in Bayerischer Hof (yearly NATO "security conference" at the hotel and "anti-conference" on the streets).

[1MUNK3]

A sporran is a very handy utilitarian piece indeed. How did the leather shop like it ?

[Nanook]

Have not seen others do it with pants.

How many people have you seen that own day sporrans and belts..

This sporran has a magnetic catch. Too easy to open for someone behind you, unlike wearing it in front where it has more visibilty.

A nice solution was done on some Nicoll Brothers of Bankfoot models: under the flap was a short piece of leather and a press-stub (PRYM Druckknopf). This holds the sporran mouth closed. Most of the models that had this did not bother with a magnetic catch for the outer flap but I think it could be a nice extra touch to have one.
To be honest, though, I think the danger is less having someone place their fingers in a sporran to remove something than to try to take the sporran. Fishing around in a leather pouch just takes more time and effort than trying to cut the belt and grab the thing at the right moment. The main advantage, I think, of a sporran over a purse is that the bad guys don't have as much training and experience with them and what's in them...

We saw lots of police in Munich downtown. Later in the afternoon there were many peace marches and protesters in the area, but fortunately we were gone by then.

Just there, I guess, for Joe Biden's talk? :-)

[puffer]

To be honest, though, I think the danger is less having someone place their fingers in a sporran to remove something than to try to take the sporran. Fishing around in a leather pouch just takes more time and effort than trying to cut the belt and grab the thing at the right moment. The main advantage, I think, of a sporran over a purse is that the bad guys don't have as much training and experience with them and what's in them...


Just there, I guess, for Joe Biden's talk? :-)

Think "CUT PURSE"
An old term for "pick pockets" Until the late 1800s men carried "purses hung from their belts.

BTW most of my SPORRANS are made to hang from my main belt & I wear them often with my TREWS.

Puffer