I read through from the beginning and was wondering what the reason was, for the resurrection ...

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I figured I should do an update on this review. The sporran still looks about the same as when I bought it. its got some wear marks inside from over loading it, and some light scuffing on the front from where I bump it into things while I'm at work. all in all its been a good sporran. The only issue I now find myself with is the other day I caught it on the edge of a counter at work and heard a pop. one of the rivits on the back, that help hold the sporran strap loop on, pulled through the leather. Now the sporran hangs a lil crooked but not terrible.
It's good to know that these types of sporrans will hold up to non-abusive daily wear. In all likelihood, it is a "leather" sporran, not a leather sporran...if it's anything like the one I got for 20$ as a starter sporran, it feels a bit like cardboard, and does not flex like leather, rather it bows like a piece of plastic. It is made of leather, but rather than being a piece of hide, it is leather particulates harvested from various processes of leatherworking, held together in a matrix of some sort (epoxy, etc)...similar to particle board. It's weaker than a piece of hide, which you found when the rivet pulled through. In a recent email conversation with a craftsman, he mentioned he's repaired a few of these sporrans, and that they do not damage the same way as leather...the one he was referring to had cracked along a line of stitching, it sounded from the description that it was similar to what happens when tearing heavily perforated cardstock.

I'd say for a cheap sporran I got some good use out of it as I wore this sporran everyday since it arrived. I just won an auction on eBay for a black and white cow hide sporran which should show up soon. I'll be saving a few more coins and investing in a Buzz Kidder soon but I think I'll stick with my cheap SWK sporran for at work.
I'd say so too, and congratulations on your new purchase! I hung mine up, once I had the money to afford a real hide sporran...who knows, someone might need to borrow a sporran. That in mind, the real thing cost me under a hundred bucks, and it's beautiful.

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I didn't get so lucky with my starter. Right out of the box I replaced the tassels, and shortly after it's first wear, the cheap, thin split they used as a gusset started to crack. It's what pushed me into making my own.
I probably would have gone down the same road, if I didn't have other pursuits that take up a lot of time. From the photos, it looks enticingly difficult.

By the way, the most noticeable difference between the "leather" sporran I purchased first, and the leather sporran I got later, is the quality of the gusset. It's like comparing velvet to cardboard.

"I'm as Scottish as Prince Albert"...classic!