Ever use a purse as a sporran ?

[thescot]

Personally, I'm with Rocky et al on the purse issue. A sporran look like a sporran, and I had seen a few purses that looked like sporrans, but few sporrans that looked like a purse. (Well, there are a couple, but I won't call them out.)

If there's someone out there who needs an inexpensive sporran, I can sell 'em one today that'll work fine for 25 bucks. It's not a great sporran, but it works.

[Argentum]

I agree that a proper sporran is best for wear with a modern kilt, which is why I made sure to buy one when I bought my kilt from Rocky. But when it comes to costuming, such as ren faire garb, there's room for some leeway. My profile pic shows the highland garb I wear to the PA Ren Faire. The "sporran" is actually something I found on a Goodwill store purse rack many years ago. It's composed of a leather front piece, back piece/flap and gusset, with a leather thong thats loops around a piece of antler for closure. The strap is braided leather that looks exactly like a modern braided leather sporran belt. I cut slits in the back to thread the strap through, and it has served me well for years.

Granted, I was very lucky to find something that was constructed very much like a rustic sporran, and required very little conversion... I would not have attempted it otherwise. The purse in the OP's pics just doesn't seem rustic enough.