Crossed or straight sporran tassels

**Anndrais** · 19th February 20, 01:32 PM

Hi all!

I hope this is the right section for this...

I’d like to ask for opinions on straight vs. crossed sporran tassels. Is this purely a matter of personal taste, or are there any practical considerations? I like the look of crossed tassels, but many of the photos I’ve seen (non commercial) with crossed tassels, they appear lopsided. I don’t want to have to keep checking my sporran every 5 minutes!

If anybody has any thoughts on this, I’d love to know.

**Jock Scot** · 19th February 20, 03:00 PM

I think that you are overthinking the whole thing. If you like a certain style of sporran tassel then wear them.

**Anndrais** · 19th February 20, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

I think that you are overthinking the whole thing. If you like a certain style of sporran tassel then wear them.

Thanks for the reply

I could well be overthinking it - but as I have no experience, I just wanted to check with those that have. For all I know, there could be a chorus of guys saying “crossed tassels may look nice, but they won’t stay in place and every time you sit or stand, you have to untangle and straighten them.” - I like the crossed look very much, but not when it’s wonky - which I’ve seen in quite a few photos.

**Jock Scot** · 19th February 20, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Anndrais

Thanks for the reply

I could well be overthinking it - but as I have no experience, I just wanted to check with those that have. For all I know, there could be a chorus of guys saying “crossed tassels may look nice, but they won’t stay in place and every time you sit or stand, you have to untangle and straighten them.” - I like the crossed look very much, but not when it’s wonky - which I’ve seen in quite a few photos.

I can’t say that I have ever noticed! In truth, from a practical point of view, I have no personal experience of that style of sporran and in my experience it is not a style of sporran that I see very often around here.

**Taskr** · 20th February 20, 03:49 PM

Anndrais,

Is this what you mean by crossed tassles? http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-refurb-91852/
It took me a bit to get the balance of the chains correct, but they have never been an issue with tangling or other.

**Katia** · 20th February 20, 04:59 PM

It would be easy enough to take a couple jump rings and attach the chains together in the position that you want them...

**Anndrais** · 21st February 20, 04:44 AM

Originally Posted by Taskr

Anndrais,

Is this what you mean by crossed tassles? http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-refurb-91852/
It took me a bit to get the balance of the chains correct, but they have never been an issue with tangling or other.

I can see that would be quite hard to balance right! It looks great though! The style I was thinking of is more like this:

grey-seal-skin-stag-black1.jpg

I think perhaps the bells end up sliding/jumping a link or two when sitting and then not returning to centre when standing.