Suggestions for Hiking Sporran...?

[Deil the Yin]

A friend of mine who just bought his Eagle Scout son a Sport Kilt hiking kilt asked me for advice on an appropriate sporran for taking on a Boy Scout hike in New Mexico, to wit:

The advice I need is around getting an appropriate sporran. I don't
want to get him a fanny pack and he will be wearing a backpack with a
waistbelt, so if it hangs like a proper sporran it should be fine. Do
you have a recommendation either on buying or making one? I've got
time, he doesn't go until June.

So I thought I'd put it to the rabble for ideas, especially if you have a good pattern for a sporran (I don't). Maybe some of yall have first hand experience hiking in New Mexico etc, which would be very useful advice... I'll be sending a link to this discussion to my friend, so yall holler!

Much obliged,
Wesley

[Mikilt]

I seldom wear a sporran while hiking kilted. It just bounces too much. If I wear one at all, I wear it off to the side. I figure if I am wearing a pack anyway, I can carry all my essentials in there.

[McElmurry]

I put my sporran in a Ziploc bag in my daypack or leave it in the car.

[McMurdo]

A Freelander would be my first choice.

[ChuckTN]

I got the Stillwater Kilts Nylon Cargo Sporran (http://store.stillwaterkilts.com/SWK...rran_p_63.html) to go with my Sportkilt Hiking Kilt. I like the overall look, utility, and light weight. I didn't want to use a regular leather sporran strap because of the potential for getting wet, so I used a sleeping bag nylon strap along with two plastic swivel clips (from Hancock Fabrics). Slipped one swivel on and threaded the strap, then sewed the other swivel on the opposing end. This gives me some adjustment in size using the original strap buckle. I'll have to get some pictures if anyone is interested. This sporran will also work well with my utility kilts, even though not completely necessary, but adds to the overall look!

[hallmarktex]

Like several others, I don't wear a sporran when hiking. It's in the way for the kind of leg movement that comes from walking up and down hills plus it can chaff on a prolonged hike. I have done a number of hikes in the 12-20 / day range and I find a hip pack on the backside serves me well to carry the essentials.

[cessna152towser]

Either a modern style kilt with pockets and no sporran, or a Freelander Sporran.

[ForresterModern]

A sporran is redundant in the setting of hiking with a backpack. At best a small belt pouch might allow small items to be immediately accessible without removing the pack, if it is either attached to the pack waist belt or does not interfere with it. There are any number of small attachables designed specifically for attaching to backpack shoulder or waist straps.

Hiking without a backpack I would still take a belt pouch supplemented either with a hefty fanny pack or a sporran without dangling tassels, and hitch the sporran high and tight on my hip rather than the usual front hanging location. I tend to be a long strider on the flats and high step climber in the scrabble and a sporran just tends to bang around a wee bit much on the wee bits.

Save your sporran for your social situations where form and appearance outweigh fit and function.

[Grizzly]

Either a modern style kilt with pockets and no sporran, or a Freelander Sporran.

Alex took the words out of my mouth, a Freelander sporran would be ideal, or the Rob Roy type of sporrans, move it round and have it on your hip to stop it bouncing around.

[EagleJCS]

Congrats to the Eagle Scout from another Eagle Scout.

Presuming by 'New Mexico' he's going to the Philmont Scout Ranch on a trek, I'd forego the sporran. At the day one shakedown, it would probably be culled as extraneous and unnecessary weight (the staff goes through everyone's stuff and pares things down to a minimum). A small daypack (which may be incorporated as part of the larger pack) or a fisherman's/hunter's vest would probably serve better for any small necessaries during side excursions when not 'on the trail'.