Which Color Goes Best

[super8mm]

Which sporran goes best with this tartan, the brown or black?

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[Kiltedjohn]

A hard decision - either would look good. My preference would be for the brown - that's just a personal opinion.

[ShaunMaxwell]

I'm a big fan of brown for day sporrans.

I have a few black leather day sporrans, but find that I rarely wear them, almost always opting for brown instead.

Cheers,

SM

Edit:

Upon closer examination of the photos, I believe I have the same sporran (Margaret Morrison) that you have pictured in black, only in brown!

[super8mm]

I'm a big fan of brown for day sporrans.

I have a few black leather day sporrans, but find that I rarely wear them, almost always opting for brown instead.

Edit:

Upon closer examination of the photos, I believe I have the same sporran (Margaret Morrison) that you have pictured in black, only in brown!

You are correct they are Margaret Morrison through USA Kilts, both in the picture are the same style.

I think the brown just stands out a bit more than the black.

[ShaunMaxwell]

You are correct they are Margaret Morrison through USA Kilts, both in the picture are the same style.

I think the brown just stands out a bit more than the black.

The details of the brown and black sporrans pictured vary a bit. I like the construction of the black one better, but that's just me. Mine has brass rivets on it rather than silver... Odd!

I think you'll be pleased either way. While it's not especially roomy, it's quickly become one of my favorites.

Cheers,

SM

[bdkilted]

Steve; Not trying to be contrary but I think the black is better.

[Jock Scot]

I can’t say that I go for the pattern of the sporran ——- too busy—— whatever the colour, but as to colour, black suits my eye and is rather more versatile in my experience.

[super8mm]

Steve; Not trying to be contrary but I think the black is better.

Thats OK, that is why I ask, I am not sure about what goes best with this tartan

[PiperPadre]

Which sporran goes best with this tartan, the brown or black?

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I prefer brown leather with my day wear, but black seems to go much better with blue than brown.

[OC Richard]

I tend to take the long view of things, including Highland Dress.

The long view is that leather "Day dress" sporrans, when they appeared around 1900, were brown.

Then in the 1970s the Kilt Hire Industry started taking off.

The hire outfits were based around black Evening jackets, but the accessories traditionally associated with those jackets such as seal Evening sporrans, tartan hose, and buckled shoes were reckoned too dear.

So a hybrid Hire outfit was created consisting of black Evening jacket, plain Day hose (but now white rather than the traditional Lovats and fawns), black Ghillies, and a new style of sporran dubbed "semi dress".

This was a leather Day sporran but done up in black, and often with the addition of chrome elements borrowed from Evening sporrans.

On the left is the Evening Dress that appeared after World War One, and is still to be seen today.

On the right is the new Hire type outfit.



This new sort of outfit never caught on with the traditional types including myself.

So for me a Hunting sporran, or indeed any leather Day sporran, only feels right in brown.

Here's me wearing a Margaret Morrison Hunting sporran in dark brown.