Full mask sporrans revisited...

[Nathan]

Leather could also be connected to animal cruelty, at least as much as fur, and very few people have problems with leather.

By the way, I voted resolutely FOR full mask sporrans and am actually in the process of ordering one from Kate MacPherson.

This is justified by some by saying that leather is a byproduct of the meat and dairy industries whereas the popularity of fur caused the widespread trapping and killing of animals only for their pelts. You also get a lot more leather from a cow than you get fur from a mink. These were some of the talking points used to dissuade the use of fur in the textiles industry and to encourage the use of faux fur.

The campaign was largely effective. An acquaintance of mine who was a furrier in Scotland had to close his business as sales declined. He moved to Canada and makes his living as a pub musician now.

Certainly Kate MacPherson's sporrans would stand up to strict scrutiny since the animals used for her sporrans were never trapped, hunted or killed specifically to make sporrans. Her sporrans are fashioned from road kill, or nuisance animals shot by farmers etc...

She does fine work and I look forward to seeing the results, BCAC!