Quote Originally Posted by Nanook View Post
Aside from that they have nice robust and waterproof fur... Its tradition. Seals, otters, badgers are the critters whose furs got to...


Rabbit is neither robust nor terribly dense or waterproof. A rabbit hair sporran would not last long and its not terribly regarded as something luxurious (like mink, chinchilla or sable fur) but tacky. I know of no traditional maker that would bother. Rabbit is popular (for obvious reasons), alongside cats and dogs, throughout Asia for cheap "fur" products and ALL of the rabbit fur sporrans you see are made alongside footballs...
I respectfully disagree with you. There are many sporran owners who like their rabbit fur sporrans (I'm one of them) and don't regard them as "tacky". And many of those sporrans were made by traditional makers. Also, there are XMark supporting retailers like the Scottish Tartan Museum and Sport Kilt that sell these sporrans and the word "tacky" isn't in their product descriptions.