OK all, I needed a dress sporran for our Burns Supper so I turned to our friends at the Scottish Tartans Museum Giftshop for a new sporran. They provided for me a Ferguson Britt Glengyle Muskrat fur sporran.



Nicely crafted by hand from Muskrat fur, Deerhide for the trim, tassels and back. The interior was lined with elk hide, so the tag said. It has a very nice lining in it so it must be what they claim. Nicely done.



the cantle was held shut with a vintage style loop/knot combo that works rather well.



One thing to keep in mind, the opening is not generous but again, I wouldn't be lugging the whole enchilada to a Burns Supper. Pic of me trying to jam my big mitt into the sporran. Poor sporran ...



The belt provided with the sporran was very substantial with a very period type of adjuster. It works just fine, thank you and looks very classy. BTW, the belt fits very snugly through the channel in the back of the sporran.

All in all, I am very satisfied, to the point I am saving for a black leather/shunk hide version next spring. For the curious, the sporran was photographed against my MacKinnon's Quality Kilts Heritage of Scotland PV kilt. Another good deal, in my mind.

Later,

Ray