I am hoping some of the more knowledgeable members can give some information on the use of seal skin in sporran making.
These last few days much has been written on the topic of seal skin, given the recent EU ruling. Without wanting to start a discussion on ethics, I am interested to know how long seal skin has been associated with sporran making.
I have read in many articles now that that seal skin is the traditional material for a dress sporran (in a range of publications), but is this really so?
More generally I am also interested in when the style of full dress sporran most common in Scotland today (3 tassled, seal skin with a metal cantle) became popular.