Sporron positioning question?

**ThistleDown** · 17th June 12, 10:04 PM

Welcome, Cheryl, from Inverness-shire and British Columbia. Height looks about right to me; rule of thumb is the top of the sporran should be about a hands-width below the bottom of your buckle, or where that would be if you were wearing one, but it's all about comfort.

**Muddy** · 17th June 12, 10:22 PM

Looks fine to me too. I definitely wouldn't wear it any lower personally. Looks about right.

**Jock Scot** · 17th June 12, 10:46 PM

As others have said it looks about right and certainly no lower. It would be perfectly acceptable to adjust the height from the present position upwards, to about the bottom of that thick black horizontal stripe and anywhere in between, if you wish. If for example you have a fair bit of marching to do, then it might be wise to raise the sporran a tad by tightening the strap. You need to be careful that you don't scrunch up the kilt apron though.

**O'Callaghan** · 17th June 12, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

Cheryl, there is a lot more to sporran positioning than looks.

Function (what is the sporran supposed to do), how much it has to move around (drummers have then on their hips) and finally anatomy (boys and girls are different).

Final height is up to you. You have to be able to use it and it mustn't get in your way when you are working.

I would recommend a strap rather than a chain. The sporran will slide on a strap, whereas the sporran and straps have to move together. Loops will always show (no matter how well they are made), so you might as well have a pair made from a solid colour or even leather.

As far as I am concerned, your outfit looks OK as it is.

Regards

Chas

I wear my sporran as high as I can get it to stay, but that is because I don't like it to be able to swing and hit me in the male anatomy! Nonetheless, that isn't all that high, because there is only so high it will go when using a chain belt, which naturally hangs down. Higher than in your pic, though. This may be what Chas is alluding to? Obviously not a problem for you. Why there are men who like to wear it lower is not a puzzle that I am particularly anxious to solve. As long as they don't tell me where to wear mine I am happy.

If you feel you need to wear yours higher to get it to stay up, then by all means do so. With a chain belt one normally adjusts the belt part of it at the buckle. I don't find I have a particular problem when wearing kilts that have no belt loops. As for having a buckle only on one side, I think I would feel tempted to add a dummy buckle that always stays done up on the other side, if only to get the sporran to hang evenly.

ETA: It looks even in you pic, though. I don't think anyone would notice that there is only one buckle.

**Jerry_Galovic** · 18th June 12, 09:00 AM

Okay. If I may, I'd like to throw in another question on how to wear the sporran. I wore my first kilt two days ago to the Chicago Scottish Highland Festival. I have a combination sporran chain/strap (it is from USAKilts and has a buckle in the back to adjust the widths with a chain attached to both sides that wrap around and hook onto the sporran.) I had pulled the sporran chain through all 3 belt loops. But at the games, I noticed some wore the sporran chain only through the back loop and I thought I saw one person wearing it wrapped around without pulling through any of the loops. I couldn't figure out how it stayed up but it did. Is there a single proper way to run the sporran chains or is it up to the user?

**Chas** · 18th June 12, 10:06 AM

Hi Jerry,

One of the "hot button" topics there. Some will say yes and others will say no. Some kilts come with loops and some without. You pay your money; you take your choice.

For the most part it is down to anatomy. If a man is skinny and has no hips or bum to speak of, then the sporran chains will slip down. Gravity will work. Usually these people are under 25.

If on the other hand a man has a man-sized figure, then the chains will stay up.

Only you will know what shape you are, but why not experiment? In theory, you only need one loop, but which ever way you go be symmetrical - one in the middle, or two outer loops, or all three. The thing is, most kilts only have two loops.

Regards

Chas

**AJBryant** · 18th June 12, 12:12 PM

Hey, Cheryl.

Fantastic looking in my eyes.

Oh, and the sporran is okay, too. ;)

Tony

**xman** · 18th June 12, 01:16 PM

I don't think loops are necessary. If you shorten the straps you can get it to hand in the same general position without needing to loop it over any buckles.

**mookien** · 18th June 12, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Cheryl Mc.psd

... With out the sporran this is the outfit I wear to a piping related event or just a random day. My uniform not showed here consist of a white shirt and hoses and blue flashes and a glengarry with no dicing.
...

I hope you will favor us with a picture of you in your uniform in the not too distant future.

John

**sailortats** · 18th June 12, 04:58 PM

I have a question about how to wear the sporran also. When I first started to wear a kilt, not all that long ago, I was told to wear the sporran 3 finger widths below the belt buckle. I see here that most people say it should be about a hands width below. Is 3 fingers below the buckle wearing it too high???