GOS sporran question

[BCAC]

Thanks guys. I am going to look for a belt instead of a chain.

Thanks Matt, it's good to know that I'm wearing it at the right height. It always makes me wonder when I put it on whether or not it's too high or too low.

Artificer - I do tend to carry a lot in this sporran. Keys, wallet, cell phone, and my can of Copenhagen. I did notice the bounce got less when my cell phone was removed. Can't Apple make a lighter weight iPhone?... I can probably move my iPhone to a shirt pocket when I wear them. I have put in an email concerning the "Carry all" Sporran in hopes to be able to add the kitchen sink in there for hand washing purposes...lol

Thanks again guys for your responses and big time assistance.

Matt was saying that your sporran was at the right height. It is too, but I reckon that your kilt is probably a couple of inches too low.

[fluter]

When you're walking briskly, you can always slide the sporran to one side. That will eliminate most of the movement, and it may be more comfortable.

[Nile]

Teàrlach,


I'm not really an expert but, I'd like to share my opinion. I agree the others on two points; the kilt should be worn a little higher and a leather strap would be good way to wear the sporran.


That said, I think the sporran is at about the correct place relative to your body but not to the kilt. Usually, the sporran is worn below the belt with a two or three finger space between. If you had a belt on, the sporran would be right up against it. Wearing the kilt higher but, keeping the sporran where it is relative to your body would put it just about right.


Sporrans usually flap some when we walk (run or dance), no matter what, and that's something we have to get used to; the concern is where it flaps and how much. You certainly don't want to wear it so low that it's hitting you in the… um… ah… well you know what I mean. That would be uncomfortable and might make your voice higher.

Nile

[Grizzly]

Yes as a fellow GOS I would concur that the sporran is about the right height but the kilt does need to be hitched up an inch or two. The bounce could be due to the fact that we have very mobile stomachs, its just something that is unavoidable, if its the drumming effect of the tassles you could always remove them.

[t_challa]

I'm new to wearing kilts and to the site. Not sure if i'm wearing my sporran in the correct place. I never wear a belt so can't use that as a guide. I've set the belt so that the sporran rests over my "area" (if you get my drift). it doesn't bounce when i wear it, so much as swing side to side. only thing i'm worried about is that the swing will break the chain. Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated
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[TheOfficialBren]

Looks good to me, mate. Nice kilt and sporran.

[KiltFitz]

Can't quite see where your waistband is t challa, but I would suspect from where you say it rests that it would be more comfortable if you tightened the chainstrap by one or two notches. The sporran should rest over your bits when you sit down but be higher when standing and not get in the way of your thighs when walking. You certainly suit your kilt however.

[t_challa]

hey kiltfitz. thanks for that. i'll have to put a couple extra holes in the chainstrap as it's currently on the last one! but that's easy enough to do.

and thanks for the compliment too. have just ordered my second kilt (a week after i bought that one) and have my eye on two more (but they'll have to wait till i get paid next month)

[Grizzly]

Definitely shouldn't be banging in to your gentlemens " excuse me " . Ahem.. The top of the sporran should be about 7 to 9 inches below the top of the waistband of the kilt depending in how much rise your kilt has . Try raising it until it feels more comfortable.

[Jock Scot]

Better too high than too low in any case. I think many new to the sporran think that there is just one -----often too low -----position. In fact it depends on what one is doing------- a walk in the hills then shorten and perhaps in a gentle social environment lengthen a tad. It takes perhaps thirty seconds to adjust, to lengthen or shorten, the sporran strap/chain and is standared practice to make life more comfortable. OK, I can hear it now " but when the sporran strap/chain is threaded through the belt loops its more difficult to adjust quickly". I should imagine it is just so, thats why many of us do not have belt loops.

A question? How many times do you adjust the sporran strap during a long days kilting? OK it depends, but doing what I might do in a day, I could well lengthen or shorten my sporran strap two or three times in a day and think nothing of it.

Actually until I joined this website, I had no idea that some kilts were made with belt loops and cannot imagine bothering with them as they do seem, to me at least, to make life more complicated when quick "on the move" adjustments are required.