Leather free sporran

[g koch]

Not being crafty myself I've been hoping the growing interest in kilts would spin-off, among other things, canvas sporrans.
Available in several earthy colors.
Pleather leaves me cold.
Heres hoping.

[yoippari]

You might look into a maille sporran. Ask around at http://www.chainmailleboard.com/ You might want to line the inside with cloth of some sort to keep anything extremely narrow from poking through the mesh.

[Dreadbelly]

Chainmail would be a BAD idea. Chains are a bad idea. They rub and wear out your kilt.

Friction = Bad.

[Prester John]

Who is this "Freelander", and does he have something on the Net?

[Big Paul]

Who is this "Freelander", and does he have something on the Net?

Sorry about that..
http://home.c2i.net/kilted_1/public_html/main.html

[Shay]

Would a wool felt or knit sporran be out of the question? A heavy wool felt would be heavy enough.

If you really want a canvas one, I could try to make you one for the cost of the fabric, but I don't have any way to attach a chain- no metalworking tools. :-(

[Viscaria]

Welcome. I too, am a vegetarian, for dietary reasons, that is rapidly sliding in to ethical reasons as well.

Just thought I'd say hello.

There are lots of folk around here that make GOOD cloth sporrans. Like Jeff from Pittsburgh Kilts. I am pretty sure you could talk somebody in to making a snazzy sporran for you at a reasonable price.

Well, hello! Always nice to meet a fellow vegitarian. I've been reading this forum on and off for a while, and searched quite a bit. I checked out Pittsburgh Kilts, but I was hoping to find somthing a touch more authentic (don't get me wrong, I like his work, it's just not quite what I'm looking for). Thanks though

Would a wool felt or knit sporran be out of the question? A heavy wool felt would be heavy enough.

If you really want a canvas one, I could try to make you one for the cost of the fabric, but I don't have any way to attach a chain- no metalworking tools. :-(

While I am somewhat partial to canvas, I just want somthing that looks reasonably authentic and isn't leather (and preferably dosen't / isn't meant to look like leather). I appriciate your offer, Shay, YGPM.

[macgreggor]

if you search ebay for sporrans somewhere in there will come up sporrans made by (i think) morningstar. seem to be made out of a duc(?) cloth.

worth a try.

macG

[Viscaria]

if you search ebay for sporrans somewhere in there will come up sporrans made by (i think) morningstar. seem to be made out of a duc(?) cloth.

worth a try.

macG

I just looked through all the hits for sporran on eBay; nothing came up. Oh well...

[yoippari]

I'm still new to kilts so I'm not exactly sure how they react to friction but well made maille (or even chains for that matter) should not rub. It should be smoother than cloth and should not have any burrs.