Sporran all the time

**whiteravenJr.** · 21st November 05, 01:27 PM

I am just wondering if it is proper to wear a sporran all the time or if it doesn't really matter that much? 8-)

**Sherry** · 21st November 05, 01:45 PM

Not wearing a sporran with a trad kilt would be "improper." It would look funny, too.

Sherry

**switchblade5984** · 21st November 05, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Sherry

Not wearing a sporran with a trad kilt would be "improper." It would look funny, too.

Sherry

Double POSTER!!!!! haha

any way same thing i said last time

i dont wear one cuz i dont have one

it is a matter of personal preferance

just my 2cents

**ByDand** · 21st November 05, 02:11 PM

I will always wear a sporran. It finishes the kilt nicely and is a handy holder for keys and such. Even with a sport kilt! Not wearing one, to me, would be like wearing trousers all day with the zipper down.

**Owl of Oban** · 21st November 05, 02:15 PM

I agree with most folks, a trad kilt should have a sporran in front of it, unless you are drumming or tossing the caber....i.e.- Highland gaming. Working kilts with pockets are a different matter.

Outside of purely aesthetic reasons, where else would you put your car keys?

**davedove** · 21st November 05, 02:17 PM

Since the traditional styled kilts do not have pockets, a sporran is needed to carry your stuff. It also seems to complete the "look" for wearing the kilt.

But then I've got a Pittsburgh kilt with all the pockets, so I don't need a sporran with it, although I've also got the clip on sporran and side pouches is I need the extra capacity.

**Ranald** · 21st November 05, 02:21 PM

Good question, when I'm at home I do not wear a sporran but have to have one on when leaving the house, after all it's supposed to be a pocket.
When I'm doing dirty work like maintanance on the car I leave off the sporran and put on a pig skin appron, keeps the kilt clean and protected.
Some of the historians on this board will tell you the highland regiments used to work without sporran.Nuff said.

**Graham** · 21st November 05, 02:49 PM

I wear one 99.9% of the time. I have a plain, simple one for work (a black and a brown), a couple of nicer sporrans for going out (RKilts and Freelander) and a formal one.

I like to wear my work sporran so that it slides on the strap (never a chain), then I can slide it to the side for working or running from women

**Shay** · 21st November 05, 02:57 PM

I think a sporran looks more masculine than a plain kilt, if only because it proclaims without a doubt that, "This is a kilt, fer sure!"

Aside from that, now Eddie Murphy is singing in my head, "My... guy... wants... to... sporran all the time, sporran all the time, sporran all the ti-ime!"

**Blu (Ontario)** · 21st November 05, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by Sherry

Not wearing a sporran with a trad kilt would be "improper." It would look funny, too....Sherry

Sorry I have to disagree on that point Sherry. As has been discussed in several previous threads, the sporran is a pocket. If you need a pocket, you can wear a sporran... or a bum-bag for that matter. I will go without a sporran about 50% of the time as I find them somewhat uncomfortable. Besides, I tend to travel light... keys & wallet, that's about it. I always wear a sporran while wearing a jacet & tie as, like you say, it would look improper.