Sporran placement

[highlander_Daz]

As a rule pipe majors always insist the sporran be four fingers below the belt buckle, and it does look right most times

[Planopiper]

Are you wearing a piper's sporran with that piper's doublet? If so, then the whole mass of the thing is much greater than with a smaller sporran. From the pictures I've seen, the bottom of the sporran would hang a little lower than bottom edge of the kilt.

[MacConnachie]

Thanks, everyone. Well, the event to which I referred was the first at which I wore the doublet, so I realized there would probably be need for some adjustments. I do not own a horsehair sporran, so I was wearing what I consider to be a semi-formal sporran -- it has the shiny cantle and the cones which are characteristic of "dress" sporrans, but the rest is dark brown cowhide. I plan to move up in the world of sporrans, as far as a more formal look is concerned, but right now that one is the "dressiest" of the three I own (the other two are a Rob Roy and a basic leather day-type sporran).

furrycelt, I like the use of the "Rule of 3" or "Rule of Thirds," as I have heard of this before, just never in the context of wearing kilt accessories. Your advice bears some further investigation.

highlander_DAZ, I knew that I had read - or inferred - that handspan separation between the bottom of the belt and the top of the sporran somewhere, so thanks for helping to clear up the source. It was probably information on the RSPBA rules for dress for Drum Majors, or something similar.

Glassman, thanks for adding your thoughts. I considered "hiking it up" that high, to within the specified distance of the belt on the doublet's hangers, but actually thought that might look a bit silly, out of balance, something like a big belt buckle without the big belt . . .

thanks again, everyone

Mac