Sporran Closures

[jjoseph]

The only precaution I'd take with the magnetic closures is to put a piece of leather or some other lining material over the hardware that's inside the pouch...I have a Buzz Kidder witht the mag closer and I keep catching my fingernail on the mounting plate when I put my hand into the sporran. Hasn't de-maged any credit cards yet.

Ditto to both: I kept running the mounting plate beneath my fingernail (OUCH!!) until I taped it. AND I've had zero trouble with the cards and I've had two sporrans with magnetic closures for more than a year.

[beloitpiper]

I was watching "Mythbusters" (a TV show on Discovery Channel) and they tested the magnetic band on a credit card. A small magnet on a sporran will definitely not wipe a credit card. It takes a very, very, strong magnet to even disrupt the information on a credit card.

I have the same problem with snap closures. I say, if you can get a magnet, go for it!