Quote Originally Posted by IEScotsman View Post
Why use a seal or otter at all?
Aside from that they have nice robust and waterproof fur... Its tradition. Seals, otters, badgers are the critters whose furs got to...

Rabbit is very nice.
Rabbit is neither robust nor terribly dense or waterproof. A rabbit hair sporran would not last long and its not terribly regarded as something luxurious (like mink, chinchilla or sable fur) but tacky. I know of no traditional maker that would bother. Rabbit is popular (for obvious reasons), alongside cats and dogs, throughout Asia for cheap "fur" products and ALL of the rabbit fur sporrans you see are made alongside footballs...