Sporrans SHOULD be able to hold?

[Riverkilt]

Thanks for the creative and inventive spirit...

For me its less what it holds - the Stillwater nightstalker holds what I need for day to day. A larger 9x9" sporran works for hikes and highland games where I want to carry a camera, extra camera batteries, a water bottle, sun block...

For this old pot bellied geezer the key is can I work it with one hand and find what I need? Can I get my hand inside to take out what I need?

What drives me crazy are all the closure mechanisms...I'm hopeless with he little magnetic snap catches. I struggle with drawstrings and things I need to loop over the button and pull tight because for me I'm doing it all upside down and having to peer out over my paunch to see what I'm doing.

There's something about my aging ego that wants to be able to "drive" a sporran closure without having to stop everything, bend my head over like a penguin, and open or close the flap.

I've had no luck with poke through and twist deals like you see on women's purses a lot. I thought that big nail on a chain thing that you drop through the ring would be the answer...it ain't...you'd be surprised where that nail can wind up and what the chain can get twisted up with.

Even with the zippers on the Stillwater Nightstalker sometimes I just can't find the pull tabs because I've left them to one side or the other or can't get them flipped up to get a grip on.

If there were a class on learning to open, close, and access sporrans I'd probably flunk it. Guess that's why I prefer vests and jackets as a sporran alternative.

The one sporran that works for me is the custom hide on buffalo sporran that I had made up at Miss April's Carpetbags. It has a long flap and the weight of the buffalo leather holds it down. No need for any closure device. I want something - I reach in and take it out and the flap falls back into place. Its roomy enough to rumage around in and find what I want without having to constrict my hand to squeeze through the top.

Its 7" wide x 9" long x 1 1/2" and I've since stained the leather brown from the original gray.



Principal is sort of like the big old flap on postman's mail bags. At my age I don't plan on hanging by my knees from the jungle gym so I let gravity keep my sporran stuff inside.

That's my reccomendation...a large flap that doesn't need to be secured. If done without the hide on it leaves lots of room for decorations of all sorts too.

Oh, that, and of course advertise the dimensions.

Ron

[creativeaccents]

[quote=Riverkilt;481867]Thanks for the creative and inventive spirit...

For this old pot bellied geezer the key is can I work it with one hand and find what I need? Can I get my hand inside to take out what I need?

What drives me crazy are all the closure mechanisms...I'm hopeless with he little magnetic snap catches. I struggle with drawstrings and things I need to loop over the button and pull tight because for me I'm doing it all upside down and having to peer out over my paunch to see what I'm doing.

There's something about my aging ego that wants to be able to "drive" a sporran closure without having to stop everything, bend my head over like a penguin, and open or close the flap."

Exactly the basis of all of this! Wearing the kilt is one thing, but having to fiddle around searching for things in the "purse" draws far more attention in a checkout line. Hence, my interest in what should go into the sporran, how big is optimal, whether there should be easy entry compartments, and MAYBE, whether some of the wealth should be distributed elsewhere for quicker and easier access.