Quote Originally Posted by Prester John View Post
I notice that John Brown is wearing what we would today call a horsehair sporran,
The sporran is probably NOT horsehair but goat hair.

something considered inappropriate for non-military/pipe band use.
That view seems most advocated by pipers--- and most loudly by those that shun Nr1 dress.

When did this change? Anyone?
Probably starting in the 1960s.