Hunting Stewart 18 oz. - the belated pics

**McClef** · 18th February 08, 02:43 AM

No problem Bradley,

Glad we sorted out the misunderstanding.

**Chef** · 18th February 08, 12:11 PM

Great work on the kilt. I really like the pleating.

On the full mask sporran, I'm with McClef. I don't really care for the aesthetics of a full mask sporran, but that isn't why I don't like them with the kilt. It's the size. For me most full mask sporrans look to big and they throw off the balance of the outfit.

**Kiltman** · 18th February 08, 05:15 PM

Wonderful job. How do you like the 3" rise?

**O'Neille** · 18th February 08, 05:52 PM

I like it. I've got some HS on the way from Frasier & Kirkbright. Thanks for the preview.

**way2fractious** · 18th February 08, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Wompet

...positive feedback just encourages me to sew more kilts ...

Once you're hooked, take training, and sew a few kilts, there is nothing to compare with making your own. Great job on the tapers. And yes, practice leads to... more practice! (Maybe, someday, we'll be good at it, like Barb and Elsie.)

As far as full mask sporrans being too large - I'm of the opinion that if the sporran holds all the "necessaries" I stuff into it AND it initiates the kind of comments it does, especially from young children, then so what if it looks disproportionate? Maybe it's my North American mountain man/trapper cultural heritage - tempered somewhat. Besides, my full mask squirrel sporran looks like it is crawling around in my lap rather than serving its main useful purpose.

w2f

**McClef** · 19th February 08, 04:56 AM

The Victorians went in for disproportionate sporrans but I am not sure that they actually kept anything in them.

Such sporrans today are largely limited to military/piping occasions rather than everyday wear and again I don't think they have much storage usage.

The full mask ones clearly have the advantages of storage but then so do more ordinary sporrans and whilst providing a better balance with the apron. An animal head on a full mask is also distorted due to lack of rigidity within and cannot reproduce the way it looked originally.

So it ultimately boils down to aesthetics and taste and not everybody is going to agree on these points.

**turpin** · 19th February 08, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Chef

Great work on the kilt. I really like the pleating.

On the full mask sporran, I'm with McClef. I don't really care for the aesthetics of a full mask sporran, but that isn't why I don't like them with the kilt. It's the size. For me most full mask sporrans look to big and they throw off the balance of the outfit.

Being the offending sporran maker I have to say I tend to agree with Chef and McClef about the disproportionality of mask sporrans. The balance comes in offering useful space inside, minimizing the fur halo which is the main culprit in the size appearance, while still providing an aesthetically pleasing (to those so inclined) end product. I'm working on reducing the apron-blocking footprint while maximizing interior space through wider gussets, but you can only take that so far before it gets all saggy.