Quote Originally Posted by Nanook View Post
I not quite sure by which standard you are measuring. To my eyes they seem more alike kinky varmint bags than any of the Scottish traditional full mask sporrans I've seen. I think they miss the spirit and detract rather than contribute to Highland attire. It's, I'd suggest, a question of balance. Neither conservative enough nor arty enough they strike me as just weird bags. Craigie I suspect came to making bags from stuffing animals rather than from learning the trade of making sporrans (their "day sporrans" are more RennFaire than Peth). For a good full mask I'd rather suggest Janet Eagleton. L&M in Canada seems to do some pretty descent commercial grade sporans in more or less well developed (and accepted) patterns.
I found a link to the Janet Eagleton site. I can't say that I see much I like.. however I have not seen one in person. The badger full mask is made using the badger found in Brittan, and under the Protection of Badgers Act of 1992 it is an offence to kill a badger or to interfere with a sett without a licence from Natural England. So under this it might be hard to have one shipped to North America, and in Brittan, with the new laws reguarding sporran, furs, and pelts in general, you would have to carry a licence around with you. That last bit was disscused somewhere here on the forum a while back.

Frank