Wearing your sporran on your belt?

[KiltedSurveyor]

I've been looking at some historic sporrans, notably the Ferguson Britt sporrans on the Scottish Tartans Museum site, and was wondering --- Any of you/ how many of you ever wear your sporran on your belt like some of the Britt sporrans, instead of on a sporran chain/belt?

[Deil the Yin]

Salutations Neighbour,

I've never worn my sporran on the belt, but then again I only have one sporran and it's not fitted to do so. Especially as I have a 3" Britt-Ferguson belt (caint afford his sporrans by a long shot)! Nice it is, too. My own impression is that wearing the sporran on the belt was a hold over from medieval times in the Highlands, and would have been quite common during the hey days of the clan system and the Breacan Mor... Note: I am unable to sight any sources for this impression, just my amateur opinion etc.

I'll wager our friend Mr Newsome could shed some expert opinion on the matter, eh wot?

Cheers,
Wesley

[Carolina Kiltman]

I did consider it, but then the description seemed to be for gentlemen who had prosperous proportions. . . . . so I got the belt, 'twas cheaper. (Spoken like a true Scotsman.)

[zeeew]

I made a sporran from black motorcycle saddlebag leather, with loops large enough to hang on my belt. Figured it would be for casual wear. Came in handy once when the chain was still home. Sporran isnt really anything to look at, but it is useful.

[ardchoille]

I made a sporran from black motorcycle saddlebag leather, with loops large enough to hang on my belt. Figured it would be for casual wear. Came in handy once when the chain was still home. Sporran isnt really anything to look at, but it is useful.

I'll take useful over pretty any day

I've worn my sporran on my belt, but I got some comments about it looking weird.

[beloitpiper]

I think it looks strange. I saw a guy at the Highland Games this weekend. It looked like he was either too cheap to buy a sporran strap or didn't know what he was doing (I think it was the latter).

[Highlander31]

I use a sporran belt (instead of a chain) or a sling which attaches directly to the kilt belt.

[Donnie]

Due to my shape I wear my sporrans from hangers off my belt. I have made one with a longer single belt loop to wear with my great kilt when I attend a ren fest.

[Jack Daw]

My tobacco brown Rob Roy sporran I bought with a sporran hanger rather than a sporran belt. I have the belt too for the black Rob Roy. I have no real preference for one over the other.

[ForresterModern]

Due to my shape I wear my sporrans from hangers off my belt. I have made one with a longer single belt loop to wear with my great kilt when I attend a ren fest.

I am with Donnie on this one. Due to disproportionate girth causing a normal sporran chain to ride down under the gut, thereby bunching up my kilt apron, I too wear my sporran on hangers dropped from my belt. With the right ones it is I think a bit cleaner and dressier look too.

But I also have a couple "belt pouches" any one of which I may add to the side of my belt to carry other essentials in addition to the sporran itself. My sporrans are a bit stiff and difficult to find things in normally (kind of like a lady's purse sometimes---can't wait til I get the flak about that comment), plus I have to carry some extra stuff like medications and contact lens drops and sunglasses for medical purposes there, so the smaller belt pouch normally carries my immediate and frequently used essentials like cash and change purse and car keys, and maybe a credit card or two. You can see the small black one on my side in the following pics.







I have a couple others slightly larger and in mixed color schemes for highland games and ren fairs, etc., that are a bit more casual and celtic in appearence.