They all look pretty impressive to me. I have a two dangler horse-haired sporran and am looking for a good occasion to wear it. I also acquired an antique boy's horse-hair sporran - unfortunately my 'boy' is almost 25 and the same height as me.
Originally Posted by longhuntr74
I like the look of the long haired goat ones...can't say that I'm a big fan of the horsehair though. Thanks for sharing the pics!!
I'm in the process of making a sporran. I have the hinged brass cantle done and hopefully will get the angora goatskin stitched in the next few weeks. The cantle was a challenge but fun to make. I do like the look of the curly goatskin.
I'm in the process of making a sporran. I have the hinged brass cantle done and hopefully will get the angora goatskin stitched in the next few weeks. The cantle was a challenge but fun to make. I do like the look of the curly goatskin.
Any chance of a few pictures so we can see the construction? Thanks
They look very different from each other....the goat ones are much shorter "fur" that is wavy and more scraggly looking with an uneven bottom on them. Horsehair sporrans generally are much longer (extending to nearly the bottom of the kilt) and are almost always cut flat across the bottom.
Last edited by longhuntr74; 28th September 09 at 05:27 AM.
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They look very different from each other....the goat ones are much shorter "fur" that is wavy and more scraggly looking with an uneven bottom on them. Horsehair sporrans generally are much longer (extending to nearly the bottom of the kilt) and are almost always cut flat across the bottom.
I have a horse-hair sporran with two danglers and I always imagined that a goats-hair sporran would be the same. I see, I will have to go somewhere for a bit of 'hands on'. Thanks for the info.
Regards
Chas
Last edited by Chas; 28th September 09 at 07:43 AM.
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I prefer goat to horse as well. The goat hair is normally wavy and it tends to look a lot thicker - where as horse hair is obviously finer and strandy.
I think a goat hair sporran with black horse hair tassels is a perfect combination!
Last edited by Paul; 29th September 09 at 03:09 PM.
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Originally Posted by longhuntr74
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