What is a good starter sporran?

[MacLowlife]

Black or brown?

There is an interesting question. As TheScot points out, many people wear black shoes all of the time with their kilts. I do not know if it is because I am anti-authoritarian, or a southerner, or just cantankerous, but I almost NEVER wear black shoes. Black leather screams urban motorcycle and the Po-Lice and Army to me. I have plenty of respect for people associated with those things- I even HAVE a black leather jacket, but I am much more of a semi-rural brown wearing guy. I will do anything I can to wear brown shoes with my navy and grey (saxon) suits and I think black shoes with khakis and jeans look ridonculous. I tell you all of this as a preamble to what might otherwise seem like a silly question:

Do you wear black shoes regularly?

If you don't, then by all means, look for a brown sporran, or at least a black and brown one. As TheScot points out, many people will wear a brown sporran even with black shoes. I think a black one with brown shoes may be pushing it, though. My only other comment is, if you buy an inexpensive one, try to make it one without a chrome cantle. To my eye, the shiny cantle looks dressy and formal and, well, wrong if you aren't dressed up.

Why not take a few hours off and instead of watching a movie, see if you can't sew your own simple sporran. Make it brown, but dye one part of it ( the flap?) black. You'll have something that you made and you'll save money to put into it. And it will match everything.

[joecool]

Black or brown?

Do you wear black shoes regularly?


Why not take a few hours off and instead of watching a movie, see if you can't sew your own simple sporran. Make it brown, but dye one part of it ( the flap?) black. You'll have something that you made and you'll save money to put into it. And it will match everything.

Hm, I have some nice black shoes that I wear with my suits, but I prefer my ox blood colored loafers when I am not "dressed up"... I like that color because it pretty much goes with everything! I may yet try making my own, but I want to buy at least one that is semi-nice so if I do dress up that it looks appropriate (my leather working skills aren't exactly the best)...

I am currently looking at some of Janet Eagleton's sporrans, and I'm waiting to get some prices back from her. Hopefully I can find something within the budget (the girl friend probably won't understand if I spend the money for her Christmas present on a sporran )