Sporran Deals?

[D.A. Guertin]

The VAST majority of sporrans on the US eBay site are decorative accessories only. They are made in Pakistan using very thin, low quality leather backed with cardboard, and machine stitched. In many cases you don't even 'get what you pay for' in that regard, as a single day's wear has been known to be too much for the paper thin gussets. Quality is expensive, sorry. My cheapest sporran is $100 for a basic leather day sporran, and when it comes right down to it, I'm not exactly making a huge profit on that. Quality costs from top to bottom. I pay more for better quality leathers for fronts, backs and gussets, and it has to get passed along.

That's not to say that a higher price is inherantly better quality, especially when it comes to eBay. I've seen the same ****-rabbits sell for $100, at which price you're nearing a comparable Scottish-made one with 10 times the quality.

[bricelythgoe]

Quality is expensive, sorry. My cheapest sporran is $100 for a basic leather day sporran, and when it comes right down to it, I'm not exactly making a huge profit on that. Quality costs from top to bottom. I pay more for better quality leathers for fronts, backs and gussets, and it has to get passed along.

That's not to say that a higher price is inherantly better quality,

I disagree on the first part and agree with you on the second. Quality does NOT have to be expensive. Some have convinced themselves of it over time. In spite of the soaring price of many sporrans, you can get a good quality sporran for less than what most people would think.

It almost reminds me of when I got my kilt SHO. I was told that if someone has a similar product, but with better features and less money, than it MUST be a bad kilt. I was told there was no way someone could make something for less and still have good quality. Well, who knew I could get a top knotch, custom made 8 yard kilt + flashes for only 189. I believe the same is true for sporrans.