When to wear fur sporan

[Cygnus]

C.R. MacKinnon suggests that a cantled fur sporran is appropriate for day wear (just not for 'tramping about the moors').

Even with a recommendation from an expert like MacKinnon, I tend to agree with MacMillan of Rathdown's opinion that metal cantles should be saved for evening. When I see somebody wearing a dress sporran with daywear, I can't help but think that the salesman at the highland shop must have been both especially smooth and desperate for commission to convince the wearer that his most expensive sporran was acceptable at any time.

[SlackerDrummer]

Even with a recommendation from an expert like MacKinnon, I tend to agree with MacMillan of Rathdown's opinion that metal cantles should be saved for evening. When I see somebody wearing a dress sporran with daywear, I can't help but think that the salesman at the highland shop must have been both especially smooth and desperate for commission to convince the wearer that his most expensive sporran was acceptable at any time.

I know, right?

[MacMillans son]

I know, right?

I suspect some leeway may be given to the titled gentlemen in the photo

[Downunder Kilt]

I thought we were taliking about fur/hair sporrans with metal cantles for daywear. I just got lost with the pic of HRH and another wearing metal cantles with leather sporrans. Can someone tell me the connection?

[Cygnus]

I thought we were taliking about fur/hair sporrans with metal cantles for daywear. I just got lost with the pic of HRH and another wearing metal cantles with leather sporrans. Can someone tell me the connection?

We were - I just didn't specify a hair sporran in one sentence of my post, though I implied it. Apparently the hairiness of the sporrans being discussed wasn't inferred, so next time I will imply harder!