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    Horsehair? Horsehair you say? I'm right into horsehair just lately. An under-rated sporran if ever there was one.

    If it wasn't that it frightened my neighbours and my wife, I'd wear one in all circumstances.

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    Here's the one I recently built



    based on John Stewart's sporran, as illustrated by Ken MacLeay (F) in the below pic







    I wear it to our local St. Andrews meetings and dressier events.

    I'll probably wear it to the local games this season as well. I like that some of the older sporrans have all leather cantles as MacLeay illustrated. It really is the multi-function piece, day through dress.

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    You can wear one ANYTIME you want. And MAN do I want to wear the one pictured above!

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    Grrrrrr! ... See? ... Now I want that one... [sob!]

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    Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
    Here's the one I recently built



    based on John Stewart's sporran, as illustrated by Ken MacLeay (F) in the below pic







    I wear it to our local St. Andrews meetings and dressier events.

    I'll probably wear it to the local games this season as well. I like that some of the older sporrans have all leather cantles as MacLeay illustrated. It really is the multi-function piece, day through dress.

    That's top draw kit Scott, very nice

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    Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
    Here's the one I recently built


    Wow that is fantastic! A classic Victorian "day" sporran.

    People saying that long hair sporrans are only for military Full Dress are coming from the Highland dress as it was codified and systematised in the early 20th century, at which time our modern Evening Dress and Day Dress sporrans were adopted.

    In Victorian times long hair sporrans were worn in all modes of Highland Dress. Oftentimes the sporrans worn with grey tweed jackets were quite plain, having a plain leather cantle and leather cones, and made of grey or brown hair, hinting at the Day/Evening sporran dichotomy which was to appear in the 20th century.

    Here is the Victorian equivalent to 20th century Day Dress:



    and some vintage photos showing a similar sporran style worn with less-formal Highland attire









    These sporrans above were the Day sporrans of their time.

    Now here are some people wearing sporrans with metal fittings as Day sporrans with tweed etc







    Note here how the piper in the centre, wearing all sorts of accessories, and the man on the left, dressed quite plainly, are both wearing long hair sporrans

    Last edited by OC Richard; 13th May 11 at 03:09 AM.

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