Sporran all the time

[auld argonian]

Still waiting for my sporran to arrive but I'll tell you: the older I get the more crap I have to tote around...reading glasses, sunglassses, cell phone, car keys, notebook(s), pens...the list goes on and on and on. I very well may take to wearing the sporran full time. I've always been on the look out for a sort of shoulder-holster catch all but when going for your reading glasses might be mistaken for going for your piece...the shoulder holster idea loses its appeal.

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[Shay]

I've always been on the look out for a sort of shoulder-holster catch all but when going for your reading glasses might be mistaken for going for your piece

There's always a leather satchel, army canvas satchel, or a briefcase or messenger bag, but the latter two are probably too big for your needs.

I've always thought it's a real shame there's not some sort of small-to-medium size purses for men that are acceptable in the Western world. There's fanny packs, but they're not really anything but ultra-casual or working wear. They should come out with a tool belt for 'real' tools like your glasses and cell phone.

EDIT: A quick look online found this:
http://www.gemplers.com/a/shop/produ...22&src=21SM001

Don't know if it's big enough, but it looks cool!

[Blu (Ontario)]

... but I'll tell you: the older I get the more crap I have to tote around...reading glasses, sunglassses, cell phone, car keys, notebook(s), pens...the list goes on and on and on...

Ooohh.... I don't think I'd want quite that much stuff hanging right over the family heritage. :eek:

[Hamish]

I have just posted my views on the necessity (or not) for wearing a sporran in the parallel thread.

[Blu (Ontario)]

I think a sporran looks more masculine than a plain kilt...

Not really... A sporran adds a nice look of scottish tradition, not masculinity. Do women pipers wearing a sporran look masculine?... not in my experience. Masculinity (and femininity for that matter) comes from the demeanor of the person.

...if only because it proclaims without a doubt that, "This is a kilt, fer sure!"

I don't know.... I've had the "nice skirt" comment just as often while wearing a sporran as without. Wearing one may be a bit of a confidence booster for those that feel they need it, but I really don't think a sporran proclaims anything.

[Shay]

Okay- it's just my opinion. I don't mean a kilt on it's own looks unmasculine. I'm just saying a woman probably wouldn't wear something hairy hanging over her (insert polite word here) and actually yes, I do think female pipers in sporrans look a little masculine, but I understand it's a uniform. The uniform was not designed for women.

That's why I said 'more' masculine. If you wear a PC kilt coat, it's formal, but it's more formal if it has buttons on the sleeves and cuffs, right?

And actually, I as thinking more along the lines of "This is a kilt" as opposed to a pair of shorts or something- if you see a guy in a kilt from a distance, you can't always tell if he's wearing shorts or not, but a guy in a sporran is 99.9% sure of being a kiltwearer.

[Luke MacGillie]

Not wearing a sporran with a trad kilt would be "improper." It would look funny, too.


Sherry

Until the latter part of the 18th Century the sporran was not an issue item of dress in the highland regiments. Folks that had them could wear them about 90% of the time, but for Full Dress parades where everyone had to be uniform, regimental orders say not to wear them. There is even a painting from around 1762 of an officer of the Black Watch in full dress minus sporran. IMHO the propriety or lack there of, of going with or without the sporran dates from this change in the uniforms of the Highland Regiments. Given that the idea of "Traditional" in most of the population is doing what your grandparents did, dont feel bad about being "Ultra Tradtional" and doing what your 5th Great Grandparents did!

[Bob C]

Kilts do not look right without sporrans. So sayeth Bob. :grin:

[GlassMan]

Okay- it's just my opinion. I don't mean a kilt on it's own looks unmasculine. I'm just saying a woman probably wouldn't wear something hairy hanging over her (insert polite word here) and actually yes, I do think female pipers in sporrans look a little masculine, but I understand it's a uniform. The uniform was not designed for women.

That's why I said 'more' masculine. If you wear a PC kilt coat, it's formal, but it's more formal if it has buttons on the sleeves and cuffs, right?

And actually, I as thinking more along the lines of "This is a kilt" as opposed to a pair of shorts or something- if you see a guy in a kilt from a distance, you can't always tell if he's wearing shorts or not, but a guy in a sporran is 99.9% sure of being a kiltwearer.

On occasions when I'll be away or when I'm heading down to my local tobacconist for a relaxing visit I do carry a small bag with me. It's my pipe bag and it holds 7 tobacco pipes quite nicely. It has room for tobacco and other things, but I carry those in my sporran. I have been told that it looks like a purpose, but I don't care. The convenience of knowing I have as many pipes as I need when I want them is more important to me. And besides, where I go with it, everyone else has one just like it!

And one other good reason for a Sporran came up during a recent visit from a very young nephew. For some unknown reason he wheeled around and tried to slam his fist into my crotch while I was seated. He had earlier done this to his father and was probably expecting the same red-faced comical gasping from me. Instead he thumped my sporran and got nothing but a talking to from his mother.

[whiteravenJr.]

thanks for all your advise and suggestions I was just wonderin because a guy I go to school with here is also scottish but he continully argues with me. he says that I should only wear my sporran at formal events but other than that I should leave the sporran in the closet. so thank you all for your advise. 8-)