Without a sporran

[O'Callaghan]

I don't know how you could go out without a sporran in a tartan kilt. In a Utilikilt or something likewise, you have pockets, but that doesn't qualify under the topic.

One of my tartan kilts has pockets, and I've seen others post pics of similar ones.

[beloitpiper]

Sporrans were not worn with a kilt apron, though Greg. By the First World War the aprons had a built-in pocket which served the same purpose as the sporran.

Mike Chappell's The Scottish Units in the World Wars (Osprey Pub.) also shows a number of "field-expedient" sporrans made from gas mask bags. There is a great photo of two Seaforth Highlanders with said "sporrans" on page 8, and another photo on page 9 of the massed pipes and drums of the 152nd Infantry Brigade, 51st Highland Division, and not one man is wearing a sporran.

Regards,

Todd

I guess I should've phrased it better, that's what I meant. Sporrans, or kilt aprons.

[Blinki]

Maybe some pics will help to illustrate things.

11th Argyll & Sutherland troopers (both KIA) wearing kilt covers:



I think Gordon's but not sure. Looks like the solider on the left could be wearing a sporran though :
Pic has been cropped and enlarged


Here it is lightened up:



Finally Dougal Mcnaught (KIA) of the Argyll & Sutherland with a field expedient: