DIY Edwardian goathair sporran

**OC Richard** · 28th April 10, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by Tartan Hiker

I haven't handled many well-made hair sporrans, so I have a question. Is this the typical location of the chain loops? On all of the "formal" sporrans I've seen the chain loops are stitched or otherwise attaches to the rear leather.

Yes on modern sporrans there's always a tab of leather for a plain leather sporran belt to pass through. When a chain strap is used a little adapter thingy is needed, a short bit of leather with D rings on both sides.

But on old Edwardian Evening Dress sporrans there are often those two little metal rings soldered onto the back of the cantle for the chain strap to clip to.

Note that modern Evening Dress sporran cantles usually only have a front and sides, while on the sort I have there's a back also.

**unaspenser** · 28th April 10, 08:00 AM

Very nice! I love the look of goat hair sporrans, and that cantle is lovely.

**Scotcop** · 28th April 10, 08:13 AM

Great job! Fantastic! Looks very smart!

**OC Richard** · 19th June 10, 10:42 AM

Well I've worn this sporran a couple times with a normal chain strap snapped onto those two rings on the back of the cantle, as intended, and it doesn't work very well.

It's because the original sporrans weren't a fully opening pouch, but rather a solid unopening sporran, usually with a pocket with flap on the back.

Using either the metal loops, or the leather loop you can see, forces the whole sporran back against you, and makes it difficult to get anything out of it.

I realised that I would have to take it to a shoe repair place and have loops sewn on the back, and the strap with the snap, so that it could function like a normal modern evening dress sporran.

Here's the result:

I've worn it a few times since and it's very comfortable and roomy.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 19th June 10, 01:56 PM

You get 10 out of 10 marks for the sporran. Well done, sir.

**bchunter** · 19th June 10, 03:08 PM

MOR said it, and I agree. Nice modifications.

**BoldHighlander** · 19th June 10, 04:17 PM

Very nice Richard!

How about a picture of you wearing it?

**MacGuffin** · 19th June 10, 05:29 PM

Now that is a mighty fine sporran. I'm sure it will be quite the head turner.

**creagdhubh** · 19th June 10, 06:06 PM

Looks great Richard, well done!

**OC Richard** · 20th June 10, 05:29 AM

Thanks for the kudos.

I'll be wearing it this weekend at the San Diego Highland Games.

I bought a lovely Lovat Green argyll jacket and waiscoat recently but I still don't have any sort of appropriate Daywear sporran, so odd though it is, that fancy dragon cantle goathair sporran will have to serve.

I still need to get a leather body made for my 1953 MOD "Culloden" brass cantle...