Tassels on a sporran

**ohiopiper** · 25th January 11, 11:39 PM

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A lot of folks like the "drumming" when they walk. That's cool for them, but I walk with a bit of a limp so the drumming is a bit "off."

So on the morinings when I put the kilt on first thing, I should expect my arthritis and stiffness to make my "drumming" sound like a spastic chimpanzee with a nervous twitch?

I'm not going to say I'm stove up at all, but the morning following our wedding, my new wife thought I was immitating Boris Karlov.

**Whidbey78** · 26th January 11, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by ohiopiper

So on the morinings when I put the kilt on first thing, I should expect my arthritis and stiffness to make my "drumming" sound like a spastic chimpanzee with a nervous twitch?

I'm not going to say I'm stove up at all, but the morning following our wedding, my new wife thought I was immitating Boris Karlov.

I wouldn't say it's that bad, but in my case it does little to combat the stereotype about caucasians and rhythm.

**Chas** · 26th January 11, 03:38 AM

I wouldn't be without mine.

Regards

Chas

**Schiehallion** · 26th January 11, 04:28 AM

I like my sound too. My partner says his sounds like a 3 legged horse cantering!

**swampfox** · 26th January 11, 04:31 AM

i like to think of it as "you got two halves of coconuts and your bangin em together!"

**Jack Daw** · 26th January 11, 06:01 AM

I like the drumming, but if I'm wearing my kilt around the house, I don't bother to wear a sporran.

**kc8ufv** · 26th January 11, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by Whidbey78

I wouldn't say it's that bad, but in my case it does little to combat the stereotype about caucasians and rhythm.

Sounds like he's just adding lots of dots and flags to the rythem.

**budd4766** · 26th January 11, 09:08 AM

I don't know if they have any symbolic meaning, but all the tassels I've seen in leather work are just covering up the knot at the end of strips or strings that hang of whatever it is, (in this case, a sporran). Just a fancy way to hide the knot.

**The Barry** · 26th January 11, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Whidbey78

A lot of folks like the "drumming" when they walk. That's cool for them, but I walk with a bit of a limp so the drumming is a bit "off."

As a drummer, we just call that "pointing" or if you're in a more contemporary setting, you're just a bit "swung".

**Slowburn** · 26th January 11, 10:16 AM

It would seem to me that they are the remainants of the cordage used to close the pouch and have been stylized to match the tassels of the gille brouge's laces.