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    I took this shot (from afar, with cell phone) at the Ventura Games last month to keep as an idea for just such a sporran. Talking about the fellow in center with black shirt. I really like this one for its bulky, studded look. Not so much the "semi dress" types with short/bovine front and a smallish, plain leather flap.

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    In really general, basic terms --- And in order of what we would think of as a level of formality. From less to more formal.


    This is a Regimental style -- Usually characterized by all leather construction, plain, no tassles or added bling. Will usually have a flap type opening




    This is a day wear style - Usually characterized as all leather with a flap opening. May have tassels, intricate leather tooling, and all manner of closures.




    This is a semi-dress style -- Usually characterized as having the same flap opening as day wear style but with fur on the front.



    (note - all the above are actually the exact same design. Each simply has a different front design element or feature)


    This is a Hunter style - Usually characterized as being of all leather but having a leather or metal cantle opening. The name Hunter seems to come from sewn-down tassels that would not make noise in the field.




    And this is a formal style. - Usually characterized as being totally fur or covered with fur with an intricate or fancy cantle type opening.

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    A better choice may be the sporran worn by the chap on the right side wearing the green hose with the full mask sporran. Much more useful and a classic style, it can be worn for day through evening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richrail View Post
    I have a brown sporran with fur that I purchased from
    Stillwater Kilts. I do use it a lot. Douglas Weathered.jpg
    I have the exact same sporran and it saw a lot of use before I got my brown Artificer sporran. It seemed just right for day events where one would wear a dress shirt with or without a tie.

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    I have a number of fur fronted sporrans that are casual for daytime wear, both purchased and self made.
    My Clans: Guthrie, Sinclair, Sutherland, MacRae, McCain-Maclachlan, MacGregor-Petrie, Johnstone, Hamilton, Boyd, MacDonald-Alexander, Patterson, Thompson. Welsh:Edwards, Williams, Jones. Paternal line: Brandenburg/Prussia.
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    Far from being a recent development, day sporrans with fur fronts have been around, it seems, as long as day sporrans themselves.

    Our familiar "day" and "evening" sporrans, small pocketlike pouches, suddenly appeared around 1900. Why and how, no one seems to know.

    Throughout the 19th century long hair sporrans, which had evolved linearly from the sporrans of the 18th century, were worn in all modes of Highland Dress (military, civilian day, and civilian evening).

    Anyhow the small sporrans appeared, with a clear dichotomy between 'day' and 'evening', and 'day' sporrans often had fur fronts. These were not "semi-dress". No such concept seems to have existed.

    Here they are in the 1930s. As you can see the fur-front sporrans are just as much 'day' sporrans as the ones without fur. You can also see Hunting sporrans, which were made entirely out of soft leather, without metal cantle.



    Here are the 'evening' sporrans

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