Sporran-Phobes Unite!

[Alaskan Kilted Guy]

Great thread folks! I for one feel naked without a sporran. It is functional in many ways to me. I can carry things there. Wallet, knife, etc. Also it serves to conceal uh... anatomy. I also find it helps prevent any flashing incidents, keeping the kilt held down.

My wife does call it my man-purse, but heck who cares. Purse, like skirt, when defined are actually pretty accurate as far as descriptions of sporran, and kilt respectively.

My two cents.....

[sharpdressedscot]

You may want to try wearing the sporran to one side, see "Rob Roy" movie. In that position it is still functional and handy but will be less distracting and allow a clear view of the tartan (apron). The other option is to buy Freedom Kilts exclusively with their hidden pockets.

I put mine to the side, but only because my belt won't let me wear it in the center, I guess I need to work on the leather a bit more.

[Monkey@Arms]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Freelander Sporrano
People not wearing sporrans....

Says the sporran maker!

Cheers

Jamie

Says the man with 8 sporrans. (Jamie not me!)

Best regards,

Jake

[sharpdressedscot]

Great thread folks! I for one feel naked without a sporran. It is functional in many ways to me. I can carry things there. Wallet, knife, etc. Also it serves to conceal uh... anatomy. I also find it helps prevent any flashing incidents, keeping the kilt held down.

My wife does call it my man-purse, but heck who cares. Purse, like skirt, when defined are actually pretty accurate as far as descriptions of sporran, and kilt respectively.

My two cents.....

A man-purse for a man-skirt.

[Nick the DSM]

plus sometimes the sporran pulls the belt down.

im 50/50 on this.

[Makeitstop]

I don't wear a sporran. I don't like them. I find them uncomfortable and less practical than many of the alternatives. However, I would love to have an absolutely unbelievable (and fake) full mask sporran, such as a panda, tiger, wolf, polar bear, dinosaur/dragon/sea monster/nessie, companion cube, or some recognizable species of alien. That would be awesome. I would virtually never wear it, but I would love it.

I wish all my kilts had pockets, but for now it's just the future alphakilt and the x-kilt I will be making over spring break. For my others I wear a pair of pouches on my belt which are functional and comfortable.

[James MacMillan]

I understand that the sporran completes the look and has as much history as the kilt itself, I'm just saying it bothers me and I don't know why?

Are you sure you are wearing it right?

Maybe you have it too low, or too high, or off center?

If you don't use a sporran, where do you keep your stuff?

[The Wizard of BC]

I too suffer from the dread sporranophobia. In my case it is that I don't like all my stuff just dumped into one bag where I have to fish for it. I also dislike that most sporran have the storage capacity of a chewing gum wrapper.

This is why I invented my kilts. But I fully understand not everyone likes my kilts.

The only time I wear a sporran is when I am wearing a Traditional Style Kilt without pockets. (yes, I actually own a Tank) Or when I;m wearing one of my Tartan Model Kilts. And with my kilts nothing but my wallet is in the sporran. Everything else I carry is in the pockets.

I actually believe that sporrans are the evil invention of a Traditional Kiltmaker who had a brother-in-law who needed a job. So the kiltmaker invented the sporran because his wife told him he had to hire her brother.
Then the kiltmaker left the pockets out of his kilts so his B-I-L would finally stay employed for once.

So I say to all you kilted gentlemen with sporrans, Throw them away. Release the rest of us from your incessant tassel drumming. End the tyranny of sporran slavery. That bum brother-in-law doesn't really want to work anyway. He would rather be sitting on the couch letting the Government buy his beer.

[ccga3359]

I too suffer from the dread sporranophobia.... Blah, blah, blah...

This is why I invented my kilts. But I fully understand not everyone likes my kilts.

I for one do not like your kilts, however I do enjoy your pockets (well my pockets, I've had my hand in Steve's pockets). So a freedom Kilt is merely a delivery device for those wonderful FK slash pockets. In my desert camo FK I'll go without a sporran (yet are not truly comfortable with it) but if I ever get an FK in HBC tartan I most definatly would wear a sporran (beaver, of course) regardless of how many pockets it has just because it looks right and for the mosesty it provides.

[Panache]

Says the man with 8 sporrans. (Jamie not me!)

Shut up Jake!

I will stop at 9.

Honest.

Really

I mean it.

... I've had my hand in Steve's pockets...

I don't know where to begin with this

Cheers

Jamie