I attended the Highland Games in Orlando, Fl on Saturday and for the first time, had a chance to "fondle" (?) the available for sale sporrans, priced from 75$ to nearly 200$ and I discovered something strange. The covers for all but the Rob Roy type sporrans were all very stiff, and most were as stiff as the 15$ sporran i purchased from Stillwater kilts. I thought that the reason the 15$ sporran was so cheap was because it was so stiff, but I guess that is the case with many sporrans. For me, anyway, I want a sporran I can use to carry and access things i carry without looking like I am playing with myself.
I am in process of making a Rob Roy/ Inverness soft sack type sporran but is there any way to soften the flex point of my standard sporran to make it more usable?
Thanks for any information.

Gordon of Clan MacHardy origin