Inexpensive eBay rabbit fur dress sporrans

[HarborSpringsPiper]

Has anyone purchased one of these and would care to comment? Generally you get what you pay for and with some of these as low as $25, I wouldn't be expecting much.

I really don't have an interest in rabbit fur but have toyed with the idea of maybe using one for the cantle, ball chains, etc. in a DIY project with some quality fur. I guess I'm mostly wondering about the quality of those parts.

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

I bought one. On close inspection, you can see that it isn't very high in quality of materials. It probably also won't last the test of time. I would compare it to buying costume jewlery.

[sydnie7]

We purchased one a few years ago from Geoffrey Made for Scottish (think that's the name). It was the only one we could find with gold-color fittings. It gets used about twice a year for formal dinner-dance, and has held up well -- no "tarnish" or discoloration of fittings, no loose pieces. Certainly not hard usage but it is doing what we need it to do!

[HarborSpringsPiper]

Appreciate the responses.

Just bought a used, quality dress sporran on eBay for a great price. If this turns out to be anything like I think it is, I will be extremely happy. Knowing this seller and his reputation, I'm pretty confident it will be worth at least what I paid for it and less than a third of the cost of a new one, if I could even obtain one like this new.

[SFCRick]

every now & then I buy one just to use as a base & fittings to make my own quality fur sporran (raccoon, skunk, bobcat)

[O'Callaghan]

I suppose if you attend formal events kilted only very infrequently, which is probably true for most people, then being hard wearing is not a major issue.

If, OTOH, you were one of those people who wears a dress sporran to the highland games/celtic fest, etc., then it might be a problem. Surely nobody who frequents this forum would do that, would they? Too much of a faux pas, I would have thought.