new (to me) sporran maker

**OC Richard** · 9th September 21, 05:22 AM

It's not every day that I stumble upon a sporran maker I've never heard of or seen the work of, but this is one, Eddie Brat.

Not my cup of tea but interesting nonetheless.

I always like to see when people hit a balance between traditional-looking and innovative. It's difficult to do and not often done well. Not sure how successful these are at doing it.

**12stones** · 9th September 21, 06:17 AM

Definitely interesting, but not my scene either. And those prices! I'm all for paying for an artisans work, but wow.

**McMurdo** · 9th September 21, 12:46 PM

Not for me either I'm afraid.

**Hauge** · 9th September 21, 01:26 PM

Agree completely. the tree of them, look like a (mis)balance between a full mask and a day, times fluffy...

**tripleblessed** · 9th September 21, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

It's not every day that I stumble upon a sporran maker I've never heard of or seen the work of, but this is one, Eddie Brat.
Not my cup of tea but interesting nonetheless.

I always like to see when people hit a balance between traditional-looking and innovative. It's difficult to do and not often done well. Not sure how successful these are at doing it.

What he said. Interesting in an off the wall way, but I didn't see anything I would wear.

**KennethSime** · 9th September 21, 11:27 PM

Yea, I can admire the handiwork, but the style is definitely not mine. Loud. Gaudy.

Some folks in the Kilts & Culture group really seem to like Wyvern Leatherworks, who do heavily-decorated Rob Roy style sporrans. I just can't get into them either.

**Jock Scot** · 10th September 21, 12:14 AM

Well they are certainly different. I won’t be buying one though.

**OC Richard** · 10th September 21, 04:41 AM

I fully agree with the consensus here.

Part of me does appreciate artisans attempting something a bit different, however such things are almost never anything I'd wear myself.

**12stones** · 10th September 21, 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by KennethSime

Some folks in the Kilts & Culture group really seem to like Wyvern Leatherworks, who do heavily-decorated Rob Roy style sporrans. I just can't get into them either.

I'm glad to see Donnie is still doing his thing. I have a couple of his sporrans and they're fantastically made. I got mine about about 13 years ago or so when that style was quite popular in the US.

**ASinclair** · 10th September 21, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by KennethSime

Yea, I can admire the handiwork, but the style is definitely not mine. Loud. Gaudy.

Some folks in the Kilts & Culture group really seem to like Wyvern Leatherworks, who do heavily-decorated Rob Roy style sporrans. I just can't get into them either.

Donnie does traditional sporrans, as well. He made my day sporran and a white goat hair evening sporran.