Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
There are no hard and fast rules.
Very true, Jock!

You would be better with black for evening wear.
Oh, definitely.

Brown sporrans were not seen at all in my youth(1940/50's) and I suppose, nor was weathered tartan either.Black or fur was the norm, then, for daywear too.
How strange you should said that, Jock - I should have said it was quite the opposite! My first two day sporrans (in the early 1950s) were brown - I remember having no choice of colour and a very small selection of models/styles! It was some years before I obtained an evening sporran (which came in black, but without fur). Fur, or sealskin, was reserved for the Dress sporran - silver cantle and sealskin with no leather being visible from the front.

Having said that, we were no doubt still suffering the shortages and restrictions imposed during WWII and were glad for whatever we could obtain!

I personaly wear black in the day, but brown looks fine to me.Not too sure about weathered tartan though.
Nowadays, I wear either brown or black during the day, depending upon the tartan I happen to be wearing - some tartans just do not look right with black accessories, whilst others do not suit brown. "Accessories" embrace belt, sporran/sporran strap and shoes - do not forget the shoes!

One thing I do not do, is mix black and brown accessories, nor do I wear a dress belt (with a waist-plate rather than a pronged buckle) during the day. Having said that, I do have a brown pigskin belt with a brass waist-plate, intended for day wear, but I have not worn it for years! As far as buckle colours go: generally it is brass buckle with brown belt and chrome/silver-coloured buckles with black belts. Again, other combinations just do not look right!

I agree about the 'Weathered' tartans though, and whilst I know they are generally a fairly recent introduction, I cannot help but find most of them VERY attractive, along with 'muted' or 'ancient' colours. Modern colours I find, in the main, are too intense or saturated. Fortunately: each to his own, eh?

Take care,
Ham.