Interesting Sporran For Sale

**creagdhubh** · 3rd May 12, 11:45 AM

Here's a link to a rather interesting (evening) sporran for sale by a chap in New Hampshire.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-silv...item5ae6073a9c

Cheers,

**English Bloke** · 3rd May 12, 12:13 PM

Naaa. Not for me sorry. Looks like it's made from loft insulation.

**creagdhubh** · 3rd May 12, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Naaa. Not for me sorry. Looks like it's made from loft insulation.

Ha-ha! I agree, John. I have seen this 6-tassle design before, typically made from sealskin, yet this version has definitely seen better days. I just thought the 'rabble' may like to see it.

Cheers,

**ForresterModern** · 3rd May 12, 01:54 PM

That one has been on and off auction with the same picture (presumably the same seller) for several months now. At least it is at a more reasonable price than I remember it ever being before. I agree with John that the color is a bit, ummmmm, UNUSUAL, yeah that's the word for it.

Thanks for thinking of the rabble Kyle

**Dale-of-Cedars** · 3rd May 12, 02:15 PM

Makes me think of this guy (if he smoked):

**unixken** · 3rd May 12, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by Dale-of-Cedars

Makes me think of this guy (if he smoked):

...or pee'd on himself.

**OC Richard** · 3rd May 12, 04:43 PM

I've seen very well-made Scottish-made Evening Dress sporrans made out of nasty artificial fur that exact colour ... I wonder if this is one of them. I've also seen real sealskin sporrans just about that colour.

Anyhow it's a cool-looking vintage sporran. I used to have one sort of like it, old when I bought it in the late 1970s, silver mounted of grey sealskin.

**dea3369** · 3rd May 12, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Looks like it's made from loft insulation.

LOL. This comment ranks up there with Joshua's "soup sandwich" in the "Is it just me?" thread.

**JSFMACLJR** · 3rd May 12, 05:35 PM

It looks very similar to a sporran that I own, made of sealskin. It belonged to my father, and is now being used "temporaraly" by my brother. It is a very nice sporran==at least mine is!

**ThistleDown** · 4th May 12, 01:12 AM

I inherited a pale grey seal similar in design to Sandy's but probably made in the early 1960s. I passed it on in the family and the last time I saw it it looked like somebody had been blowing smoke through it for years. I suspect the environment in which it has been kept (a true, old-fashioned billiards room) changed the colour over the years. Pretty nasty, anyway, and it has now been put away in the kist for another generation to find. And wonder about.