Not a piper but like the look of a horse hair sporran

[thescot]

If you like it and feel comfortable with it then use it. If the hair is quite long it might get snagged in things. . . .

I agree. If you are the only one with a hair sporran, then you'll be the only one. Unless that really bothers you, then it shouldn't bother you. :-)

I have one that I need to modify by removing and replacing a Canadian regimental badge before wearing, but I am definitely going to wear it one day soon. Although I am pretty conservative and traditional in my sartorial tastes and prectices, I do venture out a bit now and then. And I recommend it.

[Mike_Oettle]

Isn’t it just like the native Scots to invent new rules that make us, the kilt-wearers of the rest of the world, look stupid.
While I would not personally want to wear a horse-hair sporran (not, at any rate, a white one with black tails like those the officers in my regiment wore, since I was not an officer), it is a style anyone may adopt on appropriate occasions.
The only reason for a civilian not to wear one is when it has badging that identifies it with a particular regiment.
For myself, I am looking at the idea of using a long, hairy sporran made of mohair.
Regards,
Mike

[Panache]

I love my horsehair sporran. It isn't for everyday, but it is a striking bit of kit.

Cheers

Jamie

[Neil Clark]

Define "Piper" lol. Wear yer sporran!

[OC Richard]

In the latter half of the 19th century long hair sporrans were nearly universal, having evolved from the small fur sporrans of the late 18th/early 19th century. They were for everyone, not only the military or pipers.

Here are some men wearing long hair sporrans (goathair or horsehair) back in the old days













Now in the early 20th century new sporran styles emerged, small pocketlike things, leather ones for "day" dress and sealskin ones for "evening" dress, and to this day it is these which are regarded as "correct". Here they are in 1930, not long after their introduction



But! Even today you'll see the older, more traditional style, such as these young men at the Oban Ball



And they're shown in this c1960 catalogue



and I'm a big fan of them... this is my everyday sporran

[sevenoaks]

Thanks guys,
I remember both my Grandfather wore sporrans like these.
One Grandfather was a Farmer/Sheepherder. he wore his kilt every day. It is how I remember him best. He was always a grizzly looking man to me and always had straw, grass and wool stuck to him. He walked the Fells of Cumbria every day of his life. His long flowing sporran always fascinated me. I remember him to be a happy robust kind of guy. He also drove a a 4 horse coach from one small village to another every weekend. One day his horses ran away on him while coming over the "Coniston Pass" in the Lake District of Cumberland. Unfortunately a small girl was killed. He was a changed man after that and his life appeared to go out of him until his death a few years later.
My other Grandfather was a larger than life kind of guy. I think he is the one that had the biggest influence on my younger years. He also was always in a kilt but hardly ever wore a horsehair sporran. He smelled of oil, heat and sweat. He was killed while moving a thrashing machine down a hill from Ireby to Cauldbeck in Cumberland. He was a man before his age and Electrified the whole village of Ireby; years before any other city or village had access to the "New Age". It was a DC system and he had huge banks of batteries that were charged by a steam driven generator. My job was to oil and polish the brass fitting on the engine and generator. I took great pride in doing this as a boy and I felt a huge loss and sadness when he died but he instilled in me my morals and the love of fine tuned mechanical mechanical equipment.
I digress.
Thank you guys for your input and I will be wearing my kilts and horsehair sporran with pride. It connects me to my past and damn it... a kilt is just the right thing for a man to wear.
Those are great pictures OC... Thank you for posting them.