Not a piper but like the look of a horse hair 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