Sporran style advice, with regards to thigh friction

[RockyR]

OK this is what I see from your picture. Your kilt is being worn too low, thus causing you to wear the sporran too low and the consequence is sore spots. Now should you choose to raise your kilt to the more traditional "bottom of the kilt brushing the top of the knee" height and say that raises the kilt by 2 to 3 inches and if then you raise the the sporran by about the same amount, then there is a good chance that your problem will be solved.

Jock... I don't think that his kilt is necessarily too low, so much as the kilt may be a tad long.

hefaestos... have you tried a softer sporran? I suspect the problem lies in sitting down where the sporran top hits the belt and pushes (digs) into your thighs. After the skin is 'sensitive', any minor rubbing irritates it. A quick fix would be to wear boxers or something that would come down that far that was soft. Another would be to put wide band aids on the spots so that when the wool rubs, it slips on the plastic band aids.

[hefaestos]

The "softer sporran" was in fact my original question... I don't have hands-on access to other sporrans at the moment, so I was hoping the fellows here could help me with identifying good places to look/styles to look for.

[sailortats]

I would definitely check out Buzz Kidder. Some of his are very soft and I cannot believe they would cause you any problems. Also, a good thing, they are not overly expensive.
That being said we also have a couple of excellent sporran makers on here as well.

[MacMillans son]

In response to your original question, Donnie, at Wyvern Leatherworks makes a number of nice sporrans. You might take a look at the hunting style with a soft back. You would have the softer leather you seek without going with the bag type sporrans you are shying away from. Donnie is a great guy to work with and does really nice work, as a result, I own 4 of his sporrans. You can click on his red banner at the bottom of the page. I am sure he would be happy to work with you on special dimension if you think that will help.

Regardless of the cause of your trouble, I hope you get it sorted out.

[BThomHie]

perhaps if you wore the sporran a notch or 2 lower?... that would allow a little more movement of the sporran it self a opposed to holding tight on the friction points .. I don't think the position would be low enough to considered to be "sagging"