Is there no such thing as a roomy full dress sporran?

[Domehead]

Hello,
Images of the sporran are posted above, in my original response.

[OC Richard]

most dress sporrans have hard, flat, front faces that do not "give" when a hand is inserted. The "shape" of the interior volume is unyielding.

a typical daywear sporran, with it's flexible leather front

As I mentioned above, with the traditional "canon" of styles made by the old leading makers, the bodies of day and evening sporrans were pretty much the same: same shape, same gussets, same leather, and therefore the same flexibility. My evening and day sporrans from Nichol Bros Bankfoot, day and evening sporrans I used to have from Scott & Son, day and evening sporrans I own/owned from L&M have exactly the same degree of flexibility and roominess. (The only exception, as I said before, was the "Rob Roy" style which had a huge pleated body.)

So within the same makers, at least with these large traditional makers, there is no difference between day and evening sporrans regarding their size, roominess, flexibilty, etc.

I'm guessing that you're experiencing an "apples and oranges" thing, comparing an evening sporran with a body made in one style with a day sporran with a body made in a different style.

[unixken]

I'm guessing that you're experiencing an "apples and oranges" thing, comparing an evening sporran with a body made in one style with a day sporran with a body made in a different style.

I would guess that yes, the construction of the two are very different, as the difference between this and this is that the former has very rigid front and rear faces (as rigid as a piece of Masonite, for example), and the latter is simply leather.