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[creagdhubh]

I just nabbed this on ebay for a very low price.

This sporran looks like a day sporran to my eyes and I plan to use it as such and wear it with my tweed day jacket. In the view of the Rabble, does the fact that there's fur on it push it into this "Semi-dress" category that many are so unfond of?

Finally, I think it looks ok as it is, but do you folks think I should replace the leather tassels that it once apparently had?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Nathan,

First of all, nice find! Congratulations. Secondly, I understand there is a plethora of leather sporrans out there with an assortment of fur covered fronts. I consider these to be sporrans for daywear, especially when the leather is brown. I realise that many people may wear this style of sporran with black tie, or for "semi-formal" events (whatever that is) but to my eye, it looks a wee bit out of place and not nearly formal enough (i.e. - silver cantled sporrans).

If I owned this sporran I would do two things: 1) Wear it with my tweedy daywear attire. 2) Have leather tassels added to the front. However, I do think this particular sporran looks rather smart without the tassels too, so the option is yours. I think either plain, braided tassels or flat, knotted tassels would look equally smart.

Best of luck!