Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Errr, not quite. To my certain knowledge the occasional black sporran, worn with day wear, was seen in the 1940's. Not common place, I grant you, but most certainly they were about.
In 1983, I purchased a hunting-style sporran from sporran maker Alex Robertson at his shop. The sporran was black with a brass cantle. I still have it and often wear it. Admittedly, this was post 1980, but I recall that I had the choice of several black leather sporrans on offer in Robertson's shop.

In 1977, I joined a grade 1 pipe band that issued both a full-dress uniform and a day-wear uniform, the latter featuring an argyle jacket, off-white full-length hose and a leather day sporran. The day sporrans were black. Prior to that time, I can recall having seen only brown leather sporrans, even among pipe bands.