clunk, clunk, clunk

**Alan H** · 31st March 05, 01:03 PM

OK I bought an inexpesnive, three tassel day sporran. I like it except for one thing. The sporran body is fairly stiff and hard and when I walk the tassels thud into the body of the thing. In fact they do it twice with every step. By the end of the day on Tuesday I was ready to rip the blinkin' thing off.

Yet this style is ubiquitous, I see them everywhere. This has GOT to be a universal issue.

What do y'all do about the incessant *thunk- THUNK...thunk-THUNK*?

**Uncle Ricky** · 31st March 05, 01:17 PM

Maybe their purpose is to warn sheep?

**bjcustard** · 31st March 05, 01:38 PM

**bubba** · 31st March 05, 01:45 PM

Take a dab of silicon sealer or some such other removable adhesive and stick the tassels down. No more noise. The clear silicon they use to calk sinks works fine.

**Declan Rowan** · 31st March 05, 03:05 PM

Yeah, that's probably a better idea than my first, which was duct tape, or my second, which was crazy glue.

Oh, but look, now you've got the sheep all scared again..

**bubba** · 31st March 05, 03:12 PM

Nervous sheep make better wool

**Declan Rowan** · 31st March 05, 03:33 PM

Haha... So why is that, Bubba? Is it a camoflauge technique? The more wool you have, the more likely you'll be mistaken for a low flying cloud?

**Kiltman** · 31st March 05, 03:46 PM

I make sporrans, just for fun. I’m still trying to figure out what purpose tassels serve. Some sporrans come with five or more. In the older examples I’ve seen they have a purpose, like closing the bag of the sporran. They sure are decorative, but if they bug you, get rid of them.

**phil h** · 31st March 05, 04:16 PM

hamish usually suggests blu tac.
easy to remove if you need to.

**Hamish** · 31st March 05, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by phil h

hamish usually suggests blu tac.
easy to remove if you need to.

Indeed I do, Phil.

Just a tiny blob of the stuff behind the widest part of each tassel - press tassel and sporran front firmly together and, Voila: a silent sporran, but only for as long as you want it to be silent!