sporran questions

[Riverkilt]

Weird, tried to post, went to la la land....trying again.

Welcome Kiwi,

I have two Freelanders and love them. Can hardly get my hand into most "regular" sporrans, let alone my stuff. Seems some sort of conspiricy that sporran vendors and resellers seldom seem to list the size of their sporrans or show them pictured next to anything to use as a size reference. Go figure.

I just got my second Nativearth LARGE sporran today, the black one. Got the brown at the Arizona Ren Faire last year. They call it a #6 pouch and it comes with a strap so it can also be used as a regular pouch or possibles bag. But it has a wide patch on the back so it can be hung from a belt OR a sporran strap.

This sucker is 9"x9"x3" and has a divider inside at the back. On the front of the inside divider is another pouch that is perfect for my wallet. Its right there every time. No rummaging around in my "stuff" looking for it.

The leather is quality goods, the craftsmanship is excellent. Price is $140 USD plus shipping ($8.00 from Mariposa, California to Page, Arizona). This is a solid value.

Nativearth's website is www.nativearth.com (note the single e). Its sort of inactive but you can get their phone and email there. Use the aol email, the other doesn't work.

Here's a pic. If it doesn't make it through your firewall(s) its also on page 15 of my gallery. There are also three pics of the HUGE sporran with kilt on the same page.


Ron

[Freelander Sporrano]

Lads thanks for the plug... ....Have a look at my site and drop me an e-mail or pm if you are interested

BTW welcome to Xmarks

[Robin]

Welcome!

And yes...I also highly recommend a Freelander sporran

[herminator]

As the owner of two freelander sporrans I can also only recommend them!

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Welcome!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

To answer your question about Buzz Kidder's Rob Roy sporran, though, yes it is a very roomy sporran. I wear a brown one as my everyday sporran, and it easily holds my wallet, my car/house keys, my work keys, my cell phone, some loose change, a tube of chap stick, various little reminders and notes I have to write to myself, etc. Sometimes I can even squeeze my checkbook in there, but as I have a fairly thick tooled leather checkbook cover, it tends to be a tight fit with everything else.

It's got easily three times as much space as your standard sporrans do. We retail them in at the Scottish Tartans Museum gift shop and usually have a good supply in stock:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/sporran.html

The Country sporrans also have as much room as the Rob Roys but not quite as fancy a look.

Aye,
Matt

[davedove]

I will echo Matt's comments, but applied to the Country Sporran instead. It is my most worn sporran and holds a fair amount of stuff. I also like its simple design and it can be dressed up or down pretty easily (not formal of course).

I do plan on getting a Freelander some day though.

[Southern Breeze]

First of all, welcome! I have one of the Buzz Kidder sporrans, the Inverness and recommend it.