Piper's sporran

[EagleJCS]

As a civilian piper, I don't (and probably will never) wear a horse hair sporran. As Steve (Jack Daw) alluded, that is a military look, so to call a horse hair sporran a 'piper's sporran' is a misnomer.

The pipe band I play with just got some of the 'hybrid' sporrans a couple of years ago - mostly black leather with rivets and a metal cantle. Before that, it was plain black leather with a flap.

When I play privately (i.e. not representing the band) I wear my full mask badger.

So, I guess which type of sporran you choose will depend on the rest of your outfit and how you want to present yourself. Best of luck in your decision.

[Snowbear]

I will probably be playing in the full no.1 outfit.


As a pipeband player I just play with argyle jacket and leather sporran, but for private performances I would like to do something different. Here in Norway people are not used to see kilts, so they have no idea that there is a difference between civilian and regimental pleated kilts (or anything else). Most cases when I have done solo piping some people actually expects a full no.1, since that's how they think a piper should be. And I personally really like the look of the real regimental piper uniform. And if someone starts argue that it's military, I can always give them a hint that I still am an officer.