A shoddily made full mask looks worse than an equally shoddily made fur sporran by a long shot. Someone who has no experience with sporrans can immediately spot the badly made full mask. However, the same person would have to much more closely inspect the cheap fur sporran to notice the poor quality.

Quote Originally Posted by DrumMayer View Post
So far as modern Highland dress goes, let's be honest and note that pretty much all the conventions we insist on today as "traditional" are at best a couple of hundred years old, rooted often in Victorian-era notions. And shall we take a hard look at clan tartans as well? New traditions rise all the time.
Often the same applies to a number of traditions of dress-- and behavior for that matter--- and language now that I think on it.