Looking to buy, rent or borrow a sporran on Bali

[AScotInNeed]

Greetings all, I'm not really a social media, chat online kind of person; but have just joined this forum for a specific reason, and to be honest won't be active here for long at all. I hope that's not considered too cheeky.

I'm a Scot and am getting married to my Indonesian partner soon. I have my kilt but my sporran and garter flashes didn't make it over here when I emigrated, and they are long gone now following my UK house sale and clear-out.

I'm looking for a way to buy, rent or borrow a sporran locally (on Bali), and flashes and maybe a genuine kilt pin if possible but I can make garters and find a suitable-ish pin I'm sure, the sporran is the tricky one.

I could buy online from the UK and courier over but to be honest, I can't see myself using it much after the wedding, so the cost of FedEx or whatever would be a bit of an extravagance; but one I might indulge in if I can't source one locally.

I'm also going to talk to a couple of leather shops here and see about having a sporran made, but thought I'd ask online too, perhaps there's a fellow Scot not too far from Denpasar who'd lend me a sporran for the day.

I might just make one myself too... there are guides online.

Thanks

 

[Balifrog]

so the cost of FedEx or whatever would be a bit of an extravagance

Compared to the cost of the wedding ?

 

[AScotInNeed]

Apologies, I may not have made my inquiry entirely clear, and as an amphibian you may be unfamiliar with the female of my species; but the prospective bride, in common with most human females would, I suspect, express considerable disappointment if I proposed having a sporran shipped to Indonesia as a cost-saving alternative to us having a wedding.

The important concept to grasp here is that the cost of buying and shipping a sporran would be in addition to the cost of the wedding, not instead of, so while no doubt it would cost considerably less, it's not a very useful comparison.

 

[jstar]

On Indonesian websites like Shopee and Tokopedia they offer (fake?) kilts so I can imagine they’d have the ‘accessories’ also?

 

[AScotInNeed]

Thanks, I use Shopee and Tokopedia but nothing there, done lots of searches for Scot/Celtic etc suppliers on Bali, didn't expect to find much and didn't.

Bizarrely, searching for 'sporran' on Toko came up with a curious selection of things for fishing, fitness and errr... pink rubber male satisfaction devices... which I'm fairly sure I've not previously expressed a preference for - maybe the word means something like fishy/gymmy/tragically auto-erotic in Bahasa.

Similarly, I'd advise not searching for 'garters' on shopee unless you want your wife to be concerned about your intentions.

I've nearly decided to make a sporran myself. I watched a few videos on leatherwork last night so obviously am an expert now . I should be able to come up with something fairly decent since I have plenty of time to experiment, mess up and start again a couple of times, and another hobby is always welcome.

 

[snpark]

You realise in Jakarta there is a whole expat society for Scottish people ?

 

[pantaiema]

If you can’t buy one locally or borrow one from a Scot person, Scottish society in Indonesia, why not have a local leather crafter make one for you? There are tons of skilled leather crafters around. Just show them a few photos from different angles. They’ll easily replicate the design at a fair price, saving you the hassle, expense, and potential nightmare of clearing international packages through Indonesian customs! Indonesian customs could be unpredictable.