So, I saw this and was like - what - sure enough THAT Ocean Shores. Ok, will make a plan to come down from the land of vampires and werewolves for a part of this for sure~

That is absolutely amazing. What a treasure!

Absolutely love this thread with the historic catalog images and then the actual sporrans from your collection. Wow. Incredible!

FIDM Museum is absolutely amazing and their exhibits are always worth stopping in for - was in LA in early March and got to see the Academy Award nominees for costuming and costuming design. ...

That is absolutely stunning!

This book by Dr. Simon Elliott is really worth reading. Finished reading it last week and found his approach in presenting the argument, which was the latter 1/3rd of the book, is really well argued...

Been there numerous times, albeit, my focus has almost always been on the north side of the battlefield as my ancestor served there with the 74th PA. A truly amazing place to visit, walk, and my...

That's a really good note. It's an amazing Sporan and that cantle I think deserves a come back edition!

Psst...we really are going to have to compare those trees, as the Maxwells I have are in that tree too.

Some flipping incredible pictures. You may want to share those with the sponsors for use next year in promos. WOW!

Looks both comfortable and dapper, FossilHunter!

Totally agree Tobus that this could be something completely different and not related to the USA at all. Good point about the lozengy/ermine representation as well.

So when I saw it, it seemed like someone took a Union Eagle from the 1870s-1890s period and dropped down the shield

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Absolutely amazing thread and thank you for posting some of the really old examples of sporran cantles.

Would love to purchase it from you Tom! Sending a DM next

Wow, what an incredible artifact. Can't wait to see the paper and learn more about it's make and embellishments. Would have been a pretty amazing coat to wear - so for whom was it made, when was it...

We have a my daughter, my grams, and my results with Ancestry and then my son wanted to do a test and we did that with 23andMe. Agree that there was a bit more defined results with his test. Part...

Having done this and also used Ancestry.com for nearly a decade, I can say it is worth the effort. This is the type of report you will get. Then if there are matches, you can make contact with...

My GF had taken this and it took me a bit of work to get it into my computer system. BUT really was cool to see the way Steve explains the fabrication of his kilts. 33401

Just wanted to post a quick note of Thanks to Steve for the great chat today and for making my GFs week/month for talking with her about Outlander. We have a blast. Apparently, I didn't realize...

Well, I guess google ensured that I found the expert - and had it confirmed. It's a great paper, so the update will be great too I am certain.

Loved seeing this. What a true treasure of Scotland.

So it sent me googling...and I found this additional information - really cool
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