Originally Posted by
RockyR
HOW much were they charging for those sporrans back then?!?!
As mentioned before the Pound Sterling was worth a lot more vis-a-vis the US Dollar than it is today.
To put things in perspective I bought my first sporran in 1975, new, a plain Day sporran with three leather tassels (called 8GSP on the photo sheet in the original post above), handmade in Scotland by one of the leading sporranmakers of that time.
It cost $15.
At that time a friend worked a Summer job to pay for a set of pipes. He bought a brand new set of pipes mounted in engraved sterling silver and real ivory from Scotland's leading maker. It cost, as I recall, around $700.
I bought some 13oz kilting cloth at that time, from which my Grandmother made my first kilt. As I recall it cost around $20 a yard.
Last edited by OC Richard; 30th December 12 at 06:36 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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