Quality Sporrans for less money

[OC Richard]

Nicoll Bros sporrans are good quality?

Yes they were a very nice Scottish maker, established in the 1840s if I recall.

For many years some of the standard "canon" sporran Evening Dress cantles came in chrome or in silver plate. The silver plate ones were stamped "Made In Scotland" on the side.

Interesting that the Nicoll Bros ones have "Nicholl Bros" stamped on the side instead.

Being in Germany I'm assuming that you're able to import sealskin sporrans? That's an issue here in the US as you know.


About ex-hire, I would think that any ex-hire item from MacGregor and MacDuff would be high quality.

[Dougal]

Being in Germany I'm assuming that you're able to import sealskin sporrans? That's an issue here in the US as you know.

Indeed, it's no problem to importnt sealskin sporrans to Germany, luckily.

I bought the second Nicoll Bros. sporran at Ebay (of which I had posted the link) when the seller went down with the price by ten pounds. It was send to my friend's address while I was in England, so I had to pay a lot less for postage.
The sporran is really wonderful. I'm not an expert, but the sporran just looks an feels like very good quality and looks even better than the photos can show, and it's in excellent condition. I'm so glad I bought this one.

[Highland Logan]

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Frank

Ps. OCR, great thread as always!