Quality Sporrans for less money

[OC Richard]

Around 12-13 years ago if I remember correctly, the MOD Sporran contract in its entirety was awarded to Ammo & Co, Birmingham...Ammo & Co only made the cantles and sub-contracted the making of the leather and hair sporrans to Margaret Morrison.

That makes total sense.

As people into Highland regalia might know, there's a long legacy of sporran cantles, Highland buckles, and such which goes something like this:

1850 Frederick Narborough, Birmingham (FN silver mark) originally a gentlemen's cane maker began making military accessories during the Crimean War, which they continued through WWII.

1962 Dalman & Narborough, Birmingham (D&N silver mark). I'm not sure what all they made, but they made silver mounts for bagpipes, and buckles, sporran cantles, dirk and sgian fitments etc.

Here's a D&N catalogue from the 1990s



2012 D&N acquired by All Arms Marketing and Manufacturing Organisation and makes regimental colours, Guards uniforms, canes, pace sticks, insignia, swords, boots, drums, and combat uniforms.

Since as far as I know D&N only did/does metalwork they would contract the sporrans themselves to a sporran maker.

BTW shouldn't the acronym be AAMMO?