Margaret Morrison sporrans

[Troglodyte]

I have one of the old 1950s MoD sporrans with the hinged brass cantles that needs a new bag, and, following up email enquiries to Margaret Morrison in Perth, I took the thing over to see what the options were.

Well, what can I say..?

Sporran heaven is about what it amounts to! Their premises on an out-of-town industrial estate hides a showroom lined floor to ceiling with samples - sporrans, leathers, furs, linings, you name it! What's displayed on their website only hints at the possibilities, and their exhibition pieces belong in a museum. Wonderful stuff..!

After a long discussion about possibilities and options, we settled on a design close to what I had in my mind, and now the deal is going down, so to speak. The finished sporran should be in my hands (and so slung over the kilt) before the end of the month.

I happened to ask about their acquiring Nicoll Bros business a few years ago, and learnt that Margaret Morrison have Nicoll's designs and pattern cutting tools - so that the old designs can still be made, or vintage sporrans repaired with authenticity. Theoretically, they can produce any of the old designs if required, and they seem more than willing to oblige.

Genuinely kind and friendly people, too.