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14th September 12, 04:41 AM
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14th September 12, 06:03 AM
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That's lovely!
Those sorts of things are dodgy for us here, because sealskin items are subject to being confiscated by US Customs.
There is a VERY nice vintage day sporran with seal front on Ebay now... I would love to have it, and the price is right, but I'm afraid of it being seized.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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14th September 12, 06:19 AM
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Mmh...I am not sure if there are any rules in germany too...but I didn't want to buy a new seal skin sporran...
If you buy it will it be deckared by the sender?
"A true gentleman knows how to play the bagpipes but doesn't!"
Member of Clan Macpherson Association
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14th September 12, 07:07 AM
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Lovely sporran it will look outstanding with any kilt.
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14th September 12, 10:38 AM
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that is smart,got one off ebay last year, very nice feel to it.Congrats
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14th September 12, 12:54 PM
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Hej Tom,
it's the same here. At least new seal skin may not be sold. If you have prove of age, it won't be a problem.
On the other hand, there are no regular customs checks in the inner european market.
Very nice piece, enjoy.
BTW: will you be at one of the whisky fairs (Rüsselsheim or Hofheim)?
(http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=75946)
Hejdå jörg
 Originally Posted by Pleater
Weeelll - once I was walking along the row of shops near us and passed a young couple, she was wearing a narrow strip of denim for a skirt and a couple of handkerchieves worth of fabric for a blouse and it was losing the fight to stay closed - I was almost out of earshot when he enquired 'why doesn't your skirt move like that?' Anne the Pleater
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14th September 12, 06:13 PM
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That is beautiful, indeed. I am envious. It would look so nice with my sealskin hat. But I'm not sure my sealskin hat would look nice with a kilt.
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23rd September 12, 06:37 PM
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Great looking vintage sporran. Really like the color of the pelt. Seems to be harder to find lighter seal skins.
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23rd September 12, 06:42 PM
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Congratulations on a lovely buy!
A few years ago I lucked out and got a F*r sporran for my wee one which turned out to be... THE fur, and made it through customs un-confiscated, possibly because it was made pre-ban (1950s).
Now that I'm in business as a maker and exporter I obviously must be more careful about these things.
So my wee one is more grandly sporran-d than his pap (although he still wants an angora and brass sporran- the little monster)
 ith:
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24th September 12, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by artificer
So my wee one is more grandly sporran-d than his pap (although he still wants an angora and brass sporran- the little monster)
ith:
Now, now, no name calling! You are supposed to point out that he obviously inherited his good taste from his pap! 
The Rev. William B. Henry, Jr.
"With Your Shield or On It!"
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