Beautiful Bespoke Horsehair with Day Wear

[Orionson]

One word for your attire, splendid. I am one of Scotts most ardent admirers and as you say, your sporran certainly has the style to cross the casual/formal boarder. I very much like your tweed jacket/waistcoat, could you give us some information on that? Cheers.

Thank you, sir. The jacket is a lovely Harris Tweed which seems t change colour magically as it reacts to the natural and ambient light. Sometimes is appears as green, sometimes grey, sometimes greeny-broon. It is a real mix of fine threads upon close inspection with lots of fine reds too. Warm as toast, thorn and virtually waterproof. It was made for me by Geoffrey (Tailor) Edinburgh in 1996.

Funny story... It hung in the cupboard of our farmhouse in Easter Ross for many years and once after a year or so on the hangar, when I took it out and put it on I noticed that a moose had apparently taken up residence in the breast pocket and decided to eat it's way out from the inside. The result looked like I had been blasted by a shotgun from the inside. It made for a good story through many years of wear when eventually I took it back to Geoffrey for repair. At first they said it was impossible and suggested...wait for it... a clan crest patch. Yuck. Never. After about a year, I took it back again and this time saw a different tailor with a bit more confidence who took on the job, as long as I wasn't too fussy about the possible result. The result is amazing. He somehow managed to weave it back together so finely that unless you know the hole was there, it is invisible. He enjoyed the challenge so much they didn't even charge me.