I would so love to see this!
But sadly I'm five thousand miles away and in no position to make such a trip.
About sporrans being under-represented in the literature I fully agree.
I haven't seen anything very scholarly, accurate, or complete about sporran history on YouTube, so I'm planning on making a video soon.
Trouble is I don't have examples of some of the styles I'd like to represent, especially the c1700 Lord Duffus sporran.
About complex locking mechanisms, my wife and I visited sporran maker Alexander Robertson in the Inverness area in 1986 and he told us that a certain member of the aristocracy came to him for help in opening the family heirloom sporran which he intended to wear for some upcoming event.
I don't remember the specifics but various knobs had to be pressed or rotated a certain way in order for the sporran top to open. Robertson was able to figure it out teach the gent how to do it.
(Alexander Robertson made mid-18th century style sporrans with hand-made hinged brass tops.)
Last edited by OC Richard; 3rd February 25 at 07:23 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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