Dress Sporran

[mrpharr]

mrpharr, been reading this post with great interest. My 2 cents are worth exactly what you pay for them, but here they are. If your grandfather was a member of the Liverpool Scottish and this were his sporran, I would whole heartedly endorse wearing it as a sign of your family, tradition, and heritage. I can think of no finer tribute. If however, your family came to own the sporran through some means other than inheritance or other transition of family ownership, then it does not represent your family and heritage and I would get a sporran that does, either new or from another family member. In that case you would need to decide what to do with this sporran. It might then be nothing other than a valuable historic artifact that you could sell or donate. The choice would be yours.

Not trying to stir the pot here, just providing my perspective. Congratulations on the impending nuptials!

Stir away. I think it makes great debate. I am enjoying the banter.

[macwilkin]

I can only speak for myself here, I want to make this clear. To me, and maybe me alone, it is black and white. The only thought that crosses my mind is how the original owner's family would feel. Yes, the family may be hard to track down...for an individual. But easy for the Regimental Association or the regimental Museum.

Same here, Moosehead. The Regimental Museum certainly would be the best folks to track down family members, since they are "on the ground" and would have direct access to other resources, like genealogical records. However, there is always the possibility that there may not be a direct family line left -- even more reason to pass the sporran on to the Regimental Museum, to preserve the memory of Captain Twentyman.

Regards,

Todd