IDEAL v. BUDGET

[Nick the DSM]

I know most of you said save up for the best, but I'm only 17 and buying a $300 kilt that I'll grow out of doesn't seem like the best idea right now. So I'm gonna stick with buying inexpensive but good quality (like USAkilts) till then.

I like the responses, keep em up!

[English Bloke]

Hallmarked Solid Silver Dress Sporran, Decorative Cantle

Complete your Highland Outfit with the ultimate stand-out dress sporran with solid silver cantle, cones, and chain.
This beautiful sporran is truly stunning. With a luxurious black mink front and solid silver detail... The cantle is made from solid silver, assayed in Edinburgh and has been hand-etched. The three sporran cones are also silver, as is the sporran strap which accompanies it.
Each sporran is made-to-order, and is completely handmade, with every detail carefully considered.
The sporrans can also be made to your exact specifications should you prefer a different fur or cantle design ...

This is a beautiful thing to aspire to when ticking off your "Ideal" list as suggested by MacMillan of Rathdown. This is the real deal and in an ideal world we would all be able to afford one.

Price? Reduced from: £2,950.00 NOW £2,479.00 (US$4,056 - Can$4,195 - AU$4,400 - €2,723 - XE.com's your friend)

I'd love to have one of these but short of a lottery win, it's a bit out of my bracket. Thought members might be interested and someone here might be able to afford one. If anyone does get one, please review it.

Please understand I'm not trying to take the Mickey. As MoR said.
"... The operative word is "I D E A L" ... In an ideal world one does not take economic shortcuts, or accept "fake" instead of "real"...".

[JSFMACLJR]

This is a beautiful thing to aspire to when ticking off your "Ideal" list as suggested by MacMillan of Rathdown. This is the real deal and in an ideal world we would all be able to afford one.

Price? Reduced from: £2,950.00 NOW £2,479.00 (US$4,056 - Can$4,195 - AU$4,400 - €2,723 - XE.com's your friend)

I'd love to have one of these but short of a lottery win, it's a bit out of my bracket. Thought members might be interested and someone here might be able to afford one. If anyone does get one, please review it.

Please understand I'm not trying to take the Mickey. As MoR said.
"... The operative word is "I D E A L" ... In an ideal world one does not take economic shortcuts, or accept "fake" instead of "real"...".

That is a great deal of money for a sporran, no doubt about it. I am curious, though, why the cost is so high, when sporrans made by Hamilton and Inches, the renowned Scottish silversmith and jeweller, sells sporrans for considerably less. Their website has two sporrans listed, from 1,100 to 1,700 pounds ( http://www.hamiltonandinches.com/cat...rice=&ftype=43 ).

The House of Labhran also sells H & I sporrans made of sterling silver. They seem to have a better selection than H & I itself.
http://www.houseoflabhran.net/antiquesporrans.html

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

This is a beautiful thing to aspire to when ticking off your "Ideal" list as suggested by MacMillan of Rathdown. This is the real deal and in an ideal world we would all be able to afford one.

Price? Reduced from: £2,950.00 NOW £2,479.00 (US$4,056 - Can$4,195 - AU$4,400 - €2,723 - XE.com's your friend)

I'd love to have one of these but short of a lottery win, it's a bit out of my bracket. Thought members might be interested and someone here might be able to afford one. If anyone does get one, please review it.

Please understand I'm not trying to take the Mickey. As MoR said.
"... The operative word is "I D E A L" ... In an ideal world one does not take economic shortcuts, or accept "fake" instead of "real"...".

What this is is a giant rip off. Silver is under $20US an ounce ($17.38/ounce as this is written) and there isn't much over 6-8 ounces silver in the cantle and bells. That's less than US $150 worth of silver. Add a more than generous US$50 for the machine engraving and subtract that amount (US$200) from the advertised cost of the sporran and you are left with a mink sporran selling for US$3,856-- about 10X it's retail value.

You don't have to be rich to buy this sporran, just stupid.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I know most of you said save up for the best, but I'm only 17 and buying a $300 kilt that I'll grow out of doesn't seem like the best idea right now. So I'm gonna stick with buying inexpensive but good quality (like USAkilts) till then.

I like the responses, keep em up!

You've got exactly the right idea. What you should be buying, right now, is anything silver mounted-- kilt pins, sgians dubh, sporrans, belt buckles. My first silver mounted sgian dubh cost $35, brand new, from a shop (JR Christie), in Santa Monica, California. Today the same item is over 300 GBPounds (about $475) in Scotland.

Save up and buy the very best accessories you can because you will never out grow them.

[Nick the DSM]

You've got exactly the right idea. What you should be buying, right now, is anything silver mounted-- kilt pins, sgians dubh, sporrans, belt buckles. My first silver mounted sgian dubh cost $35, brand new, from a shop (JR Christie), in Santa Monica, California. Today the same item is over 300 GBPounds (about $475) in Scotland.

Save up and buy the very best accessories you can because you will never out grow them.

I'm slowly trying, I'm looking at getting sgian dubh and more importantly a better sporran as well(won't be silver yet). I still gotta go through college, so I gotta save money too.