Sgain Dubh ... 1903 Balmoral Highlanders

[CBH]

Great collection , please keep posting more . I also have a question about dating a sporran , can you give me any idea when this was made ?

[rezarf]

Ive struck a blank on the TD and I had a bloody good look, so now suspect it stands for Traditional Dress. Looks to be a pipeband sporran, tho with the right badge it could be a Queens own Cameron Highlanders sargents sporran, or regimental Seaforth or Cameron highlanders pipers sporran

[robin morley]

Hi Rezaf,

Thats a superb Sgain Dubh and great to see this item by Robb of Ballater. I lived in Ballater full time for 10 years and still own a holiday home there. As I am sure you are aware Ballater is the nearest place of any size to Balmoral and there is a strong Royal connection. Its not uncommon to just bump into the Royals, I recall once queing behind Harry and William in the local Co-op once when they were buying amongst other things a lottery ticket.

Aaand its Whisky...no e. Not this side of the Atlantic anyway!!!!

[rezarf]

The story goes that the King was quite hands on with the commission, had input as to designs and then Robb made 2 samples of each piece of the uniform before the King choose the ones he wanted ........ What a life huh, And my bottle of Glenmorangie is Whisky ... no e..... thats how we do it at the bottom of the pacific

[rezarf]

The story goes that the King was quite hands on with the commission, had input as to designs and then Robb made 2 samples of each piece of the uniform before the King choose the ones he wanted ........ What a life huh, And my bottle of Glenmorangie is Whisky ... no e..... thats how we do it at the bottom of the pacific

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

[robin morley]

Glenmorangie...nice but I do like a little Jura

[Larboard]

Laphroaig ;-)