Macdonald Sporrans

We are very happy to announce that we can now provide a stock Clan Crest engraving for any of the engraveable items across our websites.

A Scottish crest badge, commonly called a clan crest, is a heraldic badge which was worn to show one’s allegiance to an individual or one’s membership to a specific Scottish clan. Crest badges are commonly referred to as “clan crests”, and are normally worn by members of Scottish clans. You can see a sample of the Macdonald crest below:

Obviously, as there is a strong Highland connection with clan crests and kiltwear then it was a natural progression for us to supply this kind of service. We have been working closely with the various suppliers and engravers that we are partnered with and as a result you can now choose from a large selection of designs to further customise your hip flask or tankard.

We have a range of hip flasks and tankards that are perfect for this kind of customisation. Our plain hip flasks are tailor made for engraving choices; whether that be text engraving, logo engraving or obviously clan crest engravings. Our flasks and tankards are provided by some of the UK’s top pewter makers and they use top of the range engraving equipment to complete any engraving requests.

For the very low price of £5.64 you can have any of our available clan crest engraved onto any product and we are more than happy to provide a digital copy to you of how the image looks. Please see our Engraving Information section for further information and also to see an example of the MacDonald clan crest (obvious choice).

So if you would like to show your clan allegiance then what better way than to have your family crest added to any of our metal products. We can now supply over 140 Scottish based crests from Anderson to Young and all the way in between; so if your family has a crest then it’s a good bet we have it!

We’re pleased to present a jumbo sized addition to our range of hip flasks. The 26oz giant pewter hip flask is big enough for you and a few friends to share a drink!

This huge flask measures approximately 20cm high by 10cm wide and is roughly 2.5 cm deep. It is hand made by experienced pewter manufacturers and can be engraved with a personalised message or logo.

All that, and it comes in a silk lined presentation box as standard!

Our brand new store is dedicated to hip flasks.

We’ve got a huge range of hip flasks on there including: Celtic hip flasks, country hip flasks, English hip flasks, golf hip flasks, Irish hip flasks, Leather bound hip flasks, Masonic hip flasks, Mackintosh hip flasks, Scottish hip flasks, Scrimshaw hip flasks, Wedding hip flasks and welsh hip flasks.

Wow…with all those flasks, we’re sure that you can find a great gift for someone, or a special present for yourself.

Hip flasks are a great way of taking your favourite nip out with you – whether it’s a 15 year old whisky off up a Munro in Scotland, or a triple distilled vodka to the outer reaches of Siberia!

And for those of you that want to take extra special care of your new hip flask, we’ve got some great information pages including: cleaning pewter, pewter care and pewter safety.

While reviewing some of our new useful pages: About Pewter, Cleaning Pewter, Pewter Care, Pewter Safety that we created recently for our brand new sites: buyaHipFlask.com and buyaTankard.com I noticed the order they were created in.

It came as a pleasant surprise to me that Pewter Safety was the first page created. Indeed, at the time I remember thinking it was the most important, but it’s nice to see that we care in our subconscious as well!

Our Ebay store is virtually bursting at the seams with almost 700 new items added over the last week! These include our abbey range of tankards which are made using the classic method of hand casting molten pewter into gun metal moulds. This ancient technique creates pieces of supreme weight and feel. Also added are some Guinness themed tankards which feature some lovely old and modern Guinness designs. Head on over and take a look for yourself!

Watch this space for more info.

Hi there, just to let you all know that one of our suppliers of pewterware has suffered a fire which has resulted in loss and damage to a number of their lines. Please be aware that this may result in delays to your orders (mainly tankards, hip-flasks and quaichs). We will try to keep you as up to date as possible, stay tuned for more information!

Hello there, just a quick update on some new products we have recently added to our site and also our eBay store. Firstly, for those of you who haven’t been affected by The Recession™,  we have some exquisite hallmarked silver quaichs in a variety of sizes. These start at a modest £197.80 going up to an eye watering £1,614.60! Don’t fret however because there are also some equally beautiful silver plated quaichs for the rest of us whose pockets aren’t quite so deep!

Secondly, if you’re out and about this summer at a music festival or simply out for a nice walk in the country, what better way to wet your whistle than from one of our wide range of hip-flasks, keep an eye on our ebay store for continuing updates.

This year marks the 250th Anniversary of the birth of The Bard, Robert Burns.

To commemorate this year, we’ve got a line of specially inscribed Robert Burns Tankards, Robert Burns Hip Flasks and Robert Burns Quaichs.

As with most of our extensive range of pewter, many of these items are engravable.

Do you want an extra special gift for someone this Christmas? Why not have a hip flask or tankard customised by making it an engraved hip flask or engraved tankard?

There’s still time to receive it before Christmas, but not much…so best to be quick. With hundreds of designs, you’re sure to find something to suit even the most difficult person this Christmas.

Product showcase: 1 Pint Straight 2 Lined Pewter Tankard.

This best-selling tankard is popular because of it’s classic design and simplistic shape. It is also available in the 1/2 pint version and is made from lead-free pewter.

Finely made in Sheffield, England, the heart of pewter country, it comes boxed and is shipped directly to your door. Like most of our range of pewter gifts, it can be engraved with font or even a logo. All engraving is done by the manufacturer using the latest laser and diamond cutting technologies to ensure that the result is truly outstanding.

One of our recent customers made this comment about his engraved tankard: “This order arrived very promptly, and the recipient advises that the tankard & engraving are excellent.”