Quote Originally Posted by saxandpipes View Post
Hi DWFII,

do you mind telling us where you found the silver bells for the tassles?

I've found some similar silver chain links, but it really makes the current cones I have stand out as chrome, if I use them side by side.

Lovely sporran!

Cheers!

Michael
They were 18mm sterling silver seamless beads. I had several sources I could get them from. They were about $5.00 each.

My original sources (links) seem to no longer carry this large a bead. But they must still be available somewhere. Do a google search for "18mm sterling silver seamless beads" (or some variation) and call any outfit that has an 800 number.

If you find some, you will have to grind/file roughly one third of the sphere off to make the "bell" (that's why they need to be seamless if possible) and enlarge the hole in the other end (no biggie).

Hope that helps.