Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
That's a beauty!

Interesting in that it has the old-fashioned pocket to rear (suggesting it's prior to the 1953 Patent) but a press button/popper/snap which AFAIK comes in a bit later.

I have seen that. If I knew more about when various makers started using that sort of popper I could come up with a better date range.
A Paisley's sporran I have has what appears to be the same press-stud. The patent number gives 1941 for the date, with the intention of the studs being used on military uniforms and equipment - which make sense.

My guess is that sporran-makers fell into the category of military equipment suppliers, probably making other bits of kit too, and so would have had ready access to such studs despite the war-economy restrictions at the time.

Also, there must have been a glut of such things when peace came in '45, so the mid-40s must have been the sea-change. But the good old monk-rivet seems to have survived on certain models by some makers right up until the '80s or '90s from what I have seen.

There is something a 'bit more authentic' about the monk-rivet, which is why I prefer to use them on the sporrans I make.