Interesting Sporran For Sale

[artificer]

Thanks Kyle,

Like ForresterModern, I've seen this one several times before (at a much higher price).

As disheveled as it looks, I do believe it is sealskin.
both the hair and the actual hide underneath look right.

Look at the haircell graining on the area showing through the fur in the topmost image.

What I find odd is that it appears the loops for the sporran chains are actually anchored to the inside of the flap and pass through the grommets on the rear of the body,
which would mean that in order to open the sporran you would have to unclip your sporran chain on both sides. ?

This sporran has definitely seen better days, but if the decorative 'cantle' area could be removed and polished up and the fur given some directional 'correction' it would help immensely.

ith:

[creagdhubh]

It looks very similar to a sporran that I own, made of sealskin. It belonged to my father, and is now being used "temporaraly" by my brother. It is a very nice sporran==at least mine is!

Wow, that does look pretty similar, Sandy!

[creagdhubh]

Thanks Kyle,

Like ForresterModern, I've seen this one several times before (at a much higher price).

As disheveled as it looks, I do believe it is sealskin.
both the hair and the actual hide underneath look right.

Look at the haircell graining on the area showing through the fur in the topmost image.

What I find odd is that it appears the loops for the sporran chains are actually anchored to the inside of the flap and pass through the grommets on the rear of the body,
which would mean that in order to open the sporran you would have to unclip your sporran chain on both sides. ?

This sporran has definitely seen better days, but if the decorative 'cantle' area could be removed and polished up and the fur given some directional 'correction' it would help immensely.

ith:

I agree, Scott. A little bit of tender care, and this sporran has the potential to spring back to life! Initially, I thought this sporran could be made fom sealskin, but wasn't exactly certain. Thanks for your input.

Cheers,

[creagdhubh]

I inherited a pale grey seal similar in design to Sandy's but probably made in the early 1960s. I passed it on in the family and the last time I saw it it looked like somebody had been blowing smoke through it for years. I suspect the environment in which it has been kept (a true, old-fashioned billiards room) changed the colour over the years. Pretty nasty, anyway, and it has now been put away in the kist for another generation to find. And wonder about.

Ha-ha! Lovely wee story, Rex!

Cheers,

[tundramanq]

If the flap wasn't bald on the edges and the price was better. I would be willing to risk shampooing it.

[OC Richard]

What I find odd is that it appears the loops for the sporran chains are actually anchored to the inside of the flap and pass through the grommets on the rear of the body,
which would mean that in order to open the sporran you would have to unclip your sporran chain on both sides.

The one I had worked like that. You don't have to unclip it; the clips at the ends of the chain are quite small and easily pass through the grommets. You don't want your sporran strap too tight though! Makes the sporran hard to open.