Tassel silver plate replacement

[MacGumerait]

John ,

You might try contacting Lamont Sporrans for replacement tassel cones .

http://www.sporrans.net/sporrans_tassels.htm

Cheers , Mike

[Stan]

I have an older sporran with silver-plated bells that cover the top part of the tassel. They have corroded over the years so I'm hoping to replace them. Any leads or information would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, John.

I'm in the leather crafting biz, and have been making sporrans for about 5 years. I have YET to source the parts that your looking for. I've found every one of the products that you've been recommended so far, and they are all to small. There has to be some where to buy the same ones that the mfg's are using, but I haven't been able to find them .....either.

[Sam Henderson]

Depending on how deep the corrosion extends into the base metal; you could lightly use some fine grit sandpaper (1000grit or higher) to remove the rest of the plating, then take them to a jewellers to be polished and re-plated in either silver or rhodium. This shouldn't be too expensive, and at least worth looking into before you go and buy brand new tassel caps.

[Toxpert]

Ditto response to the last posting. Rather than a jeweler, look for silver plating services.
I have sent numerous candles and bells/balls to my local silver plate shop. They typically do things like tea sets, serving trays, etc.

The items I sent for replating came back great. For a cantle, chains and 3 tassel tops, I typically spent around $100. The process includes stripping, prep, plating and polish. All details of Engraving came back sharp.

It’s a bit pricey...but then it saved me hours of fruitless searching and begging sporran makers to sell bits and bobs...which they don’t want to sell.

[RichardtheLarge]

I'm in the leather crafting biz, and have been making sporrans for about 5 years. I have YET to source the parts that your looking for. I've found every one of the products that you've been recommended so far, and they are all to small. There has to be some where to buy the same ones that the mfg's are using, but I haven't been able to find them .....either.

I’ve had good luck ordering sporran hardware directly from L and M.