Quality Sporrans for less money

[OC Richard]

Nice plain brown leather Day sporran $25.

The seller doesn't show the back, I asked if there were any stamps or markings on the back.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/16586648439...tion=10%7C3000

[JPS]

Nice plain brown leather Day sporran $25.

The seller doesn't show the back, I asked if there were any stamps or markings on the back.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/16586648439...tion=10%7C3000

I wonder if you've heard anything back. This used to be part of a listing for a kilt. It looks nearly identical to one of my old sporrans, though it's probably more of a medium brown, lighter than mine. For what it's worth, mine has no stamp on the back.
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[TheVintageLibertine]

I wonder if you've heard anything back. This used to be part of a listing for a kilt. It looks nearly identical to one of my old sporrans, though it's probably more of a medium brown, lighter than mine. For what it's worth, mine has no stamp on the back.
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The seller ended up posting a picture of the back, which had no markings at all.

[OC Richard]

Having no stamp unfortunately leaves us in the dark as to whether or not it's Scottish-made.

W E Scott & Son used to use that gold oval Made In Scotland Real Leather stamp, but at some point (I wish I knew when) they stopped stamping their sporrans, just putting on a sticker.

As we've seen each maker tends to have a distinct shape to the leather tab sewn on the back. Also the shape of the strap with the press-button/snap varies.

I wish I had enough photos of enough sporrans to know for certain which shapes went with which makers.

Confusing the matter is how makers such as W E Scott would sell sporrans to various retailers, these stamped with the retailer's name in several instances.

In any case that brown sporran in question has a certain shape of tab and stitiching that I've seen on sporrans sold in more recent times by Kinloch Anderson.

Whether these are made in-house by them, or by W E Scott or somebody else, I don't know. However W E Scott's tabs are generally straight across the top and bottom.

Here's a Kinloch Anderson-stamped sporran with the same tab shape and stitching pattern as the plain brown leather sporran that has sold on Ebay. Note that top and bottom there's a straight row of stitching and a curved row.



Here's that plain brown sporran #19 in the 1936 Anderson's catalogue



and it was often sold with a fur front.

[OC Richard]

Speaking of sellers not putting helpful photos of the backs of the sporrans on Ebay, here's one that I suspect is by W E Scott & Son.

They made these "bovine" versions of seal sporrans for sale to the US market.

I did ask the seller about the back.

In any case it's a bargain at $65, as I strongly suspect it's Scottish-made.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/40393840843...Bk9SR6rjnr-xYQ

[California Highlander]

Having no stamp unfortunately leaves us in the dark as to whether or not it's Scottish-made.

W E Scott & Son used to use that gold oval Made In Scotland Real Leather stamp, but at some point (I wish I knew when) they stopped stamping their sporrans, just putting on a sticker.

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and it was often sold with a fur front.

I LOVE this style and keep hoping one turns up that I can afford.

Thanks OC Richard for posting.

[OC Richard]

I LOVE this style and keep hoping one turns up that I can afford.

Thanks OC Richard for posting.

You're welcome!

There is a brown leather Day sporran with seal front on Ebay now, a nice Forsyth one. It's got quite a few bids already, and I do wonder how high it will go.

[piperalpha]

You're welcome!

There is a brown leather Day sporran with seal front on Ebay now, a nice Forsyth one. It's got quite a few bids already, and I do wonder how high it will go.

I imagine it will go for a fair amount. It’s a handsome sporran. I considered bidding on it but I’m already after a goat hair sporran.