Quality Sporrans for less money

**OC Richard** · 26th June 25, 04:19 AM

Plain Nicoll Brothers "day" sporran £10

Seller says it's brown, if so it's a quite dark brown, which one does see.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26730135058...Bk9SR9z4k7_1ZQ

**COScotsman** · 26th June 25, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Plain Nicoll Brothers "day" sporran 10 pounds.

For a fraction of a second I read that it was a 10 lbs sporran. I quickly noted it was GBP. What a relief!

**OC Richard** · 26th June 25, 11:34 AM

Ha!

I don't know how to do the pound sign on my evil American keyboard.

**MacKenzie** · 26th June 25, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Ha!

I don't know how to do the pound sign on my evil American keyboard.

While holding down the ALT key, type 0163 on the number pad.

List of alt codes is in the CP1252 column of this chart.

**OC Richard** · 27th June 25, 04:24 AM

Thanks! I edited my post above with a shiny new pound sign.

Additionally, I can now write Æthelstan and Æthelred correctly

About sporrans, here for $10 is a horsehair sporran, a very nice vintage one, however all the photos show only the back. https://www.ebay.com/itm/39679025920...Bk9SR4Dk3JH2ZQ

You can see the rim of the cantle in some pics.

I guess it'd be worth the gamble, if nothing else to pick up a vintage cantle of some kind.

And I'm not sure it's adult sized.

**ShaunMaxwell** · 27th June 25, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Thanks! I edited my post above with a shiny new pound sign.

Additionally, I can now write Æthelstan and Æthelred correctly

About sporrans, here for $10 is a horsehair sporran, a very nice vintage one, however all the photos show only the back. https://www.ebay.com/itm/39679025920...Bk9SR4Dk3JH2ZQ

You can see the rim of the cantle in some pics.

I guess it'd be worth the gamble, if nothing else to pick up a vintage cantle of some kind.

And I'm not sure it's adult sized.

Given the size of the sporran in relation to the chain, I'm betting it's a child-sized sporran.

I'd also be leery of it since they don't show the front. I'm betting it was stored flat (and disheveled) for a long period of time. Not sure how easy it would be to get that horse hair to hang straight again.

Maybe the seller would send photos of the front to an interested party if they asked... I'd be interested in seeing the front side!

Cheers,

SM

**spr0k3t** · 27th June 25, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by ShaunMaxwell

Given the size of the sporran in relation to the chain, I'm betting it's a child-sized sporran.

I'd also be leery of it since they don't show the front. I'm betting it was stored flat (and disheveled) for a long period of time. Not sure how easy it would be to get that horse hair to hang straight again.

Maybe the seller would send photos of the front to an interested party if they asked... I'd be interested in seeing the front side!

Yeah, I saw the lack of a front pic or hanging and wrote it off. I'm sure that one would take a lot more work than it's worth to save it... and there's no telling if the cantel is worth going for either. No information on age, so I seriously doubt it would be a silver cantel. I personally don't find it worth the 10 spot to gamble.