Quality Sporrans for less money

[SF Jeff]

This one is interesting. Single tassle, belt chain attached to the cantle rather than the back. I've never seen either. Homemade?

Vintage~ Scottish Leather Horse Hair Sporran~ Silver Plated~

[User]

That $15 Buy It Now sporran was a steal! Congratulations to whoever got that. The silver plated one is nice, but even if the fur wasn't torn I don't think it's worth $475, unless there's something special about it that I'm missing.

[OC Richard]

The silver plated one is nice, but even if the fur wasn't torn I don't think it's worth $475, unless there's something special about it that I'm missing.

You're right, it's wildly overpriced.

As we've seen WE Scott 'evening' sporrans in great shape often sell for around $50, often much less.

[OC Richard]

This one is interesting. Single tassle, belt chain attached to the cantle rather than the back. I've never seen either. Homemade?

Vintage~ Scottish Leather Horse Hair Sporran~ Silver Plated~

Yes that one's a head-scratcher. It's neither any standard sort of sporran, nor a crudely cobbled-together thing.

It could have started life that way, as a sporran. Or that could be a purse top that somebody turned into a sporran.

The stitching around the body looks neat and professional.

But why a grommet in the leather, and why a single tassel there?

More questions than answers, that one.

What might answer some questions would be to know the width of the 'cantle'.