Yet another sporran project :)

[OC Richard]

I've always liked the classic sporrans with the ancient concentric-ring motif.

In the old catalogues it was called EW5 and most often had five tassels.

I believe that the cantles were made by Frederick Narborough (later Dalman & Narborough). They're seen in solid brass, solid German silver, silver-plate, and Sterling Silver.

This sporran came up on Ebay and I got it fairly cheaply, considering I've seen the cantle alone sell for more.

It's the older style, with the cantle having a backplate with rings for the chain-strap, and the body having a very cramped near-useless pocket.



I'm all about practicality and I want a big roomy fully-opening sporran body.

Below, upper left, I picked up this sporran with oversize body with attractive coyote fur, ill-served by the cheap-looking cantle and huge fluffy tassels.

Below right, top to bottom, three of the steps of the conversion

1) matching the colour of the scrap leather tassels to the cord

2) the bits gathered. I also painted the filthy stained once-claret gasket to match

3) the tassels wrapped around the cords, glued, and held with zip-ties till dry

Below, bottom left, the finished sporran.