A tip for Some more options for Fancy Sporran Chains

**Kriegbert** · 30th April 21, 09:09 PM

After searching for a fancy sporran chain to go with my PC jacket, I was disappointed to find most modern ones rely on the same dozen or so patterns (and quite a few of those are rather ugly computer graphically designed ones).

I had no success with antiques either, so it popped into my head as I saw some historical portraits of monarchs (eg Napoleon III) their grand collars of orders of chivalry. I googled “livery chain” (whence the collars of orders of chivalry are derived (think Holbein’s portrait of Thomas Moore) and there are many affordable reproductions (if in a base metal) that can be easily converted from a necklace to a sporran chain.

Just fyi
Thanks

One example site (a replica of a tudor era chain of office):

https://steel-mastery.com/tudor-chain-of-office.html

There are even sites that take bespoke commissions if you are willing to provide a design; they regularly make mayoral collars for English towns.

There are also masonic collars used as part of regalia which do not necessarily have masonic symbols in them.

**Tomo** · 1st May 21, 12:29 AM

There are some chains readily available to a similar design.

This was bought for me as a gift - I rarely wear it, although I have bought a new dress sporran which I think would look good with this. I think it cost about £40.

I have also made two sporran chains from chain mail.

I also quite like the vintage long link chains. I have found two companies still making in these - but with the cheapest at £42, i think that's a tad overpriced.

**ShaunMaxwell** · 1st May 21, 04:12 AM

I like the look of the Edwardian chain that Tomo mentioned, which you can get from an XMTS advertiser here: https://www.scottishtradingcompany.c...oducts_id=4705

Cheers,

SM

**Kriegbert** · 15th October 21, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Tomo

There are some chains readily available to a similar design.

This was bought for me as a gift - I rarely wear it, although I have bought a new dress sporran which I think would look good with this. I think it cost about £40.

I have also made two sporran chains from chain mail.

I also quite like the vintage long link chains. I have found two companies still making in these - but with the cheapest at £42, i think that's a tad overpriced.

regarding the decorative chains, I find for example your picture in particular, would look much better if the empty spaces in between the knots were pierced. A lot fo the other modern designs which number about a dozen I think, are too modern (eg there is a lion rampant but it's in a contemporary minimalistic style) that I don’t think will age particularly well.

I ended up buying this bracelet, & replicating the pieces to make enough to make a chain!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/7438504...isting_details

**Troglodyte** · 16th October 21, 05:37 AM

Byzantine chain or Kings' pattern, which can be bought loose, are also options.

**Frozen** · 16th October 21, 07:14 AM

The difficulty I find in looking at any sort of chain online is getting a sense of scale, including the images here.

**Kriegbert** · 16th October 21, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by Frozen

The difficulty I find in looking at any sort of chain online is getting a sense of scale, including the images here.

Pretty much all fine items like jewellery have that problem; I collect jewellery.

A handy trick is to ask the seller to send a photo with a ruler next to it; you can blow up or down the image on your monitor so the image is 1:1 with your ruler placed against the monitor: that will give you a real size image.