Day wear cantle

[Tiny]

Would a brass cantle be ok for day wear of would I need a leather cantle to make a sporran day wear. I'm looking at making a few sporrans from a good size badger pelt and the plan so far is one full mask sporran and 2 fur sporrans one with a brass cantle and another in chrome, pewter or sterling.

If brass is still going to be formal I will need to hone my leather working skills a bit more to produce and acceptable leather cantle.

[artificer]

It's generally thought in modern Highland dress that brass is for day wear, silver for evenings.

In earlier times the sporran you had (whatever it was) went everywhere with you, as you generally only had one.

[Downunder Kilt]

Tiny, below is the classic brass cantled daywear sporran

[ThistleDown]

Tiny, below is the classic brass cantled daywear sporran

The sporran that Downunder posted above -- just for everyone's information -- sold this week on e-Bay for GBP668, that's about USD 1100.

[azwildcat96]

The sporran that Downunder posted above -- just for everyone's information -- sold this week on e-Bay for GBP668, that's about USD 1100.

I wish I had a case of those in the attic!

[Micric]

Downunder,

Thanks for that picture.
Been messing about making a cantle myself, and made a dropped hinge to give the bag more 'gape' Wasn't sure if this was right or not, but see this one is made that way.

Helps a lot!
Thanks again!

R.

[Downunder Kilt]

Downunder,

Thanks for that picture.
Been messing about making a cantle myself, and made a dropped hinge to give the bag more 'gape' Wasn't sure if this was right or not, but see this one is made that way.

Helps a lot!
Thanks again!

R.

As Rex has said this sporran was on ebay and there were several photos of it which showed how the bag was attached, the locking mechanism, etc.
If you would like a copy of them let me know

[Tiny]

As Rex has said this sporran was on ebay and there were several photos of it which showed how the bag was attached, the locking mechanism, etc.
If you would like a copy of them let me know

Purely for education it would be great to get those pics. I'm still sorting through things in my head before making my first cut in any hide or leather. any fur scraps left will be made into tassles for the dress sporran though I hope to have virtualy no waste from these projects.

[ThistleDown]

Mike, if you don't have all of them let me know and I'll post what you are missing.

There is something more to be said in this thread -- perhaps. In his first response to the OP Artificer said that it is generally thought that brass is for day wear and silver for evenings. Cygnus later quoted McKinnon as saying that there is nothing wrong with silver during the day.

The best way to understand how we think about Highland dress in the Highlands today is to think "flashy".

We DON'T do flashy during the day. How we do the flash in the evening and the night-time ( ) is another subject, but during the daylight hours -- long in the Summer and shorter in the Winter -- we are much more subdued. Not much silver before 18 bells and what there is is limited to the kilt pin and an odd belt buckle. No silver sporran cantles, shoe buckles, buttons and the like.

Now that's not to say you shouldn't tart yourself up in feathers and silver and a' and a', it's just to say we tend, in Scotland, to snicker at some of that, so if you wish to wear as it is worn....

Rex

[Downunder Kilt]

Here you go guys, there are 7 here and I had 8 into total (1st on on page 1 of thread.)
Thanks for the offer Rex, if you have any more please post them.