Let's play Guess-the-Maker...

[Troglodyte]

Now here's something for all you sporran aficianados...



Nice ain't it..?

But here's the thing - the maker failed to leave his mark, and now I'm left to guess at who it might be.

The style, construction, materials, etc, all suggest the latter part of the inter-war years, and the chain-strap tab at the rear very closely resembles those used by W. E. Scott.

Now, our man Wullie Scott set himself up in business in 1937, at a time when there were several other sporran-makers already answering a ready market need, and each with their trademark tab-style.

Could it be that this is one of Scott's early products..?

You'll see the embossing pattern that features on sporrans from the 1920s onwards in one form or another - often trimmed with small studs - but the inverted pine-cone style of tassel is not so common, and usually only seen on early vintage sporrans, and the tassel-cone is a wrap-around leather plait.

So what's your take..? A Scott possibility..?

Or do you have a better idea..?