Day wear cantle

[artificer]

You my highly untrained eye, it seems that the attachment of the bag to the cantle of that sporran is a bit odd. Firstly, it looks like there are holes provided in the front face of the cantle to accept a lacing attachment for the bag(which seems traditional, as near as I can tell).

Secondly, are not the hinge parts usually tucked inside the bag at the edges of the sporran?

Just observations that I'd love to hear about from someone who knows better.

Also, why did this sporran sell for such a high price? I must have missed something big.

I'd guess that the bag was much later than the original cantle. Without seeing the inside to be sure, the 'hoops' that hold the bag on (with the aid of the wire) could have been soldered on at a later date.

From earlier sporrans I've seen, the hinge is nearly always inside, but again, if the bag was made later...

I doubt it would have sold at that price unless it was a very rare item.

I now have visions of sporran makers going crazy to reproduce it!

Why did the bag sell for so much??? Because there were several determined buyers. I've seen things readily available in stores go for more than retail AND have additional shipping costs. eBay is weird like that sometimes, it seems to have an ebb and flow. My father is the MASTER at scooping up expensive guitar gear for pennies. He TWICE scored $2500 guitars for less than $900 and they are PERFECT!

That said, brass cantles ARE hard to come by. I've all but given up on vintage and am looking to have some sand casted by a metalsmith pal of mine.