interesting London Scottish cantle system

[OC Richard]

You can see that there is no space for a hand to get in past the hinge.

Personally, the jury is still out until I actually handle one of these sporrans, because many of the old sporrans I've owned over the years look precisely like that when you open them, tho they do have a fullsize pocket. It's just that the leather of the two sides tends to press together there. On the other hand, I've never owned or examined a vintage sporran where the pocket suddenly ended there like that. (Tho it sure does look like the pocket ends there, doesn't it?)