A New Brass Cantle Design & Closing the Loop on Part of a VERY Long-Term Project

[artificer]

Thanks gang!

Scott, you continue to outdo yourself! I really love the half octagon cantle... You don't run across many of those. Unique an beautiful!

No, you don't see too many. I was rather taken with the image of an antique one and used it as inspiration.

Wonderful work as all ways -- one day , there will be one for me .... one day

I'll be here

Looks fantastic Scott,I can't wait 'till it gets here to put it in action.

I'm off to the post in the next hour or so, you should have it my Monday!

Actually this shape's appearance was something of a last minute surprise for me as well. cable scot had just scored an ex-MoD cantle, and luckily I hadn't started shaping brass yet,
so I suggested that, rather than the round shape we'd originally planned for, we go to something to avoid too much 'sameness' between a round custom cantle and a round ex-MoD
cantle, and this shape fit perfectly in the blanks that I'd cut.

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[SlackerDrummer]

Very, very nice. Man. Really nice.

[TheOfficialBren]

*** with what the rabble have said. Great workmanship.

[Marshall]

Stunning! Makes me very happy I'm in the queue.

[MNlad]

Beautifully done. So clean and elegant.

[artificer]

Thanks again, guys.

I hate to use the word "favorite" (so I won't), but I think this particular shape is now the front-runner for if/when I ever have time to make myself a brass cantle.
Of course, I've been trying to find time to make myself one for over a year now, so I'm not really holding my breath for mine just yet.


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[Nathan]

Your sporrans are truly a cut above. I thought for sure, I'd go with the soft leather hunting type you recently posted, now I'm not so sure. This looks fantastic. One thing I am sure about is that I really want me an Artificer sporran!

[Downunder Kilt]

Your talent for these brass cantles Scott, appears limitless. Another very fine design and construction mate. The description of the bags attachment to the front of the cantle appears to be reminicent of a couple antique ones that have been around the traps, I think at least one in your good hands in fact. Great work a usual.

[artificer]

Thanks again, lads. I do love doing the metalwork, despite all the inherent risks of handling 1300*f metal.

Your sporrans are truly a cut above. I thought for sure, I'd go with the soft leather hunting type you recently posted, now I'm not so sure. This looks fantastic. One thing I am sure about is that I really want me an Artificer sporran!

Just order a 'matched set' (one metal cantle, one all leather), that way you're covered for nearly any eventuality. ;)

Your talent for these brass cantles Scott, appears limitless. Another very fine design and construction mate. The description of the bags attachment to the front of the cantle appears to be reminicent of a couple antique ones that have been around the traps, I think at least one in your good hands in fact. Great work a usual.

Well spotted! It isn't the first one I've done with this style of attachment, but it is the first with a surface rivet providing the structure. I don't like the idea of actually "riveting" the leather to the cantle, as there is no way to remove the bag if need be without drilling out the peened-over rivets. This is a lovely alternative, although the tooling is a bit fiddly.

I hope to post some pics of my new sporran in the next couple of days,this thing is really a cut above the rest.I can't say how great scott was with all the changes and my nincompoopery,really just a great guy to work with.

I know I really didn't get it yet ,till I have the pics.

Andy

LOL, despite Andy's claims, there was no nincompoopery on his part, just a slight change of plan suggested by yours truly. ;)

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