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    I have seen a few copper and brass cantle sporrans and think that most of them look great. They are harder to find then the grey/silver color metal cantle sporrans yet they are out there. Artificer has made some and some and on rear occasions vintage brass cantle sporrans have been spotted in places like ebay. On a quick search I have found the following:

    http://www.kilts-n-stuff.com/clearan...e-sporran.html
    https://www.scottishtradingcompany.c...products_id=47
    http://www.freedomkilts.com/product/...-brass-cantle/
    https://www.tartanista.co.uk/tartani...e-v-12317.html
    http://store.stillwaterkilts.com/Bro...Belt_p_61.html

    The prices are all over the place.

    If you want one sporran that will work for most occasions a hunting sporran with a metal cantle is one sporran that can do this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LKM View Post
    I have seen a few copper and brass cantle sporrans and think that most of them look great. They are harder to find then the grey/silver color metal cantle sporrans yet they are out there. Artificer has made some and some and on rear occasions vintage brass cantle sporrans have been spotted in places like ebay. On a quick search I have found the following:

    http://www.kilts-n-stuff.com/clearan...e-sporran.html
    https://www.scottishtradingcompany.c...products_id=47
    http://www.freedomkilts.com/product/...-brass-cantle/
    https://www.tartanista.co.uk/tartani...e-v-12317.html
    http://store.stillwaterkilts.com/Bro...Belt_p_61.html

    The prices are all over the place.

    If you want one sporran that will work for most occasions a hunting sporran with a metal cantle is one sporran that can do this.
    The OP asked about copper or bronze cantled rather than brass. Both are much rarer and neither widely available as far as I know. By way of comparison, here is a brass cantle and a bronze cantle side by side, the latter is mid-18th century.

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    The OP asked about copper or bronze cantled rather than brass. Both are much rarer and neither widely available as far as I know. By way of comparison, here is a brass cantle and a bronze cantle side by side, the latter is mid-18th century.

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    Yes, the idea is to get something that matches my watch, so I would prefer to get a leather cantle rather than a brass one that didn’t match.
    “The convents which the fathers had destroyed...the sons, rebuilt…”
    —Hereward the Wake, ‘Of the Fens’

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    Here is a copper cantled, leather day sporran:

    https://www.thekiltstore.com/1637505...er_cantle.aspx

    Descendant of the Gillises and MacDonalds of North Morar.

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    In fact, it appears that thekiltstore.com carries a few day and evening sporrans with copper cantles.

    https://www.thekiltstore.com/advance...px?Term=copper
    Descendant of the Gillises and MacDonalds of North Morar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FossilHunter View Post
    In fact, it appears that thekiltstore.com carries a few day and evening sporrans with copper cantles.

    https://www.thekiltstore.com/advance...px?Term=copper
    I suppose I should have specified that the bag would ideally be black leather. Black so I can wear it as evenlol by wear, and leather so I can wear it as day wear (although those are attractive sporrans.)
    “The convents which the fathers had destroyed...the sons, rebuilt…”
    —Hereward the Wake, ‘Of the Fens’

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    Here is the watch:Click image for larger version. 

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    “The convents which the fathers had destroyed...the sons, rebuilt…”
    —Hereward the Wake, ‘Of the Fens’

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