Quality Sporrans for less money

[Troglodyte]

Who's got their eye on this?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276673671166

A fine example of a hunting sporran than came out of Scott's Edinburgh workshops c1960s - in splendid condition.

I reckon it's worth double the current price, and more - if only to get the brass cantle, which has the magical 'Made in Scotland' embossing.

And it's already in the USA...

The seller has a nice little line-up of sporrans available - including a full mask in classic style.

[OC Richard]

Yes that brown & brass WE Scott hunting sporran is far better than the ones they're making nowadays.

Note that it has the scribe-line on the back which appeared in 1953 and was retained for, what, around a decade?

It has the EW1 cantle, as seen in the older catalogues.

In the 1990s, with a chrome EW3 (pierced) cantle, and done up in black, it became the most popular Pipe Band sporran in the world.

I saw contests where every single band was wearing those.

[OC Richard]

Won't post to USA due to seal, which is wise.

For those in other places here are two very nice WE Scott seal Evening sporrans for 45 pounds each.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116359924...Bk9SR4zGxfbTZA

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356145672...Bk9SR5DGxfbTZA

[OC Richard]

A really nice Nicoll Brothers Bankfoot black "semi dress" sporran with seal (?) front 25 pounds.

For those not in the USA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20505688321...Bk9SR_yn25fXZA

[OC Richard]

I had to look up the coat of arms, it's Fettes College.

The sporran is by WE Scott.

I did comment on a recent Fettes College Pipes and Drums video on YouTube letting them know they could get one of their sporrans back for 10 pounds. One of their pipers was missing theirs!

That's the thing about pipe bands: you issue kit but sometimes don't get it back when members leave the band.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/15648160364...Bk9SR4TA9czbZA

[OC Richard]

Semi-dress probably by Nicoll Brothers $30.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/12675588111...Bk9SR960_ZneZA

[OC Richard]

Pound Shop! Two sporrans 99p.

Sadly there's no photos of the backs, and the seller is one of those irritating ones that says "as soon as the photos are taken our items are packaged for shipping so no additional information is possible" etc.

The backs would tell us who made it, where, and when, usually even if there's no stamps.

They do look UK-made. One sporran appears to have sealskin tassels.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/17666339974...Bk9SR5ih85XgZA

A bit pricey for our brief at $50 but a sporran in the USA by Manacraft

https://www.ebay.com/itm/17666563541...Bk9SR5ih85XgZA