Which of these two sporrans do you prefer?

**Janner52** · 27th August 25, 02:32 PM

The quality of the workmanship of the red one is much better.
What are the cantles like?

**OC Richard** · 27th August 25, 03:42 PM

Ah, I see they're both WE Scott.

One has the oval gold stamp they used for many years, the other one is a bit more recent when they stopped stamping them.

I've seen some with stickers, which of course tend to fall off.

BTW you need to resize your images to a width of around 900-930 so they fit on the format on some people's screens (like mine).

**User** · 27th August 25, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Ah, I see they're both WE Scott.

One has the oval gold stamp they used for many years, the other one is a bit more recent when they stopped stamping them.

I've seen some with stickers, which of course tend to fall off.

BTW you need to resize your images to a width of around 900-930 so they fit on the format on some people's screens (like mine).

Thank you for the analysis. I'll resize the photos... again. :-)

**User** · 27th August 25, 04:23 PM

Okay, all pictures are fixed. Reminder to self, resize photos to 900 before posting!

**OC Richard** · 28th August 25, 01:56 AM

Both those cantles are nice UK made ones

The top one looks nickel plated. It's the model called EW1. These generally aren't stamped.

The bottom one looks silver plated. It was called EW2 and EW4. This came in at least four versions

-nickel plate, integral cast bosses, generally not stamped.
-silver plate, separate screwed-on bosses, higher-quality casting, generally stamped.
-solid brass, generally stamped.
-Sterling Silver, full silver hallmarks (for Birmingham).

Here they are in an old catalogue

Here's the stamp. Note all were done with the same stamp, having the faint "M" and deep "S". The "Made in Scotland" refers to the sporrans, these cantles were made in Birmingham.

**User** · 27th August 25, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Janner52

The quality of the workmanship of the red one is much better.
What are the cantles like?

The cantles are in the same positions in the photos as the sporrans they came from.

==== Top Cantle ====
The cantle is one piece.
Stamped "Made in Scotland".
The matching sporran is also stamped "Made in, real leather, Scotland".

==== Bottom Cantle ====
The three buttons on the cantle are separate pieces.
There is no origin stamp on the cantle.
The matching sporran also has no origin stamp.