A Once (or in this case, Twice) in a Lifetime Brass Cantle Project!

[artificer]

Artificer,

I do my own leatherwork and have done my first sporran, a plain day sporran with laced construction. I would like to tackle a dress sporran, and I happen to have a nice red fox pelt with mask, primarily used for fly-tying material. My question is, where can I obtain cantles?
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Thanks,

Bruce

Without derailing the original thread too far, your best bet is to find an ex-MoD (Ministry of Defence) "Culloden" pattern cantle which were made for the Highland Regiments in anticipation of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
They routinely run $200-300 on eBay.
The cantles look like this: (although they're usually pretty tarnished and in need of some TLC when you get them via auction)


Nearly all of the other cantles on my page (barring a few restoration or rebags of old cantles) were made by me, and are only available as complete sporrans. I don't make 'parts' for other people to finish.
Hinged brass cantles are not a terribly common find.

If you are talking about non-functional cantles (decorative, which bolt to the front plate of a 'regular' dress sporran) your best bet is ClanArt in the UK, which does some lovely pewter casting.


Happy Hunting.