Sporran cantles

[Benning Boy]

Not long before Artificer vanished on us I had been in touch with him about doing some work for me. I put it off then poof he was gone. So now I'm thinking of making my own. I can do other involved craft things well so I feel I can do a decent job making sporrans.

I'd like to know how leather cantles are assembled. Are they sort of the same front and back? I'd like to try one.

I'm curious, on hinged MoD cantles there are a couple of knobs sticking out where the thing hinges are. Are sporrans using these cantles made to fit over these knobs? I think I've seen pictures of bags made this way.

I'll be working with leathers and hides of critters native to the American West, rather than more Scottish sorts of things, like kit fox rather than red and so on.