leather covered cantle

[Theyoungkiltman]

i was thinking about making a sporran with a leather covered cantle. would this be acceptible and have any of you seen one before? thanks

[MacGumerait]

Leather cantles are very acceptable . They probably aren't seen quite as often as metal cantles on commercial websites , but they are most certainly done and look quite good and they are by no means in the minority .

You can check out Artificer's site on the bottom of this page or Google Artificer sporrans or Ferguson Brit sporrans and you will get some examples .

Here is an example of one of my sporrans with a leather cantle ..... FYI , this is not one of Artificer's or Ferguson Brit's sporrans , just an example of a leather cantle . Also , I use an all leather sporran belt , the chain belt came with the sporran .



Cheers , Mike

[Norbo]

I like this . very shaggy dog reminds me of paint for some reason.LOL

[Orionson]

This leather cantle'd beauty is an Artificer Sporran - he kindly refurbished my 45yr old piper's sporran by replacing the original silver/white metal thistle motif cantle & bells with this all new leather one. He also changed the horsehair of the tassels to a colour I favoured more than the original white. Needless to say, I like the look of a leather cantle. Especially when the leather itself is as deep in colour and texture and as rich and sumptuous as this. It feels like butter to the hand and is as light as a feather.

[creagdhubh]

I never tire of seeing your sporran, John. Such a cracking sporran molach!

[McMurdo]

I see nothing wrong with a leather cantle whatever

[ShaunMaxwell]

Here's my first Artificer sporran, and the first of his hammered leather cantles, I believe:

[Tobus]

I never tire of seeing your sporran, John. Such a cracking sporran molach!

Same here! That is, quite possibly, one of my favourite sporrans ever. And he wears it so well!

On the subject of cantles, I have oft wondered why wooden cantles never caught on. I've toyed with the idea of making one, but alas, I have way too many other projects on my plate to ever get to it. But I would think a cantle made from a nice figured wood (I'm thinking curly maple, quilted maple, etc.) would be just smashing. Any ideas as to why the Scots never used wood for cantles on everyday functional sporrans?

[Orionson]

Shaun, I've always loved this sporran. The pelt and the leather go so well together. I was, and continue to be, seriously impressed by the hammered finish on the cantle. It is simply beautiful. The overall impact of the sporran is perfection itself. AND... the colourway would look amazing with my MacDuff Hunting Modern.

Thank you, Tobus and Creagdhubh for your kind words. I struggle sometimes with posting these pics because they have appeared elsewhere in other threads. "Should I put them up again/surely they have seen them already/but it is appropriate in this new thread context/maybe they are new and never seen them?" Yada, yada, yada...




​

[McMurdo]

Thank you, Tobus and Creagdhubh for your kind words. I struggle sometimes with posting these pics because they have appeared elsewhere in other threads. "Should I put them up again/surely they have seen them already/but it is appropriate in this new thread context/maybe they are new and never seen them?" Yada, yada, yada...
​

I will add that I love seeing your sporran, and heck any other of Scott's creations, I can't wait for mine. So please keep posting them when appropriate.