Silver plated MOD cantle with white leather formal bag.

[creagdhubh]

Well done, Harold!

[Tobus]

It also appears from the picture that your bag is missing the welt in the front seam. I wonder if this bag was not a standard issue bag, but something made to replace a damaged piece.
I see that the top stitch on the gusset seam appears to be white. Is that from the blanco (so the thread would be a natural colour on the interior of the bag) or is it actually white thread (which I've never seen used on a MoD bag)?

Could be a replacement, I dunno! As you can see below, white stitching was used on the snaps as well as at the tops of the gussets to "pinch" the side seam. White thread was also used to stitch the gusset to the front/back panels. However, at some point they added a black leather stiffener to the rear (outside) of the bag, and stitched it to the back panel using black thread. What's odd is that you can see two holes in the back panel, indicating that perhaps at some point that was the front of the sporran where a badge would have been mounted. But both the front and back panels have the snaps directly stitched to them, with no "horseshoe" panel.

This being the only MoD sporran I've seen in person, I have nothing to compare it to. So my initial impression when I got it was "wow, the workmanship on these things was pretty poor." But now, considering your comments, I suppose it's quite possible that this was an amateur-produced replacement piece.

[artificer]

Could be a replacement, I dunno! As you can see below, white stitching was used on the snaps as well as at the tops of the gussets to "pinch" the side seam. White thread was also used to stitch the gusset to the front/back panels. However, at some point they added a black leather stiffener to the rear (outside) of the bag, and stitched it to the back panel using black thread. What's odd is that you can see two holes in the back panel, indicating that perhaps at some point that was the front of the sporran where a badge would have been mounted. But both the front and back panels have the snaps directly stitched to them, with no "horseshoe" panel.

This being the only MoD sporran I've seen in person, I have nothing to compare it to. So my initial impression when I got it was "wow, the workmanship on these things was pretty poor." But now, considering your comments, I suppose it's quite possible that this was an amateur-produced replacement piece.

Tobus, PM sent to avoid further disruption of Harold's thread.

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[Harold Cannon]

No worries fellas. I just let the conversation roll where it will.