Thanks for the nice comments gents. To paraphrase Jamie when he received his brass cantled sporran "It's so worth it"
If Scott had been making these sporrans when I first started my hunt for a functioning brass cantle sporran, this would have been my one and only. As far as I am concerned this sporran would pass muster at any event these days, bar white tie. Some may disagree about it being suitable for black tie because of the leather colour but with a good polish of the cantle I think it could pulled off.

Cheers to Artificer Save your pennies and this will be the only type of sporran you will need