Quote Originally Posted by bismish View Post
I have been sitting here with my cantle and am at a loss re what to do with the very long posts - they are longer than the edge of the cantle, so will poke into the pouch and will inevitably scratch. Do I just hacksaw off the ends?
I see your post and am adding a photo of a sporran from member Benning Boy. The side posts do stick out further than the cantle edge and (in this case) pass through the leather. Other cantles do not have the posts (maybe they are cut off) and the leather is attached with a rivet, or bunched up at the contact point.

Are you talking about the posts on the inside of the cantle? There are methods to deal with those to decrease damage to the leather and hands of the owner. A common solution is nip the posts shorter and make a new bend to attach the sporran body. I hope any of this helps.