Quality Sporrans for less money

[OC Richard]

The title of this thread is Quality Sporrans for less money.

But here's the flipside, a Low Quality Sporran for less money.

Already the "Kilt Society" stamp on the back of the sporran was a red flag, sounding like a typical Pakistan-based firm name.

But the front of the sporran, the cantle and the bells, guarantee that it's Pakistani.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/17691915239...Bk9SR9TuncG0ZQ

Here's the "Kilt Society" sporran compared to a vintage EW3 sporran by WE Scott or Nicoll Brothers (we would need to see the back to know).

You can see that they did re-cast of the cantle and side bosses (rough though the bosses are) but the central boss is way off.

Notice the distinctive squarish bell shape and squarish knob shape that most Pakistani sporrans have.

Interestingly the Pakistani sporran is a copy of the higher-quality silver-plated UK-made cantle made of five separate pieces screwed together (the tell-tale thing often being the crooked side bosses) rather than the lower-quality chrome-plated UK-made cantle with the bosses cast as a piece with the cantle.