Quote Originally Posted by ThistleDown View Post
All things are possible, David, but I am assured the cantle on this one is sterling (it's not mine, you understand, but is owned by someone I know). I wonder if the one you are referring to is a knock-off of this one, but with a brass cantle? I will ask tomorrow if anything is known about that.
I may be mistaken, then, although when I went back through the folder on my computer where I keep saved photos of sporrans I run across that I really like, I found this photo that I saved off the House of Labhran website years ago:

Perhaps your friend does have the original and this is a reproduction. I'd love to know the provenance of the real thing!

David