anybody make a sporran for this cantle?

[OC Richard]

Yes thanks that's exactly what I was looking for.

I noticed that Mr Britt altered the arrangement of the tassels, taking the two flanking tassels off the face of the sporran and moving them to the sides of it, just like in many of the old 18th century sporrans seen in museums.

That pair of photos suggested something I'd not thought about before: how the three tassels on the face of modern Day Dress sporrans came about.

[svc40bt]

Could you post a picture of the cantle?

[Ryan Ross]

I'm sure that both Lamar and Turpin will be able to do a great job with your cantle. The only thing that comes to my mind is that sporrans with working hinged cantles are Lamar's stock-in-trade, and he has an awful lot of experience making bags to work in tandem with that arangement. That said, I still think that both of these gentlemen would be able to do a great job!

That pair of photos suggested something I'd not thought about before: how the three tassels on the face of modern Day Dress sporrans came about.

...on the subject of how the three tassles originated, I've heard mention of them arising from the two ends of the drawstring and the end of the closure on the covering flap of old belt-pouch style sporrans, but I really don't know that we have a solid historical base to support that assertion.