The cantle is one often used by Margaret Morrison, WE Scott and others in Scotland. I seem to recall one of Kate Macpherson's african sporrans (a jackal?) with this cantle, too. I'll ask her
where they come from
when I see her next -- or maybe someone else could research that for this thread -- but I suspect an off-shore lower-labour-cost producer than will ever be found in Europe or the US of A.

The cantle is not really as unusual as you think. The little 'pull tabs' are found on many 19C silver-mounted sporrans. They were usually round protrusions, and not quite as nose-like as this one, perhaps, but still there are examples in the centuries of design craftsmanship and before these last few years of computer-generated fashion.

All of these things are personal preferences and time-sensitive, of course.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the 'new' crossed-chain-tassel design. But neither was I much fond of the so-called 'hunter' when it became fashionable. The latter seems now to be fairly reasonable, in my mind (although I wish they could rename it 'urban' since it has nothing to do with 'hunting') I suppose that's my acceptance of another move forward in the tradition of TCHD.

Good.