Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
I myself have never encountered, in nearly 40 years of kilt-wearing, a Scottish-made chain that wasn't smooth as glass on the underside, by design so as not to damage the kilt.

I've seen a number of Pakistani and Indian chains that had burrs on them.

Ditto the leather portion: Scottish-made ones are smooth on the underside (the vintage ones were stitched) while I've seen Indian and Pakistani straps that had rivets that had sharp edges exposed on the underside.
That's all well and good, but the reality is that it is getting
more and more difficult to suss out the dinkum Scottish made
kit. I would rather like to own a good sporran strap with chains
that I could wear for dress, but until I'm sure that I have one that
isn't going to stuff up my kilts, a plain strap will do me.

I've got an all leather belt from Wyvern that I have started using
all the time. It has clips, but I can put the "works" on the side
towards the sporran. (Yeah, I could have got a solid strap for
my good day-wear sporran and my dress sporran, but I started
with a cheaper day sporran that didn't have the option of a
through strap. (And, FWIW, I find it easier to do the clips in
front of me rather than a buckle behind my back. I'm just lazy.
I guess.)

-Don