how long are your connecting straps

**bismish** · 1st July 17, 04:35 PM

Thanks for your quick reply Tarheel, I like your method. Another step closer to killing these cats!

**OC Richard** · 2nd July 17, 03:57 AM

They should be a length proportional to the length they will need to be according to the waist size of the person.

Ideally, the chain portion should go from the sporran to the middle of each side of the person, around the point where the front apron ends on each side, to 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock as it were.

The leather portion needs to be long enough to give a bit of adjustment leeway, but not so long that a long portion of unneeded strap length is flopping around back there.

In other words it's not one size fits all.

**bismish** · 2nd July 17, 05:00 AM

Thanks for the advice

**WillowEstate** · 2nd July 17, 09:46 AM

Agree with OCR about the chains (be sure there are no snags on the links) and the Leather piece needs to fill the gap at the back. Actually, my leather piece is nearly twice the gap and has a metal rectangular "ring" to hold the loose end of the strap, so it's adjustable by about 8 inches (I'm relatively thin). I also made a leather sheath to slide over the buckle, so the hasp doesn't snag my cloth car seats.