Quality Sporrans for less money

[OC Richard]

Troglodyte gave you the proper way to do it.

I, on the other hand, take the lazy way and use Chicago screws.

I bought one of those tools which cuts a neat scribe line along the edge, it really upgrades the look.

And I recently got a tool that simulates a stitched border, you just roll it down in the scribe line. (Cheater!)

In any case the top belt is one I quickly made with leather strap and Chicago screws. I did scribe lines but I didn't have the faux-stitched-border tool at that time.

I have a few sporran straps I've done the same way.

[OC Richard]

Very interesting sporran, it has Forsyth-looking tassels yet the back suggests WE Scott.

In any case $25 for a gorgeous vintage sporran. Too bad there's a Seaforths badge stuck on the flap.

Seal front so no bueno for Estados Unidos.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/18680585168...Bk9SR6K0tuztZA

[Hauge]

Very interesting sporran, it has Forsyth-looking tassels yet the back suggests WE Scott.

In any case $25 for a gorgeous vintage sporran. Too bad there's a Seaforths badge stuck on the flap.

Seal front so no bueno for Estados Unidos.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/18680585168...Bk9SR6K0tuztZA

Same seller has this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/18680510066...8AAOSwl49nQx2k

So now we know where the Seaford badge come from...

[Troglodyte]

Troglodyte gave you the proper way to do it.

I, on the other hand, take the lazy way and use Chicago screws.

I bought one of those tools which cuts a neat scribe line along the edge, it really upgrades the look.

And I recently got a tool that simulates a stitched border, you just roll it down in the scribe line. (Cheater!)

In any case the top belt is one I quickly made with leather strap and Chicago screws. I did scribe lines but I didn't have the faux-stitched-border tool at that time.

I have a few sporran straps I've done the same way.

Ah, yes. Good fellow to know, is our Trog.

One of the the belt-fastening methods he has tried, is to replace the little internal buckle with monk-rivets - sometimes known as Sam Browne studs as they feature on those belts.

The already-pierced holes in the adjustment strap need to have a small slit cut at the side, so that they push over the stud easily, but that's a simple thing.

This kind of fastening, Trog finds, removes some of the bulk made by the inner buckle, and is less likely to catch on the kilt's strap buckles.

A set of dividers works equally well for marking the edge line. The blunt side of a table-knife blade can be used for 'tooling' the marked line, if you have no proper leather-working kit. A flat-head screwdriver also works.