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    Quote Originally Posted by heilanner View Post
    i prefer a strap - i just wish i could get one. i have asked all the local kilt shops and have been unsuccessful. only one of them could source me one and wanted to charge me £40!!! i found a sporran maker at one of the highland games who agreed to make one for me. he measured me and said it would be ready for me in a week. i paid upfront (£10) and collected it the next time i saw him. when i got home and changed into my kilt i went to put the strap on with my sporran and it was 4" too short. the guy said it was the longest he could make and if i wanted something longer i had to have a chain.

    so i now use a normal belt which i bought from Big N Tall (i wanted to make sure it'd be long enough!!) for most occasions and only have a chain for more formal ones.

    i think the 'hangers' look pretty cool, but not one single kilt shop in my area had even heard of them and refused to try to source them for me.
    Forget kilt shops and sporran makers. Go to a harness maker. A sporran strap is no different than making a set of reins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
    Forget kilt shops and sporran makers. Go to a harness maker. A sporran strap is no different than making a set of reins.
    And for some of the "horses" around here that is probably appropriate (I include myself in that horses category---see Social Group "Men of Substance")

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