GOS sporran question

[KiltFitz]

I purchased a leather strap too as I am fond of plain brown day sporrans for non-formal wear, although I wear chain straps with my fur sporrans because it matches the metal cantle.

I would recommend leather straps to GOS particularly if you have the problem I often have squeezing past people in busy places. With the strap, you can very easily slide the sporran round to your hip and avoid the sometimes embarassing "is that your sporran or are you just pleased to see me?" moment. This is not so easy with chain straps, particularly wearing them through belt loops as the buckle will often catch.

I got mine from scotweb and there are a couple of ebayers offering them too. There are a few cobblers near me which also make leather bags etc, I checked with them and they said if I had a strap which was too short, it would be easy enough to make an extension in (nearly) matching leather which sounds like a solution that any GOS struggling to find their size could look into.

[Llama]

Thanks! If I may ask, where did you get your sporran strap?

I actually made it out of a piece of leather that I bought on eBay (from Tandy Leather, I think) - It's astoundingly simple and with a few tools you'll be able to make yourself belts for a few dollars at any time.

[thescot]

A couple of thoughts:
1. I prefer a strap to a chain for comfort and ease of adjustment (a la Jock's suggestion)
2. Wear it high, and consider sliding it to the side for especially rugged terrain as it feels better bouncing on the hip than on the, uh, other parts
3. Consider getting another type sporran, a flattter, stiffer sporran. I almost always wear a hunting sporran like this:



or if extremely casual maybe this:



I found that a Rob Roy holds a lot of stuff, but your stuff will expand to fill whatever space is available if you don't watch it. I prefer a shirt or jacket with pockets for extra stuff unless I am hiking, then it's a backpack or messenger bag (think Indiana Jones!). I have a really nice Rob Roy made of buffalo hide with a Robertson badge (paid over 100 bucks 12 years ago), but I don't wear it anymore. It's just too bulky!