DIY Sporran straps

**hospitaller** · 21st July 08, 09:14 PM

I've made my own by simply getting a long leather dog leash at my local PETCO for about $10.95.

It comes with 1 spring loaded snap, so I bought another one for $0.95.

These leashes are about 60" long and are 3/4" wide, they are black, smoothed back and treated edge, they even come with beaded edges!

So I cut them to length (no adjustable buckle), folded the cut end, then drilled 4 x 1/32" holes, then stitched it all through the holes with shoe polyester thread (at my local shoe repair shop around the corner for $3.50 a roll of 100 yards.

So I now have a fantastic leather sporran strap for about $15, and I still have enough thread to make 2000 more.

**Spc. Scott** · 21st July 08, 09:19 PM

That's pretty sharp. Well done and a good reminder to the rest of us to keep our eyes peeled while we are out.

**Mipi** · 21st July 08, 11:15 PM

So, you're universal DIY guy; tanks, starps... and everything made good looking, too.
Open eyes and open mind usually pays off.

**hospitaller** · 22nd July 08, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by Mipi

So, you're universal DIY guy; tanks, starps... and everything made good looking, too.
Open eyes and open mind usually pays off.

hehe, well, it is amazing what being poor can do for your inventiveness.

$32+$7.50 shipping for a sporran strap is excessive in my book, so a $10 dog leash that looks exactly the same (even better looking I would say), and comes standard with beaded edges is a no brainer.

**cavscout** · 22nd July 08, 05:44 PM

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**ardchoille** · 21st July 08, 11:20 PM

Great idea, Hector, I never thought about a leather dog leash.. very inventive. I had a similar idea and am happy with the results.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 22nd July 08, 11:02 AM

Beautiful! I'll have to try it. The adjustable ones always caught in the belt keeper when threading it through.

**george7** · 22nd July 08, 01:33 PM

And if your fur sporran ever re-incarnates, you'll have something to take it on a walk with. It looks great.

**hospitaller** · 23rd July 08, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by georgeblack7

And if your fur sporran ever re-incarnates, you'll have something to take it on a walk with. It looks great.

haha, don't give me ideas....

I'm fairly DIY oriented and I do want a fur sporran but as always, I'm not skipping a car payment to buy one, and now that you mention it, my oldest beagle is about the right size,

**cavscout** · 23rd July 08, 07:20 AM

Nice Job. The stitching is very nice as well.

One thing to consider before going with non-adjustable straps is that if you only wear one style of kilt ie. 16 oz. wool with a traditional high waist you can get by with a non-adjustable strap. But, if you ever wear a PV kilt with a low waist, or even a Acrylic kilt with a high waist, your sporran will hang a bit lower. This is where the strap needs to be adjustable. Between my PV kilt and my Heavy wool kilt I will adjust my sporran strap about 3 inches.

But really you are not comparing Apples to Apples. Don't get me wrong, I would never insult your craftsmanship, however, what you have there is not what could be purchased for $32. Actually, what you did there for @ $15 would fetch probably about $20 from some online vendors.