Hi all,

Glad to find this forum! Someday I hope to be wearin' the kilt (and I know my wife hopes for that as well). For now I am totally ignorant, and appreciate the experience of you fine folk.

I am a chainmail artist who will be vending at a local Highland Games come September, and I am thinking of making sporran chains to sell. I've searched around and I see that typically sporran chains consist of a leather belt portion (typically with but sometimes without a buckle for adjustment) which is then connected to two lengths of chain which connect to the sporran.

My first question is this: Would it be improper to have the sporran chain made entirely of chain (without the leather portion?) Or would that be a kilt "dinnae"?

My second question is: In the case where leather strapping is used, is there a traditional length of the chain portion from the strapping to the sporran?

Thank you in advance for enlightening me!

Andre