Good ideas Richard. I recently made a sporran belt myself. I have a sporran that has "D" rings riveted to it instead of the normal stiched flap that allow a sporran belt to pass through, so a regular belt wouldn't work. I used the chain to adjust the hight of the sporran and then disconnected the chain so I could measure the length. I had a belt with a damaged buckle so I cut it in half length-wise I measured out the length I needed and riveted brass trigger style latches from the hardware store to the ends. I now have a "fixed length" sporran strap that clips to the "D" rings instead of buckling in the back. I think it's actually more functional to fasten and unfasten the sporran in front of me instead of twisting around to buckle the strap in the traditional manner. I'm thinking I might re-engineer the rest of my sporrans to work the same way.

Jamie