Leather sporran strap etiquette

[Jock Scot]

I thought of this thread due to myself, who had been wearing plain leather belts exclusively for years, recently changing over to long-link chain straps.

This is because I've been having issues with the sporran staying centred whilst marching playing pipes, or running around at Highland Games.

Then I had the issue of the little double D-ring leather adapter not staying put, and pulling right through the leather slot-tab on the back of the sporran.

So I made an extra wide and thick D-ring adapter for one sporran.

For another sporran, which had the leather slot-tab placed too low (it's a common Pakistani sporran problem) I did the previously unthinkable and riveted two D-rings directly onto the back of the sporran.

Good gracious me! Do people actually use those D-ring things with a leather strap? I wear a leather strap with the sporran probably 99.9 percent of the time and the leather strap just slides through the leather “loop” attached to the sporran. On the rare occasion that I wear a sporran chain these days then I do wear the D-ring thingy as the sporran chain clips require them.

I am reminded of a discussion of the D- link thingy with a friend who has been wearing the kilt a tad longer than I have and he has always used a sporran chain for all occasions who had no idea what The D - links were for and he just clips the two clips together and places them quite comfortably in the leather “loop” on the one sporran he owns. Well alright, it works for him!