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    quick fix for a Freelander

    Like many others here I am a proud owner of a Freelander Sporran Unlike many others, I abuse mine I tend to overstuff. My Freelander gets a workout. I have on occasion overstuffed it & one or the other leather cords holding on the lid button has come untied I managed to get it tied back and then pulled it tight with a pair of needle nosed pliers. Then I put a drop of super glue on both knots. It has not come apart since. Long live the Freelander
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirk Skene View Post
    Like many others here I am a proud owner of a Freelander Sporran Unlike many others, I abuse mine I tend to overstuff. My Freelander gets a workout. I have on occasion overstuffed it & one or the other leather cords holding on the lid button has come untied I managed to get it tied back and then pulled it tight with a pair of needle nosed pliers. Then I put a drop of super glue on both knots. It has not come apart since. Long live the Freelander
    I don't think that is an isolated incident. Happens to me quite often. I am actually going to replace my orm with a modified Brotherhood of the Kilt kilt pin.

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    I have mine for a few years and mine is holding up well. Mind you, I only have overstuffed it a few times....
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    I'm guilty of overstuffing my Freelander too and snapped one of the cords but I managed to find a shoelace in a matching colour to replace it.

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    I have had no problem with mine at all. It has taken a beating so far and has not shown the slightest wear yet.

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    Hi Alex,
    let me know if it was the upper or lower Cord I'll send you another I don't want you running around with a shoelace.... How did you manage to snap it ?.. That takes some doing
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    It was the short cord at the very top which attaches the pointy antler to the circular sporran lid which broke. It just snapped off suddenly when I was walking along the street. This is the sporran after repair with a shoelace.

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    I have had a bunch of stuff in mine, no problems yet.
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    Just out of curiosity, what do you guys define as "a lot of stuff"? In my Craige sporan, I commonly carry wallet, keys, cell phone, lighter (I don't smoke, but sometimes, it's useful to have fire), fountain pen, data stick, coin pouch, and magnetic hiking compass (a habit I picked up in NYC, when I sometimes needed it, coming out of a subway in an unfamiliar neighborhood). Is that "a lot of stuff"?
    Last edited by Freelander Sporrano; 14th May 07 at 09:01 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. MacDougall View Post
    Just out of curiosity, what do you guys define as "a lot of stuff"? In my Craige sporan, I commonly carry wallet, keys, cell phone, lighter (I don't smoke, but sometimes, it's useful to have fire), fountain pen, data stick, coin pouch, and magnetic hiking compass (a habit I picked up in NYC, when I sometimes needed it, coming out of a subway in an unfamiliar neighborhood). Is that "a lot of stuff"?
    I would say thats alot of stuff as for me my alot of stuff in a freelander is:
    My wallet,
    3 sets of keys,
    my Motoq,
    my ipod,
    money,
    a digital camera,
    a coupon book to Tim Horton's,
    a gift card for future shop,
    and my kilt passport.
    "If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
    - George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3

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