I've been thinking about getting a sporran strap to wear in place of my sporran chain for a few reasons- chains seem formal, the leather is black and I'd like to wear brown sometimes, and poeple have spoken of the chains wearing on the kilt.

However, most of the sporran straps look like thin belts. This can go two ways- I could save some money and buy a cheap thin belt. But if I've learned anything on these boards, it that you should never buy an inexpensive general use product to wear with your kilt if you can find something specialized and expensive.

So I have this sporran strap concept and wonder if anybody's ever seen anything like it. I'm thinking of a barell weave (don't know if I've got the termonology right) or cylindrically woven strap, fairly narrow, 4-6 thin strads, made to size with an interesting connector.

Thoughts on where I might get something like this or do I need to learn to weave leather?