Quote Originally Posted by flyrod6057 View Post
Yes, I was speaking of kilt straps versus a sporran strap, but now that I think about it....why not a tooled sporran strap?
I've been wanting to do the same thing (well, actually, have my wife do it, since she's the master leather tooler). But every time I mention it to her, she rolls her eyes and says that a sporran strap is just too narrow to do any decent tooling on. It's OK for some basic border stamping (like a row of shell stamps) along the edges, but actual tooling would be difficult. If it's about 3/4" wide to begin with, and you have to leave a border on it, you're only left with a very narrow strip to work on. And on a narrow piece like that, you'll get distortion from the stamping.

This isn't to say it can't be done. But she just doesn't think it's worth messing with. So I continue to walk around with an unadorned sporran strap, lol.