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    I've toyed with this idea as well, but have not made it to the prototype step as I continue to find issues.

    If you're making it yourself you can just make the strap in one piece to the correct size and dispense with a buckle all together. I did this with my personal black strap and actually prefer it. I add adjuster buckles on straps I provide to others purely to allow for personal preference.

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    I like it TH, think you've got something there.

    You certainly displayed it on the right tartan!

    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    I like the rugged look of it. I think it would hold up well under most wilderness conditions. But your picture shows it riding awfully low. Painfully low, if you know what I mean. Do you have some play in it to raise it up? Of course, I'm basing this on your picture, so I might be way off on its position.
    Let us know how it field tested.

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    Thanks for the input.

    Yes, it will adjust all the way up to contact with the belt. I was going for the "hand width below the belt" standard. When I loaded it up with my keys and cell phone it pulled it down a bit lower than I realized.

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    That's an innovative design, and I'm glad it works for you.

    When I backpack I find that any belt at all is uncomfortable beneath the pack's hip belt. I could probably get away with a flat nylon webbing sporran strap for a more modern approach.

    Granted that when I go a-rambling it's for more than a weekend hike, but I also find a low sporran to be uncomfortable. I've used a bum bag turned frontwards in the past, but on my next long hike I'll be using a pack with large pockets built into the hip belt, so I won't wear any pouch at all. On shorter hikes, and without a pack, I'll turn the sporran to the side so it rests against the side of my leg and doesn't bounce about.

    Andrew.

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    I'm going to run by the leather store tomorrow and get some parts to try and make something of this sort, or some kind of belt straps, for my new Nightstalker sporran. I like it more than the original AK sporran, so I want to wear it with my AK kilt, but don't want to use a normal sporran strap.

    I think I can make them for the same or less than Buzz Kidder charges for them, while using nicer parts. I'll post up once I've put it together and see what everybody thinks.

    3/4" or 1/2" belting
    D-ring trigger snaps
    gunmetal black screw posts or rivets
    perhaps a couple of D-rings... not sure
    black dye
    Last edited by phinz; 28th May 06 at 01:15 PM.

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