Making my own straps

**turpin** · 8th February 07, 09:49 PM

Alan, Your best bet for straps will either be Latigo leather, which tandy carries in various widths, or english bridle leather, which can get pricey, i think. I bought a pair of 5/8 inch by 72" long reins (8-9 oz weight, approx.) at a rural hardware store. They will make great sporran straps.

**Tartan Hiker** · 9th February 07, 12:29 PM

I'm guessing that what Alan meant was plain veg-tanned tooling leather, not real "raw" hide. Dyed and oiled these should hold up just fine even when wet.

Bill

Oh, and another good way to learn tooling is to order the Tandy Beginning Tooling kit. Excellent instruction book and all the tools needed to get started, all at a good price.

**Alan H** · 9th February 07, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

Alan, Your best bet for straps will either be Latigo leather, which tandy carries in various widths, or english bridle leather, which can get pricey, i think. I bought a pair of 5/8 inch by 72" long reins (8-9 oz weight, approx.) at a rural hardware store. They will make great sporran straps.

They had latigo belt blanks in the store,but I wanted to dye them black. The latigo,with it's rich mahogany-brown color was handsome, but not what I wanted *THIS* time. However, I've a mind to change over the straps on my MacNaughton kilt to brown with brass hardware and the latigo will be perfect for that.