Sporran chain vs. Sporran leather strap

[McFarkus]

I really like the belt system that comes with a Ferguson Britt sporran. Matt Newsome has a picture of it here http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s....html?p=509848

And a picture of how it looks in from here http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s....html?p=509848

[JakobT]

I have to say I vastly prefer a strap to a chain.

I don't know about wear (not having been a kiltie long enough), but I think that would depend on the design of both chain and strap. Most chain straps supplied with sporrans are quite badly finished, with cheap hardware and rough edges, and will easily cause undue wear or even snag on the kilt.

For daily wear, my favourite is a simple continuous leather strap with a buckle. This makes the sporran easy to slide to one side when sitting at my desk, or obeying a "call of nature". With a chain strap, you have to rotate both sporran and chain around your waist, which will probably cause more wear. This will also be the case with a leather strap with carabiners at each end.

Also I find that a chain strap has a tendency to wrinkle the kilt beneath it, something a leather strap doesn't do.

[cavscout]

Great discussion. I'll just chime in a pennies worth on one point. The great benefit of the trigger snaps on the end of the strap is that you don't have to fiddle around with a buckle behind your back to put your sporran on or take it off. Working in an office environment or around the house where I'll put a sporran on/off frequently while coming and going it's nice to be able to throw the strap around my waist and clip and go. No question if it's in the correct hole and no buckling on the side then turning the strap to put the buckle in the back.

It's absolutely preference though.

[davedove]

Great discussion. I'll just chime in a pennies worth on one point. The great benefit of the trigger snaps on the end of the strap is that you don't have to fiddle around with a buckle behind your back to put your sporran on or take it off. Working in an office environment or around the house where I'll put a sporran on/off frequently while coming and going it's nice to be able to throw the strap around my waist and clip and go. No question if it's in the correct hole and no buckling on the side then turning the strap to put the buckle in the back.

It's absolutely preference though.

I can see that and do agree with those assertions. I do wonder though if the snaps wouldn't cause some of the same wear on the kilt as does a chain.

I do like using the plain strap; as has been mentioned, you can easily slide the sporran to the side when needed.

I have found, that some sporrans don't give you any option. I have seen some that have the rings mounted on them, but no slot that you could slide a strap through.