Stillwater Economy Kilt vs Sporran Chain
The first and only time I wore my Stillwater Economy into town was a disaster. My lovely wife has repaired the poor kilt, and it is wearable again.
On the same day my puppy was vomiting to and from the vet, it happened. Everything seemed fine, but when I stopped at the pet-store for more kibble…
I looked down to put my wallet back into my sporran, a Buzz Kidder Country Sporran which I purchased from USA Kilts when I bought my Casual Kilt from them. I was wearing it with the chain that was included, having disliked the sporran hangers I ordered at the same time. My kilt’s outer apron was half balled up with threads sticking everywhere!
I did not have a camera at the time, nor would I have stopped to take a picture of the horror I saw inflicted upon the poor kilt. I thought it was already far too late. The apron balled up because over a dozen threads of tartan had been snagged and pulled by a little jump ring on the sporran chain. This ring connected the chain to a clip. I have heard of sporran chains slowly wearing a kilt before, but this was quite different.
I opened the jump ring and after ten minutes I had the kilt back to looking like a kilt. Still, three threads could not be massaged back into the weave, they broke somewhere inside the fabric. My wife, crafty as she is, managed to pull the loose strings to the inside of the apron, then tie and cut them off. Now it looks OK from the outside.
That little jump ring…. I still can not believe that anyone would have thought this was a good idea, and a kiltmaker should have known better. Placing a ring with a sharp tooth designed to snag things next to a piece of twill tartan, with some weight pressing it down as it moves back and forth?! At least this didn’t ruin an expensive kilt or an heirloom, though I suppose for someone else it easily could have.
I will order a sporran strap soon. Unfortunately I can’t wear my sporran (with that damned chain) at the moment, which means I can only wear my utilikilts into town until a strap arrives.
Long have men been subject to the poor and limited choices offered by the Trouser Tyrants. Pants are dead! Long Live the Kilt!
November 27th, 2007 at 5:29 am
You have learned a valuable lesson, and at least the damage has been repaired, and was on a relatively in-expensive . For an economical sporran strap you could go to a Wal-Mart, Target or other such store and pick up a ladies belt as some of these are thin enough to use as a sporran strap.
I always go down to my local Tandy Leather store to get straps to use for the sporran, the good thing about this is that if my sporran is a bit of an unusual colour I can match it with the dyes that Tandy carries.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
One thing I miss about living in a city is Tandy Leather and the like. The best we have here is a very poorly stocked Wal-Mart. I did get a strap though, from R-kilts, which I will be reviewing soon.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
[…] I also have a new sporran strap from R-kilts. It is fairly nice, but with the current exchange rate I feel it was not a good value. Still, I can once again wear my sporran after the horrible kilt-ruining accident. […]
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