Jim Simmons Old Cali Flower On 1911 Holster

[Josh Ashman]

Jim shared some old California style floral patters a while back and I decided to try one out on a 1911 holster I was making.

It's 8oz HO finished with NF, Fiebings liquid brown antique and topped with M&G cut to 50% with water.

Thanks for looking!

Josh

[plowboy73]

Very nice. Simple but elegant.

[camano ridge]

Josh looks great. I am sure Jim will be pleased with your rendition of the pattern.

[MikeS]

Nice looking holster.

[Red Cent]

Very neat, clean, work. Looks great,

[Josh Ashman]

thanks folks!

[Jim]

WOW! I'm giggling like a school kid with a ice cream cone. That came out far past my expectation of what the design would look like on leather. You do amazing work.

Thank you so much for sharing this. WOW!

Jim

[Steve75]

Nicely done. Where can I find the patterns?

[camano ridge]

Jim posted a PDF of holster tooling patterns on this thread http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=61196

[Josh Ashman]

Thank you very much Jim! And, thank you again for posting the floral designs!

Camano beat me to it Steve

As for the holster pattern, it's just a simple folded type. I'll try to get it scanned and post it.

Josh

[Treed]

Great job, love the tooling

[Josh Ashman]

Thanks Bobby!

Holster pattern.pdf

Here is a scanned copy of the pattern I used for this holster. The tooling design is pretty rough I just lightly traced it all around when I made the pattern. To keep it all nice and neat I only transferred the outside lines to the leather then I cut them with a swivel knife and used a compass to scribe the inside lines. I also used a straight edge to make the flower lines all straight and true through the center. This fits a 5" 1911 but it'd be easy enough to modify to fit anything you like.

Have a good day!

Josh

[Steve75]

Thanks for sharing your pattern Josh.

[Steve75]

Jim posted a PDF of holster tooling patterns on this thread http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=61196

Thanks for posting the hyperlink, Camano.

[Josh Ashman]

You're welcome Steve! it didn't scan real well, but hopefully it's clear enough to get the general idea.

Take care, Josh

[mattsh]

Great job Josh. Looks really nice and simply elegant.

[OKCtitan]

Josh, Thanks for the pattern. keep up the good work. Ken

[Josh Ashman]

Thanks Matt & Ken!