Dwight

Here is what I did . . . simple . . . quick . . . no real big engineering involved. I sit down . . . each side piece goes under my leg . . . the middle piece comes straight up . . . stick in the piece . . . tighten the wing nut . . . stitch to your little hearts content. May God bless, Dwight

Can you take a micrometer and gently check the diameter of the thread ?? Looks awful big to me . . . but that may be a perception problem as I have nothing to measure it against. May God bless, Dwight

OK . . . did you laser that bird on first? Looks good either way . . . but I'm just a wondering. May God bless, Dwight

I've done a ton of holsters in my 20+ years of leather working. Never had anyone want one for a derringer. This is a double barreled 410 / 45LC . . . over and under . . . double barrel. If you've done one . . . or have a pattern . . . I'd love to see your design . . . because basically . . . I'm stumped May God bless, Dwight

I did this successfully . . . ONCE . . . and that was several years ago . . . and it was for a personal item . . . for me. I took (I believe) . . . saddle tan dye . . . thinned it 50/50 like I always do . . . to make the saddle tan correctly first. I then took the black dye Feibings oil base black . . . thinned it 50/50 with thinner . . . THEN . . . I started adding the black to the saddle tan . . . then do a test piece . . . until I got the shade I wanted. Again . . . only did it once . . . was happy with the results . . . which was a medium grey color. The tan / brown disappeared once I got where I wanted with the grey. BUT . . . I mistakenly left the holster / gunbelt . . . hanging where excessive sunlight could hit it . . . and it bleached most of the black out. I'm still happy with it . . . but I did like the original grey I had better. May God bless, Dwight

Saddle tan . . . my favorite color for any pretty stamping. May God bless, Dwight

From one transplanted (partial) Frenchman to another . . . welcome and glad to have you aboard. I am baasically a belt, holster, knife sheath, and gun case maker. I've done a bit of saddle repair . . . and a few spur straps . . . as well as chaps and chinks . . . but it is only an extracurricular activity for me. Most of my work follows the plain / practical idea . . . but if someone wants something fancied up a bit . . . I'll usually comply with his / her request. May God bless, Dwight

Thank you . . . made my day . . . May God bless, Dwight

I've never had anyone ask me to make a glock holster in anything but basic black . . . Just my experience . . . May God bless, Dwight

Looks good from here . . . May God bless, Dwight

Thanks guys . . . May God bless, Dwight

Just one quick note . . . when you go for example to Tandy's or other leather shops . . . the cheap stuff will be Neatsfoot oil "compound" . . . which is a conglomerate of oils. Buy the pure neatsfoot oil . . . it's a bit more expensive . . . but it's the good stuff . . . May God bless, Dwight

Got a friend who needs a metal stamp made . . . The circle diameter needs to be 5/8 (maybe a tad on the plus side) He wants to stamp walking sticks with it. Anyone out there up for a job like this?? May God bless, Dwight

Good way to go is find something you need to do . . . and do it . . . post pictures . . . ask for comments. Generally speaking most folks here are gentle . . . but honest in their admiration and / or criticism . . . The old saying goes something like . . . "most of our good decisions come from experience . . . and experience comes from bad decisions" My first holster I made . . . no one on here has or will see . . . it was that ugly . . . but looking at others . . . I was able to see what I did wrong. It's at the bottom of my holster box . . . rarely eve sees daylight. Jump in . . . join the fray . . . and "glad to have you" May God bless, Dwight

A few years back I was having trouble with my light tan dyes . . . not being even . . . especially saddle tan. I don't recall the impetus that moved me to try oiling first . . . I did . . . have NEVER had another problem like that since. I use a cheap pig hair brush from Harbor freight . . . put on a very light coat . . . just enough to make it look wet . . . Let it "dry" for 24 hours . . . the dye goes on perfect . . . every time. I don't always oil for black . . . it depends on the leather . . . But if it is anything other than black . . . it ALWAYS gets oiled first. That is for all my holsters . . . belts . . . sheaths . . . and gun cases . . . which is mainly what I do. May God bless, Dwight