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Haven't posted anything for a while, so I thought I would put up a pic of my recent Stingray holster project for a Walther PPQ. I had purchased two beautiful hides months ago and was literally nervous to start cutting on them ;) Anywyay here is the final product... oh, and you can't see it in the pic, but I did full shark skin on the back. Thoughts, critiques, etc. are more than welcome!!

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Nice job! HOW did you sew through the shark? dremel?

pete

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Looks good. I despise working with stingray.

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Sweetness! That is one nice looking holster.

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Nice job! HOW did you sew through the shark? dremel?

pete

Thanks fellas! Sewing through the shark was easy... the stingray, not so much ;) I just went for it, no dremel or anything. The little calcium beads definitely deflect the needle every which way. The needle would also crush or break the occassional bead... I was cringing the whole time I sewed it :) But no broken needles! Fortunately, the black thread is hard to see on the black hide... so the stitching didn't have to be "perfect". My Cobra Class 4 did a great job!

All said, stingray is definitely a challenge to work with... but it wasn't as scary as I anticipated. Not really looking forward to doing it again though!

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awsome work sixer..it turned out great...i broke 2 needles the other day on my cobra sewing a 3/4 inch welt..not sure how that happened yet...

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That ray looks great.

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I love the look of stingray but have never worked with it. Would it be easier to keep the stitching straight punching the holes with an awl? I assume a groover wouldn't work at all.

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