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Thanks Terry, well i went ahead and put a light coat of neatsfoot oil on it but have not done anything else.....what the suggestion for the next step?

Hello, Im working on another holster. The guy wants a natural finish. All the work I have done has been dyed. Can you all tell me if im doing this right? I finish the holster....let it dry! put light coat of mink oil...let it dry....put on a finish...(atom wax or tan cote)....right?

Thanks to all that replied....Im going to get that book!!! I should have mentioned the gun I did the holster for is a ruger redhawk 44 mag. with a 7.5 inch barrel. its a hawg of a gun....overkill as far as im conerned, However Im providing a service and thats what he wants. I did a droploop holster. Im working on the belt. This was all brought about by something I read. I bought a pattern at Tandy's a while back. I needed something to look at while I made a belt. Not being a cowboy I simply did not know where to start. It was the the Blak Canyon Rig. On the pattern it read...I wouldnt recomend the Hollywood rig for carrying on a horse or durring strenuous activities. So I thought... why do all these local cowboys want just that for working off a horse. I still a newby...but most of the guys that have entertained a rig being made has mentioned that style of rig....So I thought I would ask all of you what you thought. Thanks for the insight.

Ok so I have zero experience in what im about to ask. I recently....ish started doing holsters. On occasion ive been asked to do a "cowboy style holster". So I research to learn as much as possible. Ive been asked to do just that with a gun belt "low slung hollywood style" it drops down on the carying side. My question is what type of belt is actually better to cary while riding a horse. A low slung hollywood style belt or a regular gun or cartridge belt? Thanks.

Thanks Aaron.....Thats much better then what I would have done. I will try this tomorrow.

Hey everyone, just got started on learning how to lace. I want to make a sheath using a triple loop stitch. I have practiced enough on some scrap and have learned how to dry spice as I go. I bought a lacing book from tandy's. It has shown me everything. My issue is that the book shows how to do a wallet or a checkbook. This requires you to go around the hole project and tie into your start point. On a sheath it just ends. Im just going up one side.......so when your at the end how do you secure the stitch...how does it get tied off? Please help as I dont want to come up with something that looks hideous! Im good like that!!!!

Hello everyone, Still a little new to this. I just cut out a piece of leather for a holster. I folded it over so I could sand the perimiter sides fluch. I noted a small crack caused by the fold. The leather is newly bought from Tandys. The best quality I could find for what I know anyway. I assume it was too dry to manage the fold. Do I put a conditioner on it prior to cutting it? Just wet it?....what do I do to keep this from happening again? Any help would be much appreciated. They dont give the leather away!!!

Pretty new to leather work. I am trying to seak out as much info as possible from more expierienced leather workers. I was told that Fiebings leather dye is better then ecoflow. Is this just a personal preference or does it have merrit and why. I have a Tandy store that I get my supplies from. It seems that there is a much better selection of eco flow dyes. Do you have to manage one diferently then the other...Whats the verdict?