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So what are some of the things that you carve on non-western holsters like molded/formed holsters for automatics. Traditional floral designs seem more suited to revolvers. Geometrics, figures, etc??? What are you carving/tooling on custom holsters?

Ideas? :dunno::whistle:

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HEY REGIS DESIGNER HOLSTERS REALLY LOOK GOOD IN THE

SHOWCASE FOR THE SEMI AUTO ALSO FOR THE RELVOER,AND

WESTERN TOOLED LOOKS GREAT AT A S A S S EVENT. A LOT OF CONCEILED HOLSTERS

THAT I HAVE MADE,,,,,,,,,BASIC BLACK OR DARK BROWN.. THATS JUST THE WAY

ITS BEEN FOR ME. CUSTOMERS SAY THAT THEY DONT WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION.

(i'm not going to post any photos) lol...

BUT I HAVE DID MY SHARE OF BASKET WEAVE DESIGNS AND JUST NICE BORDER DESIGNS.

GO FOR EM....

Edited by Luke Hatley

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Regis,

I may try border stamping on a holster and possibly go from there. I think full blown tooling may work better on a lightly formed verses a wet pressed, fully boned holster. I think a finely tooled pattern may become distorted during the wetting/forming process. I've never tried it so I don't know for sure. I've seen some real nice western and sheridan style tooled holsters displayed with Colt 1911's,Sig Sauers and Browning Highpowers.

Randy

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Luke I think your on the right track with real nice border and edge treatments for the auto's, most are worn concealed or semi hidden under jackets etc. except for the basic black duty holsters. I have been real slow to do anymore holsters, must be the weather and feelin poorly lately, but Regis I also am very interested in what others ideas are. Seems to be not alot of room left for carving after stiching, moulding, straps & snaps and such.

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Here are but a few:

Revolver_Holster_1a_-_Large.jpg

STI-Lawman1a.jpg

EagleHolster1b.jpg

BD-Butterfly.jpg

MP1.jpg

SP101Holster.jpg

You might consider putting an exotic skin on the holster. It oftentimes makes for a nice accent/contrast and really dresses the holster up:

StingRay1.jpg

Mini-BDGator.jpg

LaredoShark.jpg

EaglewithShark.jpg

SWMPLthr2.jpg

ElephantTrunkonEagle.jpg

LaredoAnaconda.jpg

Those pictured above are all genuine exotic skins - stingray, alligator, shark, ostrich, elephant trunk and anaconda.

Edited by K-Man

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WOW! Kevin, those are just amazing!

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Very nice it would be hard to pick one out as all are just as nice, Don

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Very nice it would be hard to pick one out as all are just as nice, Don

That's easy. I'll take the the holster that the lawman STI is in WITH the STI. :thumbsup:

Tucker gun leather does some stamping on his modern holsters. You can checkout his designs at http://rlcompanyusa.stores.yahoo.net/ststav.html. Might give you some ideas to go with Kevin's.

Jason

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K-Man, glad to see you back. Those are very nice holsters!

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those are nice. What is the skin on the pocket holster, the first one with the exotic.

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Guess I am wrong! there is plenty of room for artistic expression.LOL Beautiful work and thanks for the ideas. Jordan

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K-man

Tasteful use of exotics on your holsters. How did you keep your eagle in porportion after molding that black pancake holster? Did you stitch your exotic overlays after molding your holsters?

Randy

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those are nice. What is the skin on the pocket holster, the first one with the exotic.

That's stingray on the pocket holster. Comes in a variety of colors/prints nowadays - some pretty bizarre in my opinion. Can be a tough skin to work with for some. It's a very durable skin and holds up well to abuse, etc.

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K-man

Tasteful use of exotics on your holsters. How did you keep your eagle in porportion after molding that black pancake holster? Did you stitch your exotic overlays after molding your holsters?

Randy

I did a lot of hand molding on the eagle holster, along with some press molding. Depending on what you're tooling and where you're placing it with respect to the gun itself, it may take a little bit of "finessing" to make it work. The exotic overlays were stitched on at the time we assembled the holster.

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Awesome work, and cool combinations Kevin!

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