All Activity

Good evening, I made this shoulder holster over 10 years ago, and now I need to make another one. I still have most of the pattern, but I’ve moved 3 times since. I’ve been looking all over the internet for this particular pattern pack, to no avail. I have a general idea on putting this together, but there’s a piece, in shape of a “T” that gets sewed to the backside with 3 D rings, I know 2 of the D rings are for the straps. The 3rd one I am not sure. The belt loop strap is further down towards the bottom of the holster. I am currently suffering from brain fog, Can someone help me with the name of this particular pattern, or maybe someone in here has a picture of the backside of the holster completed? Thank you in advance!

Thanks, I suppose that one could skip the outer stitching, but I had seen a belt in here with the same design, and I wanted to challenge myself a bit :-) I decided from the start that it would probably go wrong if I tried to sew it all in one go. So I just did like Stohlman suggests, with a couple of yards of thread each time, and when you run out of thread - you just start 3 stitches back and that locks it. Maybe if I had made bigger holes, it might have been possible to do it all in one go, but there's going to be a lot of abrasion on the ends of the thread if it is going to be pulled through the leather that many times I think. If you look closely you can see where I have stopped and started again. On the lower picture: The fishtail in the middle on the back of the belt, that one I ended up having both the outer edge and the fishtail being started and stopped the same place. I tried to avoid that for the rest of the belt, since I was afraid that it would look clumsy. But when the two start/stop points are a bit away from each other it blends in better. And I think that if anybody look that close to my belt while I am wearing it - they probably know what to look for anyway, and they would know why I did it Brgds Jonas

Thank you Brgds Jonas Thanks, It did keep me occupied for some hours for sure Brgds Jonas

Thanks, I saw a belt (on this forum off course ) where someone had made the ending like this. I never thought about doing it like that before, but I thought that it looked cool and like an elegant way to do it. Brgds Jonas The good thing is that it gives me something to do out here :-) And it is at least a manageable project to hold while sewing Brgds Jonas

Very nice! That's a lot of stitching. That's the only thing that keeps me from wanting to make a belt. I figure I would have to have at least 20' or more of thread to keep from tangling up while hand stitching.

My first thought also. Lol

Looks GREAT !!!!! Lot of work in that .

Updated password , now have to use e-mail address instead of user name to sign in . I hope this an be resolved !

It was, the revolver I made it for was not the revolver the sample holster was made for. I bought a well worn out holster for a S&W M36 to tear apart. I had to lengthen the body 1 1/4" to fit the H&R. The biggest problem I faced, three tries to get it sized right, was leather compression. I disassembled the old holster and laid it flat for a tracing and it came out too small, twice! Looking closely I could see the outside of the leather was wrinkling up. The inside was not stretching out (originally it compressed) and the outside was compressing. Once I realized what was going on, I added the thickness of the leather to each outside edge and then the holster came together. The next one I am going to try is a Berns Martin front opening belt holster for a N frame S&W. If they like the article and want me to continue writing them. DAve

I also have an old, broken tractor ... that stares at me whenever I walk out into the shed.

You could probably have put it into a syringe-like-thing and pushed it from above. You could also centrifuge it and hope the gunk sank to the bottom quickly. I can't think of any way to do it that isn't an expensive, stinky mess.

Very nice and clean work!

I just redid the scales on a knife like that in purpleheart for a friend ... nice knife, great sheath.

Is that a clutch motor?

I wonder where they got these things from in the olde days when they supposedly used chicken fat?

I made a belt with that stitching a while back myself...I know how much goes onto the stitching by hand lol nice work!!

We have one somewhere in southern Alberta like this, except it has a large cannon ball on the end of the chain. Couldn't find the photo last time I searched for it, so maybe it's gone, got blown away!

My digital servo motor has the same problem...the foot pedal is still hot for about ten seconds after turning off the power. I'm thinking on how to bring it to full off sooner. So far my best approach is: Turn off power Grab hand wheel with two hands so it can't move Press the gas pedal and let the motor pulley spin to scrub off the energy I imagine with a clutch pedal one could take a gentler approach...hold the hand wheel with one hand and press gently on the clutch to scrub off the energy.

Excellent job. I particularly like the way you ended the pattern by extending it to the end of the belt, most just stop it at one of the "crosspoints".

Having never seen one in person, I underestimated the amount of distraction it can be when in motion. needle-guard-small.mp4

That does it. I'll see if the chicken fat that I get is clean enough. If not, I'm dropping the idea of using it. Thank you for investigating that. I was searching on Amazon and all I found was filters for vacuums.

Template is $45 plus $7 shipping in continental US. Contact me directly for sales outside US. LISTING FOR TEMPLATE ONLY. PHOTOS OF HOLSTER AND BELT FOR EXAMPLE PURPOSES ONLY. Nice acrylic template for making holsters out of leather. No more paper patterns. The template includes 1/8" thick acrylic pieces to be used to create the holster pictured. This template includes pieces to make three different style holsters; one with a belt / buckle, one with a strap across the front, and Mexican Loop style. These templates can be used to create simple, plain leather holsters or add as much tooling / carving as you desire. Materials you will need to make a holster using this pattern are: 7oz leather, glue, thread, optional are stamping tools, swivel knife, dye. This holster is designed for cowboy revolvers with 5 1/2" barrels. Easy to follow, printed instructions are included as well. Made using acrylic. An easy way to become a holster maker. Contents of shipped package: 6 pc. acrylic template Instructions

Good afternoon all, First off, thank you all for the years of information on this site. I recently created a login and this is my first post but I've been quietly soaking up the wealth of advice for over a year. I just picked up a Claes 8436-30 for a great price and would appreciate some help getting it tuned up and ready to go. Everything seems to rotate smoothly and corrosion is at a minimum. I haven't tried sewing with it yet but am hopeful that it'll take off without much effort. I found a couple other posts about these machines and found them helpful, but would appreciate a bit more info. Also, my documentation is in German and would appreciate it if anyone could help me track down the user and maintenance manuals. It looks like it was either set up with a motor at one time or darn close to it. Can anyone recommend what size servo motor I should put on it. And how imortant is a speed reducer and needle positioning sensor? @shoepatcher, @Constabulary. Sorry for the tag but you two seemed to have a lot of great input on the other posts I saw. I'm attaching photos of the machine and the hardware it came with. Thanks in advance for your help

You'll be glad you did this repair. It's not nearly as difficult as it seems. I think your machine uses Allen screws, if I remember right. If it's slotted screws, you'll want good, hollow ground screw drivers in the right size. Let us know your it goes. Maybe you'll inspire the next person.

Oh man, they were a lot less expensive when I got them from Amazon. I think I paid $30 ... this one is like $60: (hand vacuum filter) https://www.amazon.com/United-Scientific-Supplies-FLTKIT-Filtering/dp/B01MT3QS0P?crid=1TRHLKR70TT2U&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y75g-i8DTumsSHCkpkGX2aO0ipGxWqsM-gyGr31RAFNUcTTmWlEc4OZQu097F7rAMXQZAu9np7gtyxQs5Xq0q3Me6-A0dsXkWVOJZErhPLcHJ02HQLhmVMQ09Sawt1nFhwqSa4CR-2dt3fwxtswxpiJYWH_Q-x5aE_j-WzXlZVzF9nG9NSJx_haheoVHX5X2uXzqTj4EIWXFNVcsBYgJUITzF8i8BifoALyJGPf4F58.PgOwkYgqdbMpjyOIjfyaspmEAYcUE4cZA_cYQadHotQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=vacuum+filter+paper+funnel&qid=1752093413&sprefix=vacuum+filter+paper+funnel%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-6