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Bro bringing the big boys to the game. Glad to see you didn't go with a snubby 500. They brake people lol The test got holster looks great. Can't wait to see what bling you're going to bring. I mean that 3 piece buckle set is more bling than I'm used to. Looks like a nice buckle set too

Chuck, I would love to meet you sometime. You are always one of the first to respond and you have a lot of useful knowledge. Thanks for being a great member here. I'm done sucking up lol So here's what I found on what this company is calling a back. It's not the double bend like you had mentioned. My mistake is asking Google, which is only as smart ad a toddler sometimes. When I asked the question, Google stated that the back cut is also known as a double bend. In this diagram the company sent me with a bunch of samples, it shows the back section as B/D or C/E. This is where my confusion in pricing comes in. It's just a trimmed side, no belly, no neck (head.) So I'm trying to understand why I would pay more for less at this point. Sure the belly is a source of wasted material, but there's still usable leather. I get the double bend being more of a premium, since hind quarters are usually the better sections of a side. Which is what i originally thought until... Google lol.

I tried talking him into black stitching, but he wouldn't budge on the color. I like black on natural better than white or cream. The contrast makes all the effort of hand stitching shine. From what I can tell with what little information I was able to find online and pictures, they don't typically make any cartridge or western style belts. Just the normal everyday belt. I'm still kinda perplexed by it. Long story short, they opened up so about 2 years ago. (I considered buying the business when the previous owner was retiring) Every time I try to go in to introduce myself, they're closed. They don't answer the phone and they don't return calls. That seems to be a pattern with some other people I've talked to. It would be nice to meet and work with some local makers though.

Thank you. This was the first time using that kind of bison. It's Utta shrunken bison in mocha flavor. I usually go with the Big Sky bison they sell but they were out of any decent colors at the time. I like the temper and feel of the Big Sky a little better, but the shrunken bison has such character that's it's hard not to like. It's heavier, and a little looser grain. I think it's stronger than the Big Sky and it doesn't stretch much considering the feel. I rarely get requests to use bison, so I usually buy the 2x3 pieces. A whole side would be nice but it's not cost efficient for me at this time of my journey. I'll be making a dog collar out of some of the leftover here shortly though. Billings is a long drive from my part of Montana, but some day I'll get out there and actually see the store. Problem is it'll take all my money for the gas to get there and I won't be able to splurge hahaha. I know that the employees there are some of the best I've dealt with long distance. It's a great company to work with.

You’re one mystery braid ahead of me. Looks like you’re headed the right way keep it up.

Been pretty happy with panhandle leather.

Looks like they donated a piece they couldn't sell.

Welcome! We all start somewhere. It's not bad, but as you say, room for improvement. Try to find a Tandy or something. Hobby lobby scrap bags are as described....

Goliger. Talk to Cheryl. http://www.goligerleather.us/index.htm

Very nice

Thanks. She really liked it when we dropped it off, especially the brand. It was kinda funny, when the show board changed the rule to have the kids give buyer’s gifts she came to our board meeting and told us she didn’t like the rule change. Fast forward a couple years to when we dropped the purse off she said she remembered coming to the meeting and telling us she disagreed with the rule, then she said, with a big smile on her face “but now look at what I got”. I thought it was kinda funny.

You’re right about a strange situation. But your end of it turned out looking pretty dang good. Hope the other place doesn’t mess up your nice work.

So #20 is 135 and I on;y have brown. #15 is 210 and I have a few colors there… I can check specifics tomorrow

...$800 - save it from going to ebay!

Hey all, Cutting to the point, where do you buy your leather online? (Everyone loves a good price, but I’m looking more at quality of product and customer service…) I just got 4 dbl shoulders through Tandy’s website in the hopes that I might get better quality directly from the warehouse than in-store (just got a couple sides that had significant flaws that weren’t obvious by looking at them). Unfortunately, it seems that they sent us the smallest and worst pieces that they had. I would have passed on all 4 in the store. So where do you like to buy, and just as importantly, where do you avoid? Thanks, and may you never burn your bacon, AZR

I like it. Beautiful!

The best part of valentines day is when i became single 11 years ago. That 500 will have lots of canvas for tooling on the next holster. Thanks.

Good evening everyone. I am Mike. I am just getting started in my leather working journey. I am starting off small and simple and plan to work my way up to crafting some leather cosplay armor. I made my first leather purchase yesterday- a bag of scraps from Hobby Lobby and finished my first craft today. A simple mystery braid cuff. It won't win any awards, but I'm satisfied with it. I found some videos on doing a 5 strand mystery braid and want to try that next. On another note- I had to do a captcha while signing up to this site, then another to start posting, then ANOTHER halfway through this post. Is that the norm? Because it was annoying as hell... Hope to be here learning a lot!

oh yea!!!! I knew something good would come of it lol.

yup that's some nice work!! Hope they don't jack it up.

Certainly, regarding getting stuck by the awls. But i can just turn them down and the problem is gone! Im working on resharpening them so i place them down once finished.

Very nice holster, as others said very clean. Hopefully the other shop doesn't completely ruin the look. Todd

My first thought too, all those pointy bits sticking up made me cringe! I can guarantee I would stick myself!!

Very nice. You did a good job of keeping it clean considering all the handling it would have gone through. Given that you have no idea what the other shop is going to do I think I would have gone with dark brown/black stitching? Certainly a strange situation, what sort of "custom" shop does Western-style gunbelts but not holsters?

I told them they needed replaced, they told me to use them. I was going to make new leathers. They told me to use the old ones. If they decide to replace them when they come up. I'll order new leathers and blevins, and drill out the rivets. I don't ride, so I go by what they told me.