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Thanks for the reply pete. But I want to make a regular billfold wallet. Not a biker wallet or try fold wallet. I did look but nothing usefull. John

Anyone?????? John

I searched and searched in the forum and could not find anything other then a biker wallet. Does anyone have a printable pattern for a basic wallet??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. John

Thank's for the replies. So diluting Fiebing's leather dye with denatured alcohol is the way to go? When you do this is it easier to get an even coat on say a light color? My problem now is I have to keep going over it to even it out and by the time I am done medium brown becomes dark brown. Any other tips? Please add if you can. Thank you. John

I have searched and didn't come out with any information besides air brushing. I have been using Fiebing's leather dye. Medium brown comes out dark dark brown. Should it be thinned out? I even tried light brown and that came out dark after trying to even it out. I am using a dauber to apply it. Any help in the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. John

Thank's Mike for all your help. The more I look at it the more I think I could still use a thumb break on this holster. I could just sew the side with the stiffener in it and the female snap on the holster. Then put the male end of the snap on the strap. Need to find a stiffener plate for it. I have some kydex? Not sure if that is how it is speld but hope you know what I mean. I wonder if I could cut a piece and make the stiffener out of that. I would have to drill two holes but cutting it would be the hard part for me. No tools for that except a razor knife. Rather have a steel one. Where can I buy one? Are they cheap? john

Mike those look sweat!. Like the way you made the snake skin rap around like that. Those look like they just have a hole. Do they have a slit comming off the hole in the flap? That is what I was thinking of doing. Thanks for all your help with this and taking the time to load pictures for me. Got all the information I needed and then some. John

So can someone reccomend a size for the button stud? Would it matter if it were a screw back concho style button stud or not? Please let me know. Thank you. john

You do some nice work!. Looks great. The pictures definetly help. But my shoulder holster is already cut out the only extra is for sewing it to the harness. That was why I was going to go with the strap and button stud. Would never use a snap. Not to say snaps are a bad thing it's about knowing one's own luck mine can be bad at times. The next one will have the thumb break for sure. But have to finish this one first. One problem I am having is lining up the strap to see where I need to punch the oblong hole for the strap. I want to make sure I have the hole for the strap punched out just in the right place. Having a little trouble or I am second guessing myself. So if you were to do a shoulder holster and were going to go with a button stud. Which would be better the larger or smaller base? This is the screwback style I am referring to. Don't get me wrong i really like the idea of the thumb snap. But it is already cut so I would not be able to make it like the one you pictured. John

Thank you for your reply. The t=retention strap is a new thing to me by itself. I am not sure how I would do that. Would be nice your right about that. I just don't know how to do it. John

Hi everyone. I have a question. I am making a shoulder holster and decided to use a button stud for the pistol keeper strap. My question is what size would be best? 3/8 base, 5/16 base,7/16 base? I was thinking the small one. They are screw back so wondering which would work the best. Using a 1 inch strap for keeper. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. john

Why waist the money? I have a slab I bought from a Headstone shop. It is 12x24x3 granite. They had made a mistake on the name and I got it for $20.00 out the door. I talked with him for a few and he said there is always a stone with a mistake. All I did was put the printed side down. That leaves me with a very smooth side to work with. Save your money. Go to a place that sells headstones and monuments. Best $20.00 I ever spent. Then save the other $80.00. Hope this helps someone. john

I see what you mean about the leather loking like it had been drug behind a truck. You did an excelant job at making it in to something really nice!!! Great job. I wonder why they even bother with hides like that. Instead of selling them they should give them away when you spend so much in the store. But anyway great job like the closure and design. Keep it up! john

Holster pattern packs either on ebay or at Tandy is a good place to start. John

That's very nice! I like the way it's layed out. Thank you for sharing. john

Bison and Dragonspit thank you both for your replies. As for all the other pages. I read them all already. Sponge still not full. Besides I really enjoy seeing all the great stuff people make here and in all the other areas. Lots of talant and skill here. You just don't know what you will see next. John

Bison thanks for posting. Looks great!! all of them. Like the way you incorperated the air force symbol on the cover very nice. Keep posting this area needs it. Thanks again. John

Thank you for sharing really! John

Been comming back here several times a week to see if anyone has made a new post. No one has. Does no one have ANYTHING to ask or show or anything????????????????? I know I am not the only one to notice this. I would like to learn some more from all the talant we have here. Show us your new project or explain something or anything. Come one people has to be something you want to see or read about here. Sorry don't mean to rant. John

Blackrosedie. I am no expert at all. But I did make a shoulder strap that I used sheep fur for a pad. I had to shave the fur where the seem was going to be. The regular leather on mine overlaped the fur so covering the shaved area was no big deal. You could use a razor or skiver to cut the fur away. Just be carefull not to shave to much. Now if there is no regular leather covering the seem and all the seem is going to be is the fur being sewed together. I am not sure. I would think you would still have to shave it. But I am not sure on that. hope this helps. Unless you were lacing it together. Then I could see not needing to shave at all. But then again. How would you see the stitch line. John

Thank you for sharing Paul. Look forward to the next instalment of your lessons. Been a great help. John

So any rubber cement will be good if I am going to sew the lining in right? John

Does anyone know which shoulder holster I am talking about? John

I made this topic once already and it was deleted. Why? I was wondering if anyone made this shoulder holster and had a picture of what it looks like? It has bullet loops on it and from the pattern can't tell what it will look like. So does anyone have a picture of a finished one? Thank you. John

Would Barge cement be good to glue the lining in? John