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Back in August I made my first holster. I've been a little hesitant to post the pictures but I've decided to go for it. I've done about 9 others since and I'll be posting them over the next several days. It's nice to look back at the first holsters and see how I am getting better. Any feedback would be appreciated.

I got this knife a while back http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Tools/Knives-Cutters-Splitters/3595-00.aspx?feature=Product_14 and I love it. I use the curved blade 95% of the time. I strop it every time I pick it up and it will cut through 8-9 oz leather with a single pass. If you search for wood carving knives you'll find this style of knife and several different shaped blades that you can order. That's my 2 cents.

Thanks for the info. Madmax22, looks I was thinking along the same lines as you, i'll give that a try. Pete thanks for the info and I'll have to keep that in mind for if this happens again and is in a more accessible place. With this holster it's under the belt loop and I can't get into it to skive it. I'm waiting for the glue to dry now.

Here’s the story: I was making a pistol holster and I needed to do some trimmingon the belt loop after everything was glued and stitched together. During thetrimming my knife tip got into some leather that I didn’t want to trim and nowI have a nice cut in the leather. Are there any tricks to filling the cut? I wasthinking about opening up the cut and dropping some glue into it but I washoping that there’s a better solution to this problem. The cut is under thebelt loop so it won’t be seen unless you go looking for it but it also willmake it harder to fix if possible. Since it’s on the back it won’t bother me tomuch if it doesn’t take dye do to the fix. The cut is deep enough that I feel that I have to do something to maintain strength. Since it’s screwed up I’ll keep this holster for myself andmake another one for my friend. Any suggestions?