steelhawk

Nice. I like them. Although picture #4 looks the same as picture #1

Thanks for the help. I will be making the holster just as soon as my dummy guns and snaps arrive, hopefully next week. Then I will decide how I want to mail it.

Thanks, I will try a couple of the ideas presented here.

Ok, that's good information. I'll definitely look into it. I just need to know how to protect it. I am assuming a good plastic bag, but is bubble wrap needed? I have seen some other stuff that is like white, thin sponge rubber that things can be wrapped in. I want to protect it properly, but, of course, not spend too much on shipping.

This site has been a great source of information for me and I am sure it will continue to be. My latest question concerns shipping holsters to the customer. I am making a holster for someone out of state and will need to ship it. I have a box and bubble wrap for this one, but am needing a source for less expensive shipping supplies, as well as what is the best way to package it up to send off to the customer.

Thanks. I was hoping there was another answer. I did dye the last two I made first. It looks like that is what I will have to continue doing.

Is anyone going to help me with this?

I searched and couldn't find an answer, but when I hand stitch, the wax from the thread builds up on the leather and I don't know how to remove it so the dye can soak in. I have tried deglazing stuff, but it doesn't do the job, or I didn't use it right. You would think I would already know this, but I don't.

I tried Resolene with a wet sponge last night on my latest holster. It took some of the dye off. I had to re-dye parts of it, but couldn't dye all of it. I didn't like the end result.

I use an eraser remove rubber cement, one of the thick white ones, or an eraser pen with a long refillable eraser in it.

I sold my first holster yesterday and have orders for more. It is a combination IWB/OWB with removeable belt loops. I call it the "Double Duty Special". It is for a Springfield XD40sc. The new owner is very happy with it.

Lobo, that is a great looking holster. Excellent work.

Well, I soaked it in hot water and put it in the oven briefly, monitoring the temp so it didn't get too hot. It is definitely tighter. I also did an old holster at the same time, but haven't found out the results yet for it. I'll definitely be making or buying some kind of oven or drying cabinet in the near future. Today I am going to buy a round knife using the money from my first holster sale.

Thanks. I will re-wet it in hot water and stick it in the car to dry out and see what happens. It looks like I will need some kind of drying cabinet as well. I'll search the forums, but if anyone has plans or a source, I would appreciate a link.

I did wet form, and I thought it was a good one, but it has loosened up. That's why I was wondering if I used too much leather, or maybe didn't do something in the process after wet forming.

I made a magazine holder for a 9mm double stacked mag. It was tight at first, but now has loosened up more than I like. How do I make one that stays tight enough that the magazine doesn't slip out. Maybe I allowed too much extra leather, but I am not sure.

Very nice. What does the other side look like? A lot of pocket holsters have a back panel that covers the gun so that in the pocket, with the panel out, the gun can't print.

Those are great. I recently got a Single Six and am holster poor right now. I need to make myself one, but can't until I finish making a few I have sold for other guns.

I like the case. Where do you get those magnetic closers? I would like to make my wife a case and she likes the magnetic closers over velcro.

That is a great rig. My one and only belt, so far, took me two weeks to stitch up, working an hour or so a day. I was slower then, but it had over 560 holes. I want to do another one, but haven't gotten motivated enough yet.

I think it is great. I don't know what you mean by "burnish" though.

Thanks for the replies. I will need to make another one and vinegaroon it last, as I was going to use this one as a demo holster to try and sell some. It still will be a good holster, but isn't anything spectacular since I wasn't able to do any detailed boning.

I made some vinegaroon that works like I thought it should. Leather is very black. I made a holster and used the vinegaroon on each piece first. Now that it is sewn together and I got ready to wetform it, I had some problems. First, the leather would not absorb water properly. Second, I can't do any kind of forming on the holster. Is this because I used the vinegaroon first? I made a holster with this same leather last year using Fiebings dye and it formed quite nicely, but rubbed off on my pants, so I wanted to use the vinegaroon.

What is the normal width of a belt slot? I have seen some that look too narrow for double thick gun belts. Are they really too narrow? I have seen a punch from Tandy for 1 1/2" slots. Is this too narrow?

Good luck on your holster. I made my first one using Shane's tutorial. It was very informative.