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Call Bob at Toledo Industrial Sewing. He'll git ya what ya need, help you nail down what is going to best fit what you're wanting to do. And he's much closer to you, so shipping is going to be reduced as well. 866-362-7397 https://www.tolindsewmach.com/

Thass sum purdy good learnin's fer ya rot cheer Not exactly the way I do it, but close. NOTE that you don't need a "closure" for your bag... if you fold it over and set a light weight on it it will work - in fact i sometimes just fold it over and hold for a second, since once it creates a vaccuum theres no need to hold it any more. I also do not use a cutting board - or anything - along with the process. My holsters are already measured, cut, sewn together before they go in the bag, and they are NOT flat... they are actually CURVED BEYOND FLAT, so a board would be in the way of the form. STILL -- this is pretty good, CLEAR INSTRUCTION.

Looks like a SOLID holster

I think you got the link wrong. Says cutesy, but links to fakebook.

LOVE the color, Tim!

commonly referred to as a "ranger" style belt. If you do JUST the buckle end, basiclaly what RockAussie is describing. A "ranger" belt set up would allow you to gain several inches on that SAME belt.

Cuts holster front and back for Glock 43 and/or Sw Shield 9/40 (right handed). Curved panel holster, includes front, back and one stitch pattern (includes reinforcement panel pattern)/ $150 includes shipping in the U.S.

Stop down (Iowa) and get mine Cobra 4 premium plus I upgraded to "drop down" edge guide. A few years old, but I still have the original packaging and the flat top add-on table has never been out of the bubble wrap. Try it before you buy it. I do NOT use mine for single layer of thin leather, though I suppose you COULD. I've done it, but no more than I stitch on thin stuff it's just faster for me to sew a piece here and here by hand when it's thin. Retails at $3500 plus shipping - this one you can test and buy -- for $3000 I'll throw in the matching burnisher! https://leathermachineco.com/product/cobra-mp-burnisher/ Package retails today at about $4100. Bring LOTS of cash -- I have a good bit of veg tanned leather you could pick up VERY reasonable More pics available, but you're so close you should just come look.

Holster maker looking for a "deal"? Buy BOTH these packages for $250 (limited time offer).

Also have revolver set ... Duncan's aluminum guns. $150 for all three (includes shipping). Taurus Judge 6.5" S/W 686 6" S/W 629 6"

Found these are still here Kinda surprised since these are popular models. Bumping up for a minute ... still available.

I almost agree ... but I've found quite a few more than 2 sizes There's the size the store sells you, because they KNOW people WILL come back to buy THEIR belts if they say "I'm skinny" even when you're not. People WILL bring their 35" waist in to buy a belt that says 32, and when that cheap junk wears out in a few months they'll be back to get another one. Problem for us comes in when that person gets tired of 4-6 month belts, comes for a REAL one, and wants the size marked on the ones he gets at Walmart. There's the size where a guy honestly wants a belt that fits, doesn't matter what the "size" is to him/her. So they give you their "real" clothing size. TWO problems here. First, that clothing size is often marked just like that Walmart belt.. not even close. I have jeans that say 34 that would FALL OFF without a belt, AND I have '34' jeans that are quite fitting. I usually wear "32" jeans, and they fit about the same as some "34" jeans. SECONDLY, EVEN IF you really measured 32, your BELT WOULD NEED TO BE MORE than that, because 1) the thickness of the leather, and 2) the thickness of the clothing it goes OVER. The thicker the leather, the longer belt needed. And of course, you have people who flat out lie (though it makes no sense to me) and people who tell you they measured wehn they did not. FOR A LONG TIME, I had a plan. If you're ordering a plain belt, I'll send you the size you asked for. Doesn' happen too often, since Amazon has belts in every color and style, faster and cheaper most of the time. If my belt doesn't fit, then yo RETURN IT in the SAME CONDITION and I'll swap it for one that fits now that you KNOW. BUT if you're ordering something I'm spending HOURS on, I'd send then a strap of leather THE SAME THICKNESS as the belt they'll be getting. Marked off every 1/4" like a tape measure. Tell them to run it through the jeans and tell me the number it lands on. Give the leather to the dog for a chewy, whatever. Then I found I had a good bit of time in that, and the shipping. So I started charging $10 for this strap (the shipping is $8). DONT buy a tooled belt, you're out $10 and I'm out the time and a strap of low-end leather (same hide as the good belt, but lower on the hide). DO buy a belt, and I'll take the $10 OFF the cost of the new belt order, so againg I"M paying for the "sizing strap". USUALLY worked, but still had people who got the strap, gave me a size, ordered teh wrong belt, then later admitted that they DIDN'T MEASURE because the new belt was a surprise gift and they didn't want to spoil the surprise. SO my conclusion is.... I DONT KNOW HOW to get people to give you the right size, even STILL. With local folks, we'd tell em just come in and we'll measure you. If you dont want me touching on you - because you're a girl, or a nutbag, or whatever -- let us know when you're coming and I'll have a girl here to do it for you... whatever. This WORKS, but only IF/WHEN you can get people to do it. BACK TO THE POINT... I dont mind Rocky's "fix" if you don't have far to go, but for me... I'm still thinking RANGER BELT.

If you only need an inch or two, DONT cut that belt. Turn it into a "ranger" style belt by adding "billets". I won't bore you to no end ... you can let us know if this is something that interests you and THEN we'll go into that. If you can cut the billets from the same hide, that's GOLD (but not required).

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just leave the holster where it should be and "lose" some of the bullet loops.

The guy who took these photos said there were too many things wrong with the pics, like he was JUST BARELY willing to admit that he took them. The pro photo guys are a bit OCD ...

Looks NICE... I'm a big fan of natural leather.

Looks like a good start ....

i wouldn't know. I don't speak eagle, so maybe never know The guy who took 'em didn't mention anything like that, but ?

No, I didn't take it, but this was today about an hour and a half from here.

Pig has a visibly different GRAIN than cow. But this has nothing to do with how thick it is (or isn't), nothing to do with how soft it is (or not).... In fact, I'd dare say that you can't tell which is which BY FEEL. There are a GAJILLION ways to "make" suede leather, and that many variables makes it not possible to say what animal the skin is from "by feel". I will say that - as a rule and there certainly wold be an exception - that cow is FIRMER and LESS LIKELY TO STRETCH than a similarly treated pig skin. I personally DO NOT USE pig skin, because I DO NOT LIKE the grain in it. The only exception is I have used some sueded pig as padding for rifle slings, but only where glued and sewn down. As alternative to THIN linings that look good, I much prefer GOAT, which is also not the same grain as cow but FAR MORE resistant to stretch for the same weight (as a rule). Not to throw a wrench in, but are you DETERMINED to use a suede liner? That stuff is difficult to clean, traps "stuff" and "fuzz".... I wouldn't want it in a place I couldn't easily brush it out.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..... I have seen the "same size" thread from different manufacturers which were NOT the same size. I mean, 227 from Co.A and 277 from CoB were NOT the same size... VISIBLY different, no micrometer needed.

I use a rawhide mallet - and yeah, it deforms over time due to the impact. This is GOOD, as it means the damage isn't in teh TOOL. THE MOST important thing to learn in tooling is proper moisture in the leather. Too dry, no good impression. To wet, mushy impressions.

Many of them from 30, 40, 50 years ago still available. I remember when some of these were new releases. https://tandyleather.com/blogs/leathercraft-library/tagged/pattern-pak