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What leather are you using? If the sheath is made of leather 6 oz or thicker (I assume that it is) then you don't need to 'back' the leather to tool it. I tool the snot outta belts all the time.. no "backing". If your leather is "smooshy", then you're either using low-grade leather, or tooling too wet, or both.

You talking about holding the buckle on? I like line 16 snaps (sometimes called "segma" snaps). You see line 24 snaps, but those are quite bulky (doesn't let the billet end lay flat) and lately folks on about chicago screws - which work but are a bit of a pain in the backside just to change a buckle!

Longer. Front AND back.

Bit 0' time this morning, got a few more of these uploaded in pdf form. I think they're easier to organize that way (instead of two different files for each). Download all ya want.. we'll make more! http://www.jlsleather.com/diy/other-diy/

Camera charged, but it's worse than I thought... the pattern I thought might not be 'quite' right.. is actually for the charter arms BULLDOG .44!! Oops...

When I ship belts, I remove the buckles as well. Wrap the buckle in a bit of bubble wrap (buckle wrap?) and put it inside the curve of the belt. As a rule, shippers aren't as careful with your creations as you are!

I don't have it any more, but when I used one of those, ... just one hole in one end of the ram. deliberately made too big, to fit the largest tool shank... then the smaller ones were sleeved as needed with aluminum.... thus one hole fits all tools.

Nice idea and layout. I mighta put a thong (or some other kind of tie down) on teh bottom. Otherwise, I LIKE it.

WHICH 357? Fella in the guns n holsters section looking fer a pattern fer a SP101.

Air guitar.

CRAP.. camera went dead (seems to happen a lot for somebody whose kids "never' borrow it). So, no pics. I DID find the holster tho, and now I remember .... I didn't like the length of the thumb break snap. It's for a 3" version.. I'll get a pic when the camera charges a bit.

Found my other sp101 pattern, kinda 'classic' styling. I made ona these recently.. but I got sidetracked by a few things. Cut it apart, and kaint 'member why! Still, I think it's purdy close.. i'll see kin I still find the left overs ....

Nah.. no shoulder holster design. I aint made nuna them since the 80's. Somebody just posted some the other day, though, so shouldn't be hard to find. Keep in mind that overall length on that Ruger is just over 9".. and you still need room above to draw it without gittin in the arm pit. I pretty much fergot about that 'til a buddy talked about a shoulder rig for a super redhawk. Ever seen ona them things? If I put that in a shoulder rig, the barrel be smakkin' me in the knee! If he wants a vertical hang, then a slight mod to a standard belt loop likely do ya. Prolly some shoulder rig boys jump in here shortly.. maybe even git a pattern for a mag pouch. Oh, wait... that's another gun on another day

I hear ya I hear ya So, how 'form fitting' is it gonna be? Wunna 'em 'ere fold-overs, stitch line under? I'm assuming you'll have some type of strap on that one... vertical, or through the back? I got a design I'm purdy shur works on the 4.2". Well, it wurks on the 2 and 3", just aint made the 4.2" yet, but should be good. One is a 'vengerful' type, other more 'classic'. Here's the tight one...

Oh, that sp101 doesn't come in a 4.5", but actually a 4.2" (if that matters in your design). What kind of holster are ya makin'? Taco, pancake, ankle... ?

Nope. Unless you're talking about a VERY loose fitting holster, then you might NOT wanna go with that. Some folks think a walmart bag is "close enough" if you put a strap on it, so ... looking fer pics..... The two on the right are j-frames. The Ruger is a bit more than 3/16" "taller" frame to guard (red arrow) and the cylinder is a bit bigger (by about .040").

If you have a drill press and a high speed twist drill (most of them are now days) you could do this yourself in less time than driving to the place Otherwise, ANY machine shop or even an auto repair shop should be able to do this easily.

It's not just your store.. Last time I was at tandy I went through at least 50 hides (I want to say closer to 100) and just couldn't talk my self into any of it. Left without it... not even good for un-carved innards. Say tandy and I 'get' it.. I just wanted to know if the machine was doing that!

Definitely something sandwiched between the layers of leather. Plastic, kydex, wood, rawhide, sheet metal...

Did your leather come with the grain crinkled like that, or did the machine do that?

That's going to depend on what is "sellable". I sometimes throw away projects I consider to be far superior to what I see for sale every day. In fact, years ago I started cutting up projects I was scrapping before throwing them out -- when I found some of my items had been taken from the trash and sold.

Looks like your stitch line around the panel might have crept in a bit - or maybe that's just the angle of the pic. Looking pretty good.

No worries.. have at 'er! Those little things are so simple to do, it's easier to just post a pic of the finished thing than describe the steps (almost takes longer to say it than it does to do it!).

Didn't we see someone selling that dummy gun at like half price? Checkin'... EDIT: Sorry, wrong laser

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