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Looks like it otta werk good. Is there a safety on that litle gun? I can never decide if a guy should cover it or expose it.

I don't think you understood what he's telling you. But... Including the web page. And NOT doing it particularly well -- I'm aware that I have forgotten more than some were ever aware of. But it does work (for the moment). I just can't seem to bring myself to pay somebody else to set it up (though I did look into that) when in the end I have to supply and approve the content anyway!

Yeah, I think that's about right. Stohlman didn't invent holsters, or even that style holster. Just that ART WORK IS HIS. I'd have to dig out my copy but I think the copyright belongs to Tandy, or is it Craftool, since he was in essence working for them. So to sell it, a guy would either have to not be aware that's a violation, or doesn't think it will be enforced. And if you advertise with a paragraph about "your" material being "protected" by copyright - after you took it from somebody else --well, nobody sane needs that explained to 'em For those making holsters... I will tell you that Glock is quite jealous of their name. You can make all the holsters you want, and you're free to say it fits or is made for Glock 27, or G43, or whatever. But if your listing says "Glock holster" or "Glock 19 holster"... don't be surprised when you get a letter from one of Glock's JILLION lawyers, reminding you that you don't have the right to EVEN IMPLY that your item is a Glock product. Most sites selling dummy guns, holsters, or even parts generally now say "not affiliated with Glock..." If you've been "getting away with it", I don't recommend assuming that you're "in the clear"... could be they just haven't got to you yet. From my standpoint, people will do what they do -- the only "property" rights I have are concerning my OWN Though I admit I was amused when that GOOF tried to sell me a "hand crafted holster designed right here in our shop", with MY design (I DID ask him what I should think his warranty is really worth). Agreed. I think we did that, since we still get asked to make them even though we haven't done one in over two years. But of course, EVERYBODY says they have the bestest wonderfullest, greatest greaty great greateninst leather and done by the smartiest smart smarty that ever was born. People arent confused... if they were happy with the one for $200 they would have bought it - wouldnt' be emailing or calling me. But since we haven't been doing them, there's no "listing" showing a price and time frame for completion (why WOULD there be?@!) so some have appeared to think that if 3 of them show up in the same search as ours and are priced for $150-200 then ours must be the same. I say "appears" because they WANT to appear to have that impression. Yet when viewed side by side, they contact US. But you don't get the US work for the THEY price. Holsters are very simple. But pretty much EVERY DAY I see holsters listed for sale that really don't look too bad in that first, front view picture. But flip it over, and you see they have WRINKLES where the holster doesn't actually fit (they've "fudged" it to look right in the front, disregarding the back). And wrinkles that they've actually CAUSED by [ what they call ] wet forming. And stitch lines 1/4" or more away from the firearm (though they claim it "fits", and may link to a video showing that they can "click" it in place - which is a whole other deception). I'd show some examples here, but I'd have to use somebody ELSE"S work since we dont' do that and we don't have that. Then I suppose I'D be the "bad guy" .. right? POINT BEING... we eliminate ALL of that... so if the next person doesn't, that SHOULD BE a price difference FOR US. IF the next guy gets by selling something LESS for the SAME AMOUNT.. I don't sweat it - that aint my money he's spending. If a guy is okay with wrinkled leather, poorly designed stitch lines, defects in the leather, bad tooling, etc... then Im certainly okay with them getting it. Just not from us. HIGHLY INSANELY POLISHED BURNISHED EDGES do not "make up for" bad leather or bad art. So the idea was not to drag up what some pinhead does or doesn't do. I just need to sit down and make a rational and clear listing for those "charge book" things that clearly shows the price range and time frame to expect. I see more and more people using lasers on leather these days, but we wont be doing that -- that's a whole market you can do WITHOUT us Because IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does. Anything you put out, the next guy can push a button and duplicate. And if people want these in TOOLED LEATHER, I think we'll be just fine

Okay, okay... after about a JILLION emails asking about these 'charge books', I'm going to list them as available for purchase/ordering again. Many DON'T order them due to cost. There are many people making and selling "charge books" for under $200 - I am not among them. Part of why we cut those out was due to multiple people finding google searches of "charge book' in leather for under $200 ... and then wanting OURS for that amount. I'll say it (not the first time I was not "politically correct") -- those under $200 charge books largely look like they were made by a child (I say largely because, to be fair, I have not seen ALL of them). I'm apparently not the only one who noticed that, or the people contacting us would have just bought the one they previously found at a price they are willing to pay. I don't anticipate a big upswing in the number of orders for these. Actually, I suspect that I'll simply be replying to far less emails once the cost and time frame is clearly displayed. Just a matter of getting to a clean, clear listing on the web page (which, I apparently will also do myself). Still, we will not be offering - in any way or any place - to sell this pattern. Not to worry - you can download it free of charge at https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/product/1119/how-to-make-holsters-by-al-stohlman

Uh, okay. I have in the past received a tax bill for 3 years back. I don't recommend NOT paying that, but each his own. Just saying there's a curve ahead, up to you if you take the turn or not. Would be very simple if it was just one set amount. Would even be bearable if it was 43 rates - one for each state. But it's way beyond that.... breaks down by city, county, even zip code (and one city might have a dozen or so zip codes). It's not impossible, but it IS a pain. There are "services" to take care of all of that for you, but in the end it's YOU liable anyway, and I really don't like being responsible for it while allowing somebody else to do it.

Ah, yeah.. the sun tan finish. Up here, that would take month and a half! Course, we aint got trucks no more. After yet another person called wanting 'favors', we got rid of all of those, including the dump box. You know the type... can't remember to mention that we got too many steaks and too much beer, but when they ready to move to new house they remember Jeff owns trucks

I hadnt' really considered the leather weight, as W/C does split if asked.. I think down to about 2/3 oz.

If you're playing, then continue to play - that does NOT suck Is the darker part due to oil not set, or just the lighting? If you have a "job" that you "get back to", I guess that means you separate it. Which is a requirement for me. Years back, I fired this guy. I provided his phone, and when I got the bill I saw it was INSANE. HOURS of phone calls every day. When I jumped on him about it, he said I shouldn't care because he was going to pay that bill (which was north of $400 for one month). But HOW was he going to pay it? With his check, that he gets from us. But the calls were made during hours he was getting paid to work. So basically, he thought I should be "okay with" paying him to talk on the phone, as long as he paid me back for the phone that I pay for ?!@$!@#$ IF that's hard to say, imagine trying to grasp that he ACTUALLY MEANT IT. Nope - that guy is GONE. What a guy working for me does before or after work is none of my business. But few can work for me. Not that I'm "so" hard to get along with, but I expect you to be doing what I'm paying you to do. And that's actually the EXCEPTION these days. And what a guy who doesn't work for me does is none of my business, whether he's at work or not. But there are some things a guy can do that will get him uninvited to dinner at Jeff's --- and above describes one of 'em. I actually had one guy BRAG to me that he cashed a check for $1k each week and had managed not to do any actual work for at least 3 weeks. I don't hang out much with people who lack integrity and then defend it with "my boss is cool with it".

I wasn't talking to you OR about you. IN fact, if you hadn't quoted me, I would probably not have realized you meant me.

Because of the volume of sales put through those places. They don't care about that, either. They'll have processing costs of course, but since they're getting a significant cut of the sale without actually DOING anything to make the goods, they'll survive that. It may be that these places actually LOBBY FOR IT - since the "little guy" doesn't want to 'mess with' all that tax processing, these large sites become more of a lure. For example, some might say -- instead of dealing with all that tax "stuff", I'll just sell on Cutesy where all that is done FOR me. And it IS computed by that site... but you should ask your tax people how you should record that - I wouldn't know how to do that (yet). I only list a few things on Cutesy, and not at all on Ebay or Amazon, and if this complicates that I'll eliminate the Cutesy "store". I use Square for card processing, seems to work well. But I have to calculate tax myself. Sometimes get emails about creating a Square "store", which i have not done, and I do not know if that "store" includes such tax processing.

Oh, I did say federal law, didn't I? Actually, it's a nationwide issue, but not "federal" (hence, not all states). But no, you're not in "one of those states". It's not a question of where YOU are... it's a matter of where the BUYER is. It's a bit of a mess, and even tax people are saying it's likely to take a few YEARS to get all of it ironed out. Compounded, of course, by people. Some will say they're a "business" on social sites and to avoid paying tax on materials. SOME of those will even bother to register with local / state entities. Then at tax time, they're "just a hobby" If you're making a few things a month, probably well under the radar as far as minimum $ requirements. Course, there's the question of - if nobody notices your delinquency, is it even worth being in it? But I wouldn't rely on "i didnt get a notice". I once "got a notice" that I owed more tax FROM THREE YEARS BACK. You can of course argue that if you like, but you will pay it in the end ...

Well, I've made a bit of holsters over the years, and I've dun a tad o' toolin' here 'n' there But I haven't used much harness leather at all. Maybe a bit biased, but I'm for taking the word of somebody who pays the bill in leather WORK over somebody who makes internet posts from a "job" while they're taking money from somebody else for supposedly doing something ELSE - and plays at leather Course, I've made my share of purchases that didn't work out so well. Sometimes what didn't work for doing this is perfectly fine for doing that. And that should be assumed ANYWHERE really. Some around here love to go on about Hermann Oak leather. I'd be one of them. But even at HO, not all leather is created equal. They have GRADES of skins for a reason. Seems every month there's yet another "reseller" wanting top dollar for sub-par and discount hides. If IT'S ME sending you leather, then I can personally attest to what you're getting. I wont be responsible for what somebody else sends you - so if that makes you discount my advice... fair enough.

I would have leaned toward NOT using the harness leather, but I'm happy to defer to what @BigSiouxSaddlery says (and not too many others round here).

Harness leather is veg tanned. I think you mean tooling leather.

My mistake. Once again, I thought a guy was looking for ACTUAL INFORMATION. These days, I routinely ignore the fact that most people ask a question either to have a pointless conversation or simply to get attention. Originally, I assumed we were talking about this color. But if I was wrong and we just have a couple hours to do nothing but post about things that really don't matter, let me know and I'll leave you to it. Which you would get by adding black (technically "grey" to yellow). Yeah, it looks "green-ish", but that's because the black would suggest "blue" and the green would contain yellow, which only means there's more than one way to arrive at that shade. BTW .. Google thinks "olive drab" is about a jillion colors. There is in fact an olive drab "color pallette"... https://www.color-hex.com/color-palette/42715

I admit it .. I had to look up "OD green" despite former jarhead. Irritating after all these years I still lace left over right !@!@#!@$!@#$# I assume you're referring to Olive Drab, not Oculus Dexter. And I don't think that is "A" color. But, a color picker pointed at that DW 1911 says that color (at lest in the picture) is R119, G121, B78. Which it looks like would be obtained by adding grey (black) to yellow.

Pretty much what i do right there. Don't remember where I got that, but I do remember using 5" from center hole to tip and I frequently (30% of the time?) was asked to make the tip end 1" longer, so I now do them all that way unless requested otherwise.

So you're talking about taking a lefty OWB "pancake" holster, and putting loops on the INSIDE of it, to be worn as a right hand IWB? I 'get' the idea, and you have a point. You'd think it would be less concealed though.. might be more conspicuous. Other than that, 1000 guys making those "50/50" rigs today.. not much different than what you're talking about - so yeah, a guy could do that. Maybe a better plan to build the right hand version, then shim the loops out if you think it's necessary. Simple enough put a rubber washer or leather "pad" under teh loops.

Honestly, I aint a BIG fan of bargrounders, and I don't like the "halo" around the brand / letters (on ANY project, not just yours). But overall look is nice, Kid. And I like the stitchin' ya dun there, too. Never used thoroghbred leather, though I have talked with them and almost you make me wanna try it

1/4" difference in the diameter of the cylinder wouldn't matter to me at all. BUT... do the 3200 and the 3500 use the same "stuff".... pretty sure the bobbins and feet are interchangeable, but with a difference in cylinders the holster plate, slotted plate, stirrup thingie likely won't be. Bob can tell you in less time than it take me to type this, but might ask IF that's a consideration for you.

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Looks like that COMES WITH bolts.