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That one IS free. The next one posted may or may not be ADDING ONE, though.. this one not as detailed, but still a good investment of six minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jnfga0x70Q The basics of making a leather paddle holster (kydex paddle insert). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFsXw3gabqk A guy who never made a holster could see how JUST from this one video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLXPUcdN9_E No words, no grandstanding and yet easy to see whats happening all the way through

HEY.. do we wanna know FUNNY? In my WHYtube search, there's a playlist - containing 51 videos - by someone named Jack Patience. After 51 of those videos, a fella has EARNED the name Patience

Okay, silly me -- I'll 'bite'. I've clearly made a mistake... since charging money for something makes it "worth" more, all you folks been downloading those free patterns send me 10¢ each. Not that I'm determined to bilk you outta the dime, but it will make the patterns "worth more" Okay, there's my light-hearted attempt at humor. Now.. can we get back on the point of actually assisting other leather crafters, or is that just not going to happen here on LW? I mean, if I've misunderstood and that's not the idea - just say so - I'll understand Actually, Mike - that's not necessarily what I'm talking about (though a guy could include that). I'm talking about leather holsters. Could be pattern making, could be pattern using, could be making holsters without a pattern, whatever. In fact, I don't remember suggesting that it matters if it's free or paid. ↓

HEY --- 'preciate the concise response. Any reason you care to give for switching? I don't see any listed at Maverick. Have you not ordered at Roje? I still have some black from there, if you care to swap a piece to compare? This is about 4 1/2 - 5 oz thick. The stuff I returned from a different supplier was about 2 1/2 oz (not the reason I returned it). Not mentioning that guy, since I can't really say the product was substandard, just that i personally didn't care for it.

Anybody wanna share where you're getting this? I got some from Roje, no complaints. And I bought some from another guy.. but didn't care for it. I don't know enough about every species of shark, or the myriad of ways it's tanned, to claim that wasn't shark, but I returned it (they guy was decent about taking the return, so I didn't begrudge being out the shipping charges). Seems like I'm seeing it at $40-60 per foot -- that sound normal?

There, tha's now been done. 'Course, when I click on the video, it starts. Which reminds me again WHY that's a video I recommend. Hank 'n' Sam : show the actual process, explain what they are doing and much of why it's done, mentions specific materials and tools, includes no pirated pattern or music - IN 33 minutes, a guy is told and / or shown ... wickett & craig leather, barge cement, stitch groover and its use, different size edgers, dead blow hammer, sanding edges to even 'em up, duncans 'dummy guns' (and bless their heart they refer the name and location of the maker), brief discussion of why he makes these "molded to the outside" (curved), wet molding and use of a dowel for a site channel, forming with a shop press, discussion and showing of "boning" the holster, during the 'boning", you can clearly see that the stitching is AT the weapon.. not 1/4" or 1/2" away (except at the tension screw, which is also covered step by step later), edge coat (what it is and how to use it), use of wool daubers, neatsfoot oil, resolene finish (including a view of the manufacturer's bottle and a discussion and view of how he uses it), tensioning screws / spacers. And did I mention free?

Yikes, don't get 'em started about the way it's done ... we'll have somebody telling us he knows that subject has already been done a bazzillion times, BUT ...here's another one It must be mandatory to say "this is the way I do it.. might not be the only way.. and there's a thousand videos about this already, BUT here's another one...". Must be in the script But I didn't start out to make this a "bash videos you don't think are worth the electricity to make em" topic -- but rather, IF you have a video you found USEFUL how 'bout share it with the rest of us and save us the hours of searching (yes, I know there are some so petty that they figure nobody helped them find them, so they aren't helping the next guy either-- nothing I can do for those people). After a day and a half, ONE video added to the first one I posted. And it has "no words" (I'm quoting here). No matter. Sometimes no answer IS an answer. Maybe I'll check back in a few days ... To my shame, though.. I need to go comment favorably on Andrews' video -- in all the times I've mentioned, commented on, and referred people to Andrews' video -- I have never commented on his site, or so much as thanked the guy for making it much less making it available FREE.

Nope - not seein' anything about "curved" holsters 'cept for some kydex stuff (and most of that is trying to advertise something ) Anybody else got a tip? Keep in mind, it need not involve a making a pattern, or even using a pattern at all Realistically,.. after all this poo you jus' know if I gotta make that video, I'm gonna make it about a 12-part series

Oh, crap --- these are long gone to the point I forgot about 'em!

See - simple Let's add that one, then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFsXw3gabqk A guy who never made a holster could see how JUST from this one video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLXPUcdN9_E No words, no grandstanding and yet easy to see whats happening all the way through

Almost forgot... let's take this back to a list of videos we found helpful (in case anyone wants to skip over all that .. whatever that was).. That's ONE.

think I covered this. Now we're getting closer. If EricA or John B has a video you found "good" (useful to YOU)... then just let us know. That is the only point here. I thought (or perhaps only hoped) that the point on THIS site was to help other crafters, share some knowledge and experience. And anybody who has ever been on WHY-tube - like at all - knows there are countless hours of poop there. Some good stuff, too- - but you have to weed and winnow. POINT then-- IF I REALLY AM willing and trying to help other leather crafters, why would I not point them to videos which will actually help them learn/improve if I knew of them? When a guy contacts me to ask about how to do something and tells me he watched this or that video, then WHY would I send him to yet another which covers the same thing he already knows? (that's rhetorical, I would not do that). I AM however willing to send a guy to a video which can expand the guy's knowledge in some way (I'm sure prior to this thread i've sent a couple dozen people to the video I linked above). I could go on, but this is far enough off the path already. Back to the point, VIDEOS YOU (whoever) FOUND USEFUL, and roughly what it did for you. Anybody don't want to say.. hey, fair enough. Whatever. Just one topic ... by way of example. I get asked fairly frequently about how to make "pancake" holsters with unequal pieces, thus curving the finished rig. WAIT ... has that already been covered? Cuz I might make that video. .... BUT.... if someone already has made that one... then just post it right up there, right in here, right now. I'll be HAPPY to add a link on my site, in my signature here, on my WHY-tube page.. pointing others to THAT video (rather than making another saying the same thing). I don't need a duplicate video just so it's me saying it (a rough example of 'small man complex'). Now, all that said, I DO know of more than one who hung around here for the longest time sucking up info and asking questions, the answers to which were freely given. Then made paid listings offering that same info, but at a price (hint: while I didn't come on to 'disparage' anyone, I do admit that I don't have something "good" to say about everyone, thus my Mom's advice 'if you can't say something nice...") I haven't named anyone, nor do I intend to.

Wow... aversion? I'm the one who ASKED FOR videos And I specifically asked for videos which were found to be of use to the individual posting. I'm not talking about "levels". I'm also not "outing" those I personally think are of absolutely no value at all (though I admit there are some). I didn't ask for anyone to bash or even obviate anyone. The thread was - and is - IF there are vast hordes of videos with useful (to the individual posting) info, then here's where a guy could share it. I assume that if someone made and posted a video that they want it to be viewed, yes? SO IF someone posted a video that helped you, wouldn't you give them a referral? If you have "liked" a video, then let the rest of us know. How hard is that? OR .... if you don't know of one, OR if you know of one but it's [for any reason at all] some 'secret' that the rest of us don't get to see -- then just don't post. No trouble. SO FAR, we have 4 'votes' for Sam A. and ... well -- no "and" -- that's it so far Oh -- for me personally, I did watch about 25 minutes of video yesterday which was recommended. Complete waste of my time (I do waste some time, but feel that should be my choice of when and how much). Everything "covered" in that time was already made very clear by looking at just page two of How to Make Holsters.

Yep, like he don't mind the attention and advertising, but offering USEFUL info -- not just making noise in an attempt to be seen I aint goin' steady with the guy - just thought the video was well done Guess there aren't any others people would recommend?

Yeah, that's what I was thinkin' too. Just tell me it's gonna be $55 (or more). But that under the table sneaky crap that appears after the fact.. uhh.. no. Granted, they would need my zip code to calculate shipping if not using flat rate boxes.. fair enough. But this was way beyond that.

In the interest of not necessarily about what Jeff likes, if you have a favorite video you actually learned something about holster making, let us know over here in this nuther thread .

Seen a video on making holsters, or making holster patterns, you found helpful? One which showed something you haven't already heard (and heard, and heard)? Add a link here. Let's keep it to links - not embedded videos (that's an option when you add the link). Post a link, and maybe a line or two about what you gained from the video. If you see something in the list which already covers that topic, let's not double the same content. I don't care who did the video, or when -- only that it adds relevant information that isn't covered in a bunch of other places. Something unique. Could be yours or someone else's. By seeing what is covered, we should then know what is not covered, yes? Personally, I thought this one was worth seeing. There is nothing about making a pattern, but a guy who never made a holster could see how JUST from this one video. Excellent "how-to". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFsXw3gabqk

Well, I'm gonna go on agree that maybe we won't comment on quality Bottom line, though.. one guy says 3/4" offset, another guy say 5/8" offset, and otherwise just what was clearly stated in Stohlman's How to Make Holsters.- nothing to add, and yet they "added". But, it aint about what I think is good - -but rather about are people being shown. Since that one video has 17k views, I'm gonna take that as people might need some help! So, not really my responsibility, but it does seem there is something as yet to be said.

And "additional" insurance up to $200 is $3.35

Actually, that do sound like me Still, I can only find one video on holster making that's actually of any real use (and I certainly have looked), and that was from Sam Andrews. To date, I hadn't made one BECAUSE I have no objection to referring people to his. But, Sam does a good job of showing HOW to make a holster (and it's instructional in that when the video is done, a guy actually could make a holster from what he watched). Sam started with his own pattern - meaning a guy would need either a pattern, or the ability to make one, to use that information. Fair enough. So, Sam has covered (very well) how to make a holster from scratch from a pattern. So the only ways left to add to that video ( and not simply copy for attention, thus NOT riding on Sam's coat tails) would be: supplying a pattern, or instructing on how to make their own pattern, or instruction on how to make a holster without a pattern. And that is the video I have not seen.

I went to these also. Works great. I use brushes like those metal ones pictured... fits under the lid so it will close and lasts a good while (I do pitch em on occasion). Larger brush will fit in there for larger projects, too.

Yet another blue gun supplier "bites the dust". $42 per gun, which aint bad - only $3 above "wholesale" at Rings. Then $10 shipping, meaning they're charging me $2.50 ot put it in a priority box. Then almost another $10 for "insurance". Wait.. what?@!#!??! Seriously people, you DO know that priority mail is ALREADY insured, right? They could just raise the price of the gun, and charge reasonable shipping charges, but I guess maybe they rank lower in a search by price? So, again... this is for YOUR benefit... you DO know that priority mail is ALREADY insured, right?

YIKES! Talk about re-inventing the wheel .. I'd count how many holsters over there (Facebook group Holster for Handguns) with my design (and not one shout out to Jeff) but I got stuff to gitter dun today Thought for the day... how many leather crafters use the same design / pattern before it's no longer "custom"? Credit to Aaron S for the elephant accent shoulder rig --- nice lookin' stutf there Aaron.

Yeah, re-inventing is a nice word for piggy-backing on the efforts of others - and I try to leave that to the soft fellas But that video shows nothing. Matt was talking about making a holster from a pattern, and I was mentioning making a holster without a pattern and - correct me if I'm wrong - that video doesn't show either of those. That's the exact type of thing I like to avoid... lots of hype, lots of hashtags, but no actual info. I will go check the Fakebook thing - always like to give a guy benefit of doubt No matter, though -- this was a duplicate post, and somebody already offered the OP a fix... don't know if he took it or not.