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That is the best Light Mounted Leather holster I have ever seen.

It is 8/9 oz. tooling side from W&C. It is very comfortable. I will probably be using this style exclusively for IDPA matches and range use. I have found this style to be very concealable unless you have a very loose shirt or a coat.

Here is my first attempt at an Avenger type holster. It is a very rough test piece that still needs a little tweaking to get it right. It is a very comfortable holster. Let me know what you guys think.

SRP for a Sig Sauer 5" 1911. SRP Full horse hide with Shark trim. If someone doesn't buy this one pretty quick I'm keeping it for my Les Baer. Commander Pancake with Shark trim and extended sweat shield.

I kept the ride height pretty much the same for the Glock 19. It is still a very comfortable holster. I will probably change the pattern a little to make the outer piece come up a little more over the trigger guard. With the Glock being a shorter barrel length I think it would be a little more concealable with just a T-shirt on.

The hardware used are just 1/4" chicago screws from Tandy's, Line 24 snaps and some 8-24 size screws. I had to grind off a little of the head of the screws so they fit into the male side of the snap. When I get further into the one I'm currently making I will post some more pictures.

Sorry. I had planned on showing more of how I made this holster but life got busy. Wife had a baby on the 16th. First off. I didn't come up with this design. Tony at Milt Sparks did. I had a customer request an Axiom style holster for a railed 1911. Sparks currently won't make one so he came to me. I have never actually had an Axiom in my hands before so the best help was pictures. Actually the most helpful pictures I found were of one for sale on Ebay. There is three holes that need to be punched (for each side of the holster). Two on the top piece and two on the bottom. The lower hole on the outer piece and the upper hole on the inside piece need to line up. The through hole is the lower snap location. The upper hole uses a 8-24 size T-nut and a small screw to secure a female side of the snap. The lowest hole on the backside uses a T-nut and secures the wrap over belt loop. All of this sounds confusing but hopefully the pictures help. This is a half finished test piece that was my second attempt. It doesn't have the outer reinforcement piece. Here you can see how the middle hole goes through both pieces. A small screw goes through the male side of a snap and into the female side of a post screw. (check out the bruise on my left index finger from hand stitching Here is a picture of one I'm currently working on. It shows the T-screws coming through the outer piece. And the backside with the T-screws coming out of the lower holes. Here are a couple pictures of my pattern. oh...and the reason this one has different mounting hardware is because I ran out of large T-nuts and had to use small ones. The male screw post screw was too large so I had to use a small screw and a finishing washer. That is the only one I will ever do that way. This style was a headache to figure out but actually pretty easy to make. It's like making a regular pancake with a few extra steps. I used my existing pancake pattern and modified it a little. The wrap over belt slots were probably the hardest to get right. Be prepared for multiple trips to the hardware store to get screws that are just right. The original customer wanted Pull-the Dot snaps on the upper snaps like the Axiom uses. I don't know if that is actually necessary. The Cordovan one for my Les Baer doesn't have them and I have never had it come undone. I would have to say this is THE most comfortable OWB holster I have ever made. It does not move and has what I would call a medium ride height. I have carried my Baer concealed with a longer shirt with no problem. It will definitely see a ton of use this winter. I hope this helps. If anyone has questions let me know.

Pancake for a Les Baer 1911 Bad cell phone pic of this one. Threaded barrel 1911 IWB.

Here are a couple more pictures of another one I finished tonight. This one is in cordovan for my Les Baer Ultimate Tactical Carry. Every once in awhile you have to make something nice for yourself.

It has what I would call a short sweat shiled. A guy emailed me asking if I could make a snap removable pancake similar to a Milt Sparks Axiom because Sparks doesn't make them for railed 1911's at the moment. I liked it so much that I'm making myself one for my Les Baer. I will post some more pics this afternoon.

Here is a Snap Removable Pancake for a Sig Sauer TacOps. Let me know what you guys think.

Here is another full horse hide IWB for my Sig Sauer Tac Ops 1911.

Has anyone had problems with the blue coloring coming off on the inside of your holster?

Just Tandy ones. I want to try some pull the dot ones.