LederRudi

More agreement! Gary, I'd guess that Bob starts from the center. Right, Bob? I like that stamp! Where did you buy it?

Perfectly aligned basketweave, perfect … In a nutshell: I like everything about the cover!

"Show Off" is dead right! Great sheath!, nice choice of colors, nice and even background! I have botched such a project because I punched the belt slits before the stitching holes... I'm also a fan of Don Gonzales's vids and patterns. I hope to muster enough courage soon to attack the shaving kit.

This is exactly the design I chose for one of my first bold steps into the world of leather decoration! Your holster is undoubtedly far better made and looks a whole lot better! BUT mine bears the scars of the countless showdowns my son had to fight out with his toy gun! (Seriously, it is outright embarassing to look at it now). IMHO the Stohlman design is quite elegant but needs careful alignment of holster and skirt. And there is always wiggle room for adjustment.

The Image reveals the work of a true professional ! I understand your preference. For my own use I've made kind of a Slim Jim holster that holds the five arrows we usually shoot. I have been thinking about putting a divider into my quasi-turkish quiver. It would look a lot better than the bunched together arrow shafts you see on my first Image. And it makes it a bit more easy to grab a single arrow. But after shooting and pulling my five arrows I don't want to feed every single one into the divider. I simply let the bundle slide in and am ready for the next round. Of all the turkish quivers I've studied at the museum (it might be a dozen or so) only one is equipped with a divider. A removable divider wouldn't be bad, I guess.

I have yet to find a hobby that yields free beer. Music is out of the Question although I'm proud owner of a Banjo. But the neck of that darn thing is simply too narrow for my fingers. Actually it isn't that difficult. Decoration is unnecessary and then it's either two layers stitched together or a tube. I opted for two layers and studied some turkish quivers at the Museum before I started drawing. Most quivers have sewn-in Bottoms some don't. I decided to skip box stitching and stuffed the bottom instead with some canvas. Works great.

Thanks NCArcher! Only one side of the quiver is stamped. I had trad archery in mind, so the arrows would point back (right handed shooter). Stamping both sides would have overstrained my patience I'm with Railrider: That's one heck of an accomplishment! Being a mediocre trad archer myself, I'm in awe of such an achievement! But it's a good thing that you have your life back!

Great tooling! Audacious choice of colors … looks gorgeous! If you don't mind me nitpicking... I've never done any buckstitching but I assume that slits that weren't angled but right ON the guideline, would produce pointed stitches that would look even better.

Thanks, Railrider. I used a large camouflage tool I bought many years ago in Germany. From tip to tip it measures 12 mm (almost 1/2 "). Any large and fairly rounded camouflage tool will do, e.g. Craftool C455 (which measures 7/8x11/32). I accented the scales with a narrow textured pear shader (P370), but any drop-shaped tool will do. The pic shows scale-experiments: Camouflage tool - scales accented with narrow pear shader or backgrounder - Berry King border tool added. It pais to make a template and to mark the points where the scales meet. Upper left Corner: A scale tool that I bought from Bulgaria produced sharp contours but otherwise flat impressions.

Arrows at 80 bucks each would merit to be housed in one of the antique turkish quivers that are on display in the Imperial Armoury in Vienna!

Thanks, Rockoboy! And You are right. Since even chape (chape?) and billet of the belt are lined and stitched, I should have paid more attention to the hanger straps. Originally I thought I'd offer the quiver without belt. Then I found the long forgotten western belt ... Thanks, Bob! My rig worn in a FITA championship? I would have bragged about it to my pals!

Thank you, YinTx. Actually it wasn't that much of a hardship because I already had the belt lying around in a drawer. Only after finishing the quiver I found out that both pieces were equal in color and design.

Thank you, Fire88. A fellow archer practically pried the set out of my hands. That flatters the amateur leather crafter and justifies the tedious work.

Looks well made, nice and clean! For concealed carry, I guess. Sweat and skin Irritation caused by the inner zipper might be an issue though.

Great design espertly executed! I like the casual suggestion of the Ying Yang motif!

Simple Tools - maximum effect! A piece of art!

As always: excellent work! I'd like the holsters to retain their natural color.

Same here! Unique and appealing design!

… and I would have put money on … whatever. A great idea indeed!

Tuco / Eli Wallach in "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" / my avatar wouldn't have mistaken a blue gun for the real thing. (I somehow messed up my latest post so that it appeared out of context).

It's a isgrace! Tuco wouldn't have made such a mistake!

Yes, Kiwican, this is my patented bowl over bowl press. It seems that Plinkercases somehow acquired my secret blueprint and put the technique to the test well before I did. Plinkercases, I don’t bear you a grudge because you made excellent use of MY method! Retswerb, I’ll turn the test material into a belt bag. I just have opened my PBP (Patented Bowl Press) and am again satisfied with the result. This time I’ve stolen Plinkercases’ modus operandi and produced a closed leather bowl which I’ll cut open and convert into pouch and top cover.

So evidently we represent a world wide community of brothers in crocodile and leather.

I tried to avoid the tedious chore of making a regular mold and experimented with kitchen Utensils. The glass of the bowls proved to be massive enough to withstand the pressure. What do you think?

The gun looks as if it didn't deserve such a luxury home!