PHIPPS CRAFTED LEATHER

Great job

Stealfdawg, I was not saying you copied a design, my appologies. My comment was in reference to leaving a portion of the trigger exposed. I had made a regular pancake style and had left the trigger of a Glock 19 partially exposed. A buddy of mine had pointed out the possibility of an accidental discharge. I'm not aware of the workings of that type of weapon and only wanted to make the comment, sorry for any confusion. I was not very clear.

Great looking rig, color and construction etc... Only thing I see and it's from a holster I had made previously, is the trigger being partially exposed. IMHO.

Sorry Orchid, The wife and daughter called first dibs.

One thing, first change your image size. I am using a twenty inch monitor and your pics are HUGE

I'll check and see thanks, have some beautiful colors; purple, black, blue, distressed brown, tan, etc.. and in different weights, and he's bringing me another load. I've told him I only used veg tan leather but he wants me to try some for shoulder holster straps. I told him next time she goes into the "VAULT" to try and find horse hide, her company produces some very expensive horse hide shoes. I'm thinking I might try a basic leather vest or two maybe some bags, I don't know.

Looking for suggestions for chrome tanned leather. A buddies wife works for a brand name shoe company and got a load of whole hides. Any ideas?

Thanks for replies I'll be ordering some soon to try it out.

Has anyone tried Maverick Leather for their horse butt strips. This is what their page says. Horse Butt Strips First Quality, Natural Veg 5-7oz, 8-9oz, and 9+oz $11.95/lb

thanks, just double checking myself

Hey everyone, I have only done 1 holster with the reinforcement piece and my question is do I burnish the whole piece before sewing it on the holster body or just on three side then burnish the holster and reinforcement piece together at the mouth of the holster?

Excellent work, clean lines .

Great looking holster, a question about the elephant piece, did you attach that after wet moulding the leather or did your sew it on and then mould?

Looks really good to me, color seems a little off but othr wise Great

For my two cents and because I'm still learning I use my swiss army knife, an officers model. Great thin blades very strong, either the small or large blade and easy to sharpen. Have used it to cut 8/9 oz and heavy harness leather, it makes a great clean cut.

Alright, I hope this is a poor mans brain storm, I was in my new Hobby Lobby in Hanover, Pa (in case noboby local to there knew it opened) and I spy with my eye (ah, ha) spindles in numerous shapes and sizes made from birch. And $1.42 a bag. I'm thinking and hoping that after a little lite sanding these would make great egde burnishers that could be attached to any number or power tools.

I would be interested, let me know. Thanks.

It seems to me that the choices are interesting but limited. I wonder has anyone seen the 3D printing now available? Check out this youtube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw. I have no idea the cost but it is certainly cool.

I have a question about pressure moulding too. I have always just used my hands and I like the results, but have been wondering about making a vacum press using a small vacum pump and a homemade chamber. If you look at modeling web sites you can make a vacum chamber easily. My question is I realize it will remove the air from the chamber and I assume suck the water out of the leather, but my concern is that it may really shrink the leather to much. Anybody else have this idea?

To date every holster I have made except 2 ( Sig 232 and XD .40) has been for a out of date or not main stream pistol. 1st was for a Bersa Ultra Compact .45, 2nd was a CZ 82, 3rd was for a Sig P6, 4th will be for a 3" Lady Smith .38. Newest orders are for Glocks -19 and 27, a Walther 22 w/ a Silencer pouch. So it has been various. I enjoy the non main stream, here in PA were the Right to Bear Arms is alive and STRONG.

Hello all, I just received my first IWB holster request and have a few concerns. Won't the holster flaten out after repeated wear. Does the extra leather at the holster mouth ( summer special style ) help in the long run. I assume the use of spring steel or plastic will keep it open longer. It seems obvious to me that the holster will flaten out and make re-holstering (?) more difficult. I just really don't know the answers so I am coming here for guidance.

On a recent holster I tried using dishwashing soap. A pan with very warm water and a small squirt of dawn to the water. It turned out to be the easiest moulding job I have done so far, I do all moulding by hand so it really helped with the hand aches. Never tried alcohol.

Has anyone used or seen the orange dummy guns that BlackHawk sell? I have seen them advertised on Amazon.com for 19.99.

I recently made this one for an XD 40 cal. It doesn't have the light attached but it may help some. I have had a request for one for a S&W 40 also with a light kit. Let us know how it works out.

Here's my newest holster. I'm getting the edge burnishing down, but still need work on stitching. And how are you guys getting the belt loops to wing down without making lines. I'm using a ruler and I'm sure thats not the correct thing, any help?