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first dyed brown, then black dye dabbed on with a very coarse textured sea sponge. Takes a little practice but looks really cool.
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The marbled color on the trim panels, or the actual topcoat?
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I lightly mold the ejection port most of the time, but I use a little chunk of leather to build out the port to prevent me from going too deep.
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I bought a 6 ton A-frame press from Harbor freight, a couple of pieces of 1" 40 duro gum rubber from Grainger, and a couple of 1/4" tool steel plates from a local metal supplier and made my own. Total investment around $150 and worth every penny.
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Sam Andrews is a master of the craft, but this issue with chrome-tanned suede is widely known. Don't know what Andrews is using for his "suede."
Old habits die hard?
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The Glock models from Rings are small as is. I use a couple layers of blue painters tape on the "slide" areas on mine to help them be the right thickness.
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Thanks everyone for the responses. I haven't had time to get out to the leather shop recently. Next time I do I will try and get pictures of my slots.
I'm curious, why you don't touch the front of the slots?
The punch bevels them nicely, especially considering I punch the slots while the leather is damp.
I just gotta ask a) how much time did you spend on the black holster? And how did you mold it?
Ive never really "timed" a holster build, as Im usually doing them in batches of 10-14 holsters at a time.
For molding, I use a 6 ton press with rubber plates, and then a few Tandy tools for the detail lines.
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I had a punch made to my specs. Bang it through with a mallet while the leather is a little wet. Then I use a #5 edger on the back side of the slots. I dont touch the front of the slots. Then the inside of the slots gets burnished at the same time the outside edges gets burnished, which is after wet molding.
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I really like how the dye job came out. Very nice!
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Here ya go. Pics are from a holster I was building at the time so its not in a finished condition, but you can get the idea..
I do them a little differently now as far as the hardware is concerned, but the construction of the thumb break is basically the same.
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That came out really nice cornbread!
It takes a while to discover just the right window of opportunity to burnish the edges. When i started I always tried to do it when the leather was too wet.
Then one time I forgot about a holster for a few hours and when i went back to it to burnish, the egdes polished up like glass, and it was one of those "so this is how its supposed to work" moments. -
Theres also thousands of people using that "stick it in the barrel "holster"" that someone is selling. Doesnt make it a good idea.
Alas. we are all free to make our own decisions, even if they are bad ones.
If you intend to sell these, I hope you have phenominal liability insurance.
Also, Im not being a jerk. I am simply giving my thoughts and concerns on a holster you decided to show off to the world ( or at least the small percentage that frequent this forum ), and now youre just upset because Im not gushing over it.I won't. But you could relax a bit. If it was such a horrible idea there wouldn't be thousands of these being used world wide, as I've since found out. Even here in the states, its a version of a Bianchi Foldaway. So, just take it easy will ya? You don't have to be a jerk. I was being nice.
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Disagree all you'd like. I still think it's a horrible idea and nothing you can say will make me believe otherwise. I hope you dont shoot your ass off.
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I still have these.
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Exposed trigger and exposed muzzle are 2 big negatives for me. Stay safe!
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Ive been using kydex for the stiffeners.
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I've been using the "Little Wonder" from Weaver for a few years now. That would be my recommendation.
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I own both calibers so yes I know for cetain.
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Not everyone is blessed enough to have 2 hands and/or 2 arms.
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Nice trick with the elastic wrap. Nice work!
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The first set in post #20 is shark skin.
The brown pebbeled stuff is a piece of hide I found at Tandy. Fairly thin and I think its chrome tanned, I just treated it like an exotic and overlayed it on to a piece of cow. I really like how it looks.
Thanks!
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Snap Cake Snap Direction?
in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
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Both of those examples are mine
I used to give the customer the option of which way they wanted it to go, but now I do them all with the free end facing down
like so: