jlaudio29

Jeanette, how are you applying the dye to the leather? I use an airbrush, and id start with a half full body of reducer, and add the ox blood to it until i get the right color.

Looks good, nice clean work.

ASM they work just like an Milt sparks axiom, its just my own version of it.

Id like to see a picture of the avenger with the gun in the holster, so i can give you some feedback on something that may help you get your pattern a little tighter. you can always shoot me an email as its easier for me to check and reply to and input pictures. Saddle stitch is the way to go for hand stitching. And i agree with the other poster about adjusting your pattern on the pancake, also rounding your corner a little more, make them flow. There is a time nad place for sharp edges, i love putting sharp edges on my holsters but its only warrented in certain areas, you can see some examples on some of my work.

Thanks hestes, let me know if you need any pointers.

Ive made a few pink holster, i use Fiebings Oxblood, mixed with Fiebings reducer thinner whatever. Holster looks good though, i like it.

Thanks for the compliments guys. Olds cool - yah that first one came out nice, took me a while to design it, had to play around with it a lot, the customer wanted something aggressive and a bit on the dark side (not refering to color) needless to say i nailed it and he loves it. pricey holster though $180 c2369zulu - Practice makes perfect, my holster take me between 4-6 hours to make, sometimes a little more depending on the design, i still hand stitch most of my holsters even though i have a Toro 3000. As ive always said, if anyone would like to know any thing about how i constructed my holsters or any detail work, im more then willing to share my knowledge, all you have to do is ask. very late reply i know... just finished logging 68 hours this week.

Have not posted in a while, life just gets to busy to keep up with everything we want to do in life. 60 hours a week for my fulltime job, and then doing this part time really takes it out of me! Enjoy.

Cant figure out what is going on, machine was running fine, now every other stitch or almost every other stitch you can see the top thread on the bottom. Hope that makes sense. I dont think it can be a tension issue, but i dont know for sure. the springy eyelet thing seems to make a loud click sound, not sure if its normal or if its part of the problem, once something goes wrong every little noise seems out of the ordinary and its hard to remember if it made that sound before haha.

Looking good sir! always clean work from you. You should have made the set pink to match the gun!! like one i made a long time ago!

How come you cant make on of your own? Also, are you talking fullsize xd9, compact? I can make you one, what are you wanting to pay for one?

Thanks for the heads up, link works now.

Ok, so here is a link to my hidden snap tutorial, i didnt feel like copy and pasting all the photo and then all the descriptions for each photo, here is a link to my tutorial on how i do my hidden snaps. Hidden Snap Tutorial Here is a pic of a holster I did with the hidden snaps, To show you the final product with the loop all stitched.

Yah its just a standard tandy clip, nothing fancy. gets the job done. Im wondering if i should just post a link to the tutorial here, or make another post specifically for it to make it easier to find and not potential clutter this thread up with discussion reguarding it.

Not bad sir, keep working at it. My only thing with this is... that short of a gun it is unecessary to make a belt slide style for it.. your 90 percet to a pancake.. might as well just cover the rest of the gun up.