Shane in Baton Rouge

Eric, In case you missed another post in the "show off" section of this forum.. Thank you for your videos, and advice I have read here. All the forum members that share information are keeping an art from dying. I look around at the plastic holsters everywhere, molded in Asia, and I am grateful to be doing this. Please check out a few of my photos at evansgunhide.com Thanks again.... Shane Eric, I forgot to mention.. I have been typically using a 1/4" offset stitch line on the back piece and 1/2" on the front. Once I got the pattern making down pat, I have been doing fine with those numbers until this Glock 21 I am battling with right now....

Hi, Shane in Baton Rouge here, I think my story is similar to many of the holster makers in history. I wanted a better holster, found that the wait was too long and the price too high, so I figured I would take a shot at it myself. Well, I decided with the encouragement of my wife to take a look at possibly making this a small business. I have some unique ideas that dont necessarily have anything to do with holsters, but thats another topic. Here are my first few efforts: but first I want to recognize Eric Adams (Particle) here on the board. It is due to his informative posts, and particularly his very educational and well done videos on youtube that I even took this challenge on. It was his spectacular holsters that have given me a mark to shoot at. So here they are: First is a VERY difficult holster for a Walter PPS. I know know why there are no major holster makers constructing holsters for it. Look closely at the mag release. It extends past the tip of the trigger. The user is a very experienced female plainclothes detective and there is a need for performing reloads while the gun is holstered. Next up a holster for a Sig 229. A pair of Glock 26/27 holsters: Finally, a Smith M&P Holster. Getting a bit better.. Eric and other members of this forum, please let me know what you think. I have had a few hiccups, such as keeping that natural holster clean while moulding. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also I am not happy with the gloss finish of the resolene. Thinking of switching to BagKote. Suggestions welcome here too. Thanks all for participating in this board. I could not have done this without this resource. Shane.

Thanks Guys. I will split the difference. What I am going to try is to a normal pattern for the back based on the gun. I am going to add a little over a quarter inch to the width on the front piece, but add it at the depth portion of the holster. I plan on wet moulding the front in a vac press, and I will leave the back piece dry during the process. It seems to be close on a dry run with paper. I have a galco that looks to be constructed this way, based on the apparent D shape of the gun pocket. I am an absolute novice at this, but hopefully the measure twice, cut once rule will apply here. Maybe. The vac press I built may be very well suited to Big Os suggestion. Mine is more of a vac table, so that may work. Imma try it.

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Hi all, Any input please on a pancake holster that has a more or less flat back. I am working on patterns, and I am looking for a molded front, curved / non molded back. How do you account for the additional leather on the front side to provide for that? Thanks, Shane

pics please. any idea on freight to the us?

As a note to fellow members, this past weekend I clicked on the link advertising the Boss at $1195, intending to purchase it. I searched the Tippmann site, and was unable to find any way to purchase it for that price. I emailed them and received a reply from Ms. Anna Tippman stating that the sale was no longer in effect. I grabbed a screenshot of the ad that we all still see on the top of this page, and emailed it back to her. My kids and I have counted on Tippmann products in the past in the form of their basically bulletproof (pun intended) paintball products, but that extra 300 dollars... well, I will have to wait and see if I find a used one, and I have also started considering other options. I can, after all purchase a servo powered stitcher on a table for less than 1500. I feel a bit let down that the ad is running, but I cannot purchase it for that price. It at least has me doing alot more research, and gaining a whole lot of respect for the "Wiz" over on the sewing machine area. Shane

Wiz, I have to say, you are one of the most patient forum members I have ever come across. Us lurkers sure appreciate the time you spend to author informative posts about what I have learned is a very unexpectedly complicated topic. There is no info on the CB2500 or CB3500 machines that you so frequently recommend. Is this actually two different machines, or a typo? Thanks, Shane

Ellen, I think braided leather products are a great suggestion, but also, and I KNOW its not leather, and it may be blasphemy on this forum, but a buddy of mine finds himself sitting at a lot of extra duty. (He has daughters in college and high school.) He has started tying paracord survival bracelets, keyfobs, neck knife lanyards, weighted monkey fists in various colors. I think color combinations that suit folks favorite sports teams would be a great marketing tool. A simple website, and you are off and running. I think the cost for a survival bracelet is about 1dollar. They go like hotcakes at 10$. Check youtube for some tutorials. If Cline can do it, anybody can.......

Has anyone seen one of these operate?? I can find no video on the internet, nor any other information. It doesnt even seem to be a current lumbertos product.

Hi guys, Im new here and interested in holster making for myself and friends, but proudly, I am a firearms instructor, and can actually have some input here. Kneel, strong side knee on ground. Handgun can be placed in crook of strongside bent knee for the reload, just place it in the crook, slide in the crease, and sit back on it until secure. Perform your reload then a belt or jean pocket slide rack will have you back in business. Shane.