Wareagle50

Man, that looks great!

thats very nice.

I was worried about that. It fits ok though. Ill probly make the next one a tad bit tighter. Thanks alot for your comments BigO.

Im no expert Tim, but I think its made with vinegar and fine steel wool.

Here is the back. Sorry for the crappy pic, im at work.

BigO, thanks alot, im really proud of this one. ill post a pic off the back for you. I could not get my groover to cut into the elephant hide very well. So I justaid out the holes and stitched without a grooved line. My marks didnt show up well and I got afew of the m off line a bit. I also need to get a freehand groover , I guess.

Wow, I hope to be where you are one day. Nice work.

made this one for my B.I.L. what do yall think? better?

you did a good job. im not relly qualified to critique.

wow, i love them all!!!!

very nice.

i like that a lot. im working on one like it right now but yours looks better.

all of them are very good. i like the first one best.

you are talented, my friend.

Yes thank you Nas, thats a great idea. Im starting over from scratch. I want these to be as close to perfect as im able to get them.

Ok, that makes pefect sense now. Thank you both.

Thanks yall, I think im following what you mean. Im gonna try to tweak them per your suggestions. When I allow for the stitch lines, do I add 1/2 the thickness plus 1/8" to the whole width of my holster ?

what do yall think i should change? the orange one is for a G27. the white one is a Walther P22. Ill be useing horse hide on these. They are for my BIL.

very nice!

i like em all. that square toed J-frame is my least favorite and the PX4 is the best, MHO. TRAE

big o, thank you for your advice sir. its funny you say that cause i intended on rounding that corner off but i cut my stitch groove without thinking about it so i just left it alone. i didnt have a big enough piece of the black elephant to make my betl tunnel or i wouldve done as you said. putting my overlay on first messed up my plan a bit though. im gonna keep trying to get one perfect. thanks to all who responded. TRAE

i did my wet molding pretty much like you said but i think the butter knife was a bad idea. modeling tools, great idea. thank you.

ha, yea mine too.

dwight, i might not have waited long enough but i thought i did. i did the boning with the handle of a butter knife so i thought mabye if i used the correct tool it would look better. this was my first time trying it so i hope to get it right , or at least get better, next go rround. could you tell me how you do it and what tools you use?

thanks for the pics . that helps a lot. i could kick myself for not putting the tunnel in the correct spot . live and learn i guess.