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Hello All. I put my flex ruler to good use again for this quick holster to hold my spare Colt Delta Elite 10mm magazine. It should work for 1911 magazines also. I will have to try a few in it. I had to use the 1.5" oblong slot punch in two positions to get a wide enough angled slot. I was a little disappointed with the results of the fiebings USMC Black dye as even after multiple soaking coats using the supplied wool dauber and even dampening the leather to better take the dye, there were several faint streak areas of un-dyed leather after buffing and still lots of rub off onto clothes. Anyone else have this issue with this dye/color?...............Rory

Thats quite nice looking. Your brother should be proud to own it!

Nery Nice! The Bass Cleff in the name idea is cool. I have a Fender B-Bender made from Fender's Corona Custom Shop. Keep up the good work! ................Rory

Whoa! Nice.

After just working with the ostrich leg skin a few days ago for a Sodbuster sheath (posted photos), I would say that is a fine job you did! I really like it. I found I really like the ostrich, but the larger scales can be difficult to cut at times and the edging is a little tricky. I did not edge bevel my edges or the belt loops, but did sand a little and applied brown edge coat to the outer edges................Rory

Awesome work!!

Nice job! I too would be interested in an email of the tutorial. Thanks for sharing!..........Rory

Sheathman- Thank you and good eye on the sodbuster (large not the Jr.) . Jaymack-Thank you for the comment. I am starting to like the look of ostrich more and more. BTW, I have to give credit for the style where credit is due so I went back online last night and found the image I saw of the similar sheath and it was from D.M. Bullard Leather. I went to the website and they have some really cool exotic items (holsters/sheaths/wallets/etc.)

Hello All. Saw something similar to this online, so I wanted to give it a try. Might do a brown edge coat on this one unless someone with experience with ostrich recommends something different. Criticism certainly welcome. Thanks for looking........Rory

When I see posts that say "here is my first saddle", I think of someone saying something like "here is the first car I built from scratch", or "here is the first skyscraper I designed and built" . Such a big project to take on. One day I want to have that title on one of my posts. Great job!! Thanks for sharing...........Rory

Very nice work you have done there! I am starting on a guitar strap myself which will probably only have veiner and mule foot designs, but after seeing these wonderful straps, I think I may drop leatherwork and leave it to the people that know what they are doing .........J/K...........Rory

Is the back of the second holster tooled too or just the snap straps? I really like the veiner tooling and will use it and the mule foot on a guitar strap I just started. Kind of like whats seen on Will Ghormley's "Hand of God" Rig belt. Also is the whole back the brown color? Great looking stuff, thanks for sharing!

Looks Good. I like it.

Thanks Imapeopleperson. I have only bought my elephant from Springfield Leather when they have it in stock. I have seen it recently advertised on their home page at $11.99 SF. Sometimes their exotic scrap bags will have it in there too I hear. Thanks for looking.......Rory

Based on the stitching, It appears he has lined a lot of the holsters. I wish I had time to do that many at once. Looking good.

Very nice! I love Will Ghormley's stuff. I picked up the "Hand of God" pattern pack and found out a few things: 1. I am no good at tooling. 2. I am no good at burnishing edges. 3. I never want to attempt stitching on a toe cap ever again.

Hello All. This is a bit of overkill for a knife sheath I guess, but it was fun to work on.I am trying to learn more about using elephant, using exotic leathers and doing inlays. I still need to do some finishing on the edges and belt slot. This sheath has matte cognac elephant lined with horse hide. I messed up on quite a few things that may or may not be obvious. The sewn on belt loop on the back is cowhide with no finish. I was going to use the fiebings dark brown oil dye, but here lately, the leather seems to get brittle and split or crack after using this dye. I did not have my slot punch (out of town for work for a few months), so I had to punch the slot with a hole punch and cut the sides out. I hate this method!!!!...........................Rory

They look great! Can you share a source for gator? I have been wanting to try some out...........Rory

Very Cool! You should do a tutorial and post! Thanks for sharing.....Rory

Ok, I gave it a try and it worked out ok I guess. Hard to keep the stitch line straight with this stuff. Here is a CRKT Ringed Razel knife sheath with elephant outer and cowhide lined. I have a thing for these razels. So handy............Rory [/img][/img][/img]

Love it!!

Really like that! I too like your stamp work and design.........Rory

Thanks Blake. I kind of figured that would be the best approach. I will give it a try .................Rory

Hello All, Made this little sheath yesterday for my CRKT Ringed Razel. Nothing fancy, it is lined, no edge burnishing or tooling done. I just made this for myself to be a user/beater. I learned not to make the belt loop as wide as the sheath body because you can't easily stitch the body when the belt loop is in the way :-).....................Rory

Very nice looking!