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Hello All, Not sure of this has been discussed very much or not, but it seems that I cannot for the life of me get my backgrounds and bevels to "stay down" after tooling. My carving is choppy and needs a lot more practice and this is bad enough, but this backgrounding and beveling issue just adds to my frustration. I don't know if the dye application is introducing too much moisture back into the leather causing it to swell back up or if I am not getting proper moisture content to begin with and the compression of the leather while tooling is not proper. Also, do you leave the swivel knife cuts open or smooth them back tight with the modeling spoon? I have seen this done by some and wondered if it affected the results. Any help would be great. Thanks........... Rory

Thanks guys. SooperJake, thats a great looking Sig you got there! You will have to show us your holster when you complete it. I am not very good with altering or making my own holster designs. LederRudi, Yes I did line the holster. The lining leather I ordered from Tandy and I believe it was just called "lining leather". It is really thin, but very strong. I have lined holsters, like theWill Ghormley "El Dorado" Rig, with 4-5 oz. leather as he suggests. The lacing pattern was provided with the pattern pack. I can't remember what it was called. Let me know if any more questions.

Thanks Wishful and thanks for looking!

Hello All, Here is a holster I made recently from the Will Ghormley 100th Anniversary 1911 Holster pattern pack. This one is called the "Frazier". Thanks for the patterns Will!........Rory

Sorry,forgot the other photo.

Hello all. Here are a few phone photos of a quick, fully lined, phone case I threw together for my Droid Incredible. FYI, If I were to make another, I would make the finger grab hole deeper on the back for more grip. Probably should have used a black thread, but I really like this "natural" artificial sinew I bought from a Kentucky vendor at a Rendezvous in Indiana. The Tandy sinew does not seem to be waxed enough for me and does not lay as flat or pull tight as this stuff does..........Rory

Looks great!! Just a thought, but why not cut the length of the "sides" (not including stitch area) of the pouch longer so the longer portion at bottom folds inward like a cardboard box and have the main flap and "bottom side" of the pouch (where you stitch it on) be one piece that folds around the side flaps, inside along the backing plate then up and over to create the flap? I'm sure this made no sense, but its hard to describe in words .......