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sold the 6 glocks

I have 52 I am wanting to sell as a group 30 each pics for now ... I am an OTR trucker and can send a detailed list this weekend

my "easy bake oven" is an old dresser shell, with insulation, shelves where the drawers were, and a door on the front........100 watt ceramic heater (looks like a light bulb) and a 70 watt light bulb. a thermostat that is actually a electronic controller for a reptile tank. it stays at 80, and when wet forming I turn it up to bout 90-100 degrees. Its biggest benefit is in the winter when it is colder. There are two small fans inside of it as well. simply hastens the drying process. i leave things in there 12 hours.

springfield leather ...i buy 100 at a time brings em down to little over buck a piece (I think)

I personally mold a site channel in pancakes.......dont bother me that others dont or tell me that I should not......... the above comment reflects the reason that I come to this forum Amongst my peers or those that simply admire holsters, I am the "cats meow"...."wow....thats awsome"........I come here where people have more "time in service" (military analogy) with hopes of some other points of view, critiques, or sense of accomplishment, when some one with more knowledge and experience says "hey, your gettin better....or good job" ...... I suppose when I have been doing it as long as some of the people on here, I may may get stronger opinionated and set in my way as the best way.....for now I come here because I am still figuring out the way "I" want to do it. Just my opinion in regards to the deviated path this thread has taken..... I am appreciative

i would not call it hi jacking.......have been away for a few days...... dialog is what I really look for.....and it is amazing what can be ;learned from different peoples opinons and methods. I can learn from opinions that I agree with and the ones that I disagree with. Heck, I guess opinions that I dont undertand create in me a desire to learn more. please comment on my opinion here.....it seems to me that people go about gaining retention 2 different ways. 1. mimicking the necessities of a kydex, they form into the trigger and ejection port to get a snapping into place effect. 2. creating as much good surface contact area as possible by forming, or boning in. Since I only have a few years of experience, my curiosity is if method number one mentioned above only became prominent after kydex became prevalent in holster making? I have no idea, but the answer by some that have done it longer would help me prove or disprove some personal thoughts.

thanks george

almost all of mine are wrap arounds, like avengers.........ans I learned my lesson (on here) about not digging in to deep on the trigger guard, and I explain to people .....retention does not come from the ejection port or trigger, but from the forming of the holster which provides all the surface contact .....how I understand and explain it..... My little holster business really ahead of where I thought I would be after a year......so many little things to pick up that I guess only come by experience ....

I have been a little discouraged when people pick up there holster or handle them at gun shows. The pick them up and act like they cant get them out. I handle them and think they fit as I think they should. I always tell them that they have to break them in. I encourage them to dry fire a few times ever night and within a week it will be perfect. I repeatedly have people tell me that "yep, just like you said....It fits perfect now"...Of course i dont hear from every person and admit that I have only been doing this as a business a little over a year. The other night I made a 1911 avenger and experimenting.....I wrapped with plastic sheathing and then molded more aggressively on the ejection port and have to admit it was a different feeling to the holster once dried. I typically oil the gun and mold without any wrapping. In my mind it seems like, since they always loosen up as they are broken in, then the 1911 experiment above may get to loose?? any input, experience or opinionas??

springfield leather has small quantities

very nice

interesting...... compared to the pic above, the xdm is to big but the measurements of the cz would make it perfect .800 width 1.250 depth just eye balling the rest, the shape and contour are ever so close I think it will work.....

thanks alot....I think I have what I need to build one......I really appreciate it

Working on a setup for some one in active Army and I have the blue gun but cant find details about the magazine. Many are same size as other double staccks. Below is a list of ones that I have. Wondering if anyone knows for sure if one will make a compatible mag carrier? or precise measurments to make one. i have some others I have made before, mostly smaller single stacks. Thanks XDM 9mm CZ75b GLock

yes sir I went from a 25 to a 24 a while back as a result of our conversation, so i thought .....why not go down to 23 .....but I guess that was pushing it

Well......I put in 24 and it SEEMS to be working. Several passes on the scrap and then the holster, problem free.......but i am hesitant to say that was the problem. So much about the machine I wish I understood better. I feel like the stereo typical woman that puts as in the car, but does not even begin to understand how it works. It works until something goes wrong. Any pointers??? As long as I ma on here....here are few recent holsters

Happened once a week ago and now all of the sudden it is doing it pretty regular. No clue. I have not made any adjustments of late. Last thing I changed was the needle size from a 24 to a 23 using 207 thread. Machine is a cowboy 3200, and naturally It is a crisis, dont see how the machine problems would not be. And the cowboy and I have been getting along real well lately Thanks

just what seems to work with 1/4 inch gun belts.........have been punching holes and chiseling and like the 3/8 best

I am expecting mine form texas custom dies any day now......3/8 by 1 5/8

Re read things again this morning with more patience and I do think it makes more sense to build the loop over on the main piece instead of the re enforcement piece. and jls I did "re work" my 1911 pattern since this holster and got a little more meat on the gunside belt loop. sitting here for several miniute s thinking about the whole double sided thumb break and honestly it seems like a better way to do it, but extra intimidating, in that it has to be assemble as the 2nd piece is sewn on and then there is no room for error .....jut dont know............I have "tanked" several holsters in the learning process, and I hinestly think I have ruined more over thumb breaks than ant thing else.....chiefm I am with you that I hate doing them, at one time I was going to say I dont do thumb breaks but then I cooled of and re did the holster and .....well....learning as we go

dakota wolf.....I have to read that a few time just to soak it all in.....outstanding, and thanks for your time to explain that so well........I have seen the hidden hardware with two layers, and I thought it just added more to the mystery for me. I think your write up gets me to fully understand it now

I have done a few thumb breaks and would like some advice before I do my next one. Things I have learned, feel free to correct or give opinions... Thin does not work....seems like the base needs to be thicker and taper down , and this gives better rigidity. How thick across the top of the slide, seems to be different with each gun. Those with a hammer seem to necessitate a thinner portion here. my main question is the placement of the snap. I have had to redo holsters as a result of lack of experience. My assumption is that snap placement just over the top of the slide allowing the leather to make a complete 180 degree turn I always make the original piece to long and then trim to fit. seems hard to get a measurement that I have confidence in. enclosed is a picture or my most recent. Seems the correction would be placement, a little more rearward? Feel free to offer any instructions, opinions and critique

I have done a few overlays, but nothing with hair on it. I have a customer that wants one of my cell phone holsters with cheetah that I have. I glued a test piece, sewed it, it seems to burnish pretty well and seam up with the leather. I assume there is nothing applied to the hair on? and wondered if one of you might have a "do" or "don't do" that I am not aware of?

very helpfulll.....really appreciate it....play with that this evening

How do you now if the there is to much pressure being applied when sewing? the two pieces of 8 ounce leather can visually be seen expanding from the squashing. Is it to much? I am assuming the pressure foot (if the right name) has some adjustment? Machine is a cowboy 3200