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Frank is that the W&C brown skirting? Its beautiful! BTW nice work on that holster!

I would be in for a couple of these

Paul I am using tap water out of my utility sink. I never even thought about the minerals and chemicals in out water supply. Dan I am using the 5 gallon homer buckets from home depot and then threw out the snap on lid that came with it(pain in the butt to get on and off easily and messy as hell when it snaps off and you have dye on the edge). I added a lid they sell in the paint department that spins on for easy access. I usually have around 3 or 4 gallons of my custom denatured alcohol and dye mixture in there. I am leaning towards just getting the drum dyed but I am going to try and spray some test pieces with full strength Angelus and Fiebings pro dyes and some of my denatured alcohol custom dye mixtures I have this week to see how they come out. I will keep the thread updated. Thanks for the replies and the help!

Dan I have been doing the Lou Alessi way of holster making. I cut my leather, then dye, sew, wet mold, finish. Before I wet mold the color is even but when I wet mold, and it starts to dry, I get the splotches and dark spots. Nothing worse than making a $150 holster and it comes out like dog doo. I like that chestnut. I would love to see the W&C brown skirting with a final acrylic finished Are you guys cutting your dye with denatured alcohol or using full strength?

Been playing around with my brown colored holsters the last couple months and getting extremely frustrated with how uneven and splotchy it can get. I mainly dip dye my Hermann Oak leather. I am using 2 quarts of Fiebings Dark Brown Professional stain mixed with 2 gallons of denatured alcohol. I dip the holster leather for the same amount of time each time. It is only with the Hermann Oak cow hide I get the inconsistencies and different shade, especially after I wet mold the holster. It looks great wet but when it dries I get all kinds of different shades and splotches 50% of the time. Sometimes I get a beautiful brown color even throughout the whole holster and sometimes I can get a orange brown shade. Not ugly but not what the customer requested. Now my horse hide comes out the shade I want 90% of the time. Occasionally I may get a piece that is darker or lighter than I want but it is close enough in color to be happy with it.. I tried spraying using my Iwata sprayer but ventilation is a huge problem. I may go back to it but was wondering if anyone is using Wickett and Craig brown drum dyed skirting? How is your experience with the drum dyed browns vs your experience with dip dying brown or even spraying the brown with a sprayer. I am thinking about going the spraying route but was wondering if anyone has any formed holsters made with W&C drum dyed brown they made, with pics, they would be willing to show?

Ran I love it!

My Uncle wanted a holster for his .454 Casull Taurus Raging Bull. I made him a drop leg holster. He loves it. I took some pictures of it on myself and the 8-3/8" barrel practically is the length of my femur LOL

I am in.

Anyone have a lead on some nice black Chicago screws. I have the Nickel ones from Weaver Leather and that is the quality I am looking for. To bad they do not offer black in that quality of screw. I have ordered from 2 different places (http://www.mcmaster....-screws/=lg4uni and http://www.chicagosc...g=us&category=3) and and was not at all impressed with the quality at all. Shallow screw slot depth and if you over tighten it really messes up the finish and strips the slot heads. After spending $40.00 total at both places I am left with junk.

I agree. If you use 2 pieces of 8/9 oz then add some kydex you can shoot pool with the damn thing.

This is a great idea to get a list together due to costs of magazines in today's market. If we can get this posted eventually up top I think it would be a tremendous help to all the holster makers. If we can get all the holster makers in here to post what mags they have used in the past that were interchangeable we may get a pretty sizable list I am currently searching.for Glock 36 mags for a double magazine pouch for a customer without luck. I have used the following mags as substitution in the past 1911 single stack 45 mags for SIG P220/P245/P220 compact magazine pouches SIG P229 magazines fit a HK P30 9mm magazine pouches HK USP 9/40 mags and HK P2000 mags are interchangeable.

If anyone finds the answer to this question I would like to know also.

I have not purchased the drum dyed horse but have purchased a ton of the Horweens 5-7 oz and also the 7-9 oz horse butts from Springfield. Really nice. With that being said the drum dyed horsebutt are only 6-8 inches wide. That is kinda narrow. You may get lucky and get a piece with no waste.

Someone posted this video awhile ago. This is how I do mine now. Holds up well and looks nice.

I will take the following: Beretta 92FS SIG P220 H&K USPc .45 H&K USP9f Message sent

Can any anyone tell me what SIG gun mold will work with the Sig Sauer P220 compact SAS Gen 2? I am pulling my hair out trying to find a mold for it.

Love it Dan...I love it!

I have a question about your Sig P250 sub compact Message sent

Dan that looks fantastic!

I think the Press-n-snap is fantastic. I have set over 150 so far on it without a mistake. I recommend getting the bench mount for the press-n-snap. As for the dimples in the caps. I got to think they are set during manufacturing. I have seen Milt Sparks pull-the-dot snaps with the dimple and no writing on them. The snaps I have from DOT have no dimple and say "pull the dot" on them. I am wondering if the ones with the dimples are old style from DOT.

I have one of spinners original drill press burnishers but dropped it on cement when the chuck fell out. It cracked the end but still works just fine. I decided to order one from Beary on Sept 25th as a back up just in case I drop it again and it splits.

This were I got my press-n-snap tool. http://www.rochfords...5_A_CatID_E_421 I would love to find out how to put a dimple in the pull the dots also.

I bet that it payed for itself in the first month

That is an excellent job. Nice stitching. Your boning detail is excellent. Way better than my second attempt.

Fantastic as always. Where do you get your black shark from? Love the look!