wizard of tragacanth

This design is interesting. I imagine that it is meant to be worn outside the belt but it looks like it may be even better if worn between the belt and the pants, creating more stability. Nick

BTW, if you decide to that you want to do more than a couple of holsters, you will probably want to pick up a coupld of tools: an edger (to trim the edges prior to sanding) and a stitch groover (to cut a trough for the stitching to lay in, which is perfectly parallel to the edge of the holster). Right now, I do not have time to post links to these. For a stitch groover, I highly recommend the one that can be used free-hand or with a guide... or you can buy two different tools for that if you don't want to fiddle with it. I use a #2 edger but many people use a #3. Nick

Dieselman, I can see in that second pic that your edges need more work too. Round the edges with sandpaper, start with 120 grit or finer and follow with 320 or such. Then burnish the edges. You can find details on how to burnish, pinned to the top of this forum, titled "Burnishing edges on a holster". You can also improve the belt slots by wrapping some sandpaper around a paint stir stick, dowel or even a screwdriver to sand them down and make them straighter. You can also use a screwdriver to burnish the inside of the belt slots. Seal all of the burnishing with a top coat. Nick

Wow! Nice looking rig. Your customer should be very happy with that.

Welcome to the forum! That's a good looking design... I think you're off to a good start. If you want to learn about sheath making... look around here for Chuck Burrows! He sells some DVD's on sheath making and other stuff too. Nick

A nice classic look for that wheel-gun... I like it. Nick

Mr. Epting... FANTASTIC knives! Nick

Fantastic tutorial... thanks so much! Nick

Nice stuff. Thanks for sharing. Nick

I especially like the revolver holster. Nick

Welcome to the forum! Nick

I have used the 2" Stohlman buckle and a Tandy oval punch (6mm x 9mm) and 3/4" spacing. It looks like this... Nick

Finally, a gift someone will appreciate! Merry Christmas! Nick

That holster looks absolutely top-notch. The brown sheath looks great but I think that I would want a little more of the handle of the knife to be exposed (personally). I stared at that nylon sheath for a long time... wondering how the heck to make something like that. Quality workmanship on all of those pieces, for sure. Nick

Very nice indeed.

A little tip... when you go to cut out the leather for your first holster, cut it at least 1/16 - 1/8" larger than the finished size because you will probably be trimming it down later. The bottom line is... you can always trim off excess but you cannot, very easily, add any. Nick

Wow, man, that has tons of style... very classy looking! Nick

Markush, I said Maker's Mark, I should have said Maker's Stamp... you know... the one's that have your name and say "maker" on them. One of these would work until you come up with a logo. I have a plastic one... it works fine and was very inexpensive. http://tuffcase.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=46&zenid=0auj18qra46agkrpi65lvhv8c7 If you want one that is smaller or larger, look here http://greyghostgraphics.com/Stamp%20Brochure.pdf If you want a steel stamp, look here http://www.steelstampsinc.com/ Nick

Nice work. The only thing missing is your Maker's Mark! I can't understand why the finish is coming off those snaps? Weird. I guess you could drill them out and use some new ones. Nick

Top notch stuff!

I used that blue-green DAP product many years ago, putting Formica on some speaker boxes. IIRC it worked fine but I would recommend experimenting on scrap before using it on a project. Nick

Pics are definitely needed for us to be of any more help at this point.

Very nice.

That's a gem! I like everything about it. Looks like the perfect design for that size of handgun. Nick

Are you going to cut belt slots for attachment? If so, it's hard to tell from the pic but it looks like the slots will be rather small, maybe not. My recommendations are to wet mold the holster, cut the belt slots, sew as closely to the gun as possible and hopefully, round off the square corners at the bottom of the holster a little bit. For sewing, I use a drill press with a 1/16" bit to drill the holes. Tandy sells waxed linen thread (or waxed nylon) and stitching needles (10 pack). The 25 yard spool of thread will do at least half a dozen holsters. After sewing, sand the edges, dye the holster if you want, slick the edges and finish with a top-coat. Nick