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I haven't made any adjustments to the machine. It has been working flawlessly up until this morning. I went to sew up a mag pouch and the presser foot started sticking in the up position. I've lubricated everything and it still sticks.

Well, here's my latest, and I think greatest so far. I believe this is number 5 or 6.

Maybe that's all it is, my user error. My anvil has two sides. I'll flip it over on the next one.

So, i recently did up a holster with a line 24 snap for the thumb break and I didn't like that fact that the back side of the male end concaved. When I put the plastic cover on, I was left with a small gap. I was thinking of counterboring to recess the snap. I could have sworn I came across this process in one of the threads. However, after an extensive search, I couldn't find it again. Any advise?

Well, here's a shot of the first one. I was quite pleased with it, but the customer wanted more cant and a higher ride. And number two...... Thanks for looking. Feel free to critique.

Thanks Chuck. I sent the a price request. I cut out another holster tonight on this HO and I couldn't help but notice how light, spongy and dry it felt compared to the Tandy leather.

I finally got a paying order, so I decided to order some Hermann Oak as I read nothing but good things about the quality of the leather. I recieved my order a couple days ago and I was very pleased with the surface. It was nice and smooth with very few marks on it. However, when I started cutting my holster yesterday I was very surprised at how difficult it was to cut. I keep my head knife very sharp. I tried cutting some Tandy leather of the same weight (8/9 oz.) to check the knife and no problem cutting the Tandy stuff. Well, I do as all good and stubborn Marines do, I continued forward and finished cutting. Well, skipping forward to edge beveling, same problem, very tough. My beveler would hardly cut it at all, very nasty edge to say the least. Repeated my tool test against some Tandy, and same as before, no problem with the tool. Now skipping to my belt loop punching, holy cow, I think I beat the heck out of that thing to get it to punch through. Anyone else experience this with HO or any other leather?

Thanks for the information. I think the double cut/bevel would look much better than a groover.

Is there a special tool used to get the double groove decorative lines or is this typically accomplished by using a freehand groover?

I got a buddy that wants me to make him a holster for his Llama .380. This is also my first holster with a thumb break. I'll have to modify one of my current thumb break tabs as it's too long for this smaller pistol. I didn't spend a lot of time molding, just wanted to give the guy aphoto of the mock-up to see if this is what he wanted. Can't wait to see how this one turns out. Finished product is going to be black on black with black antiqued hardware.

Jaw-dropping work to say the least. That's amazing!

Thanks Gringo! I contacted HDL and have some on order.

I have an old Galco and Aker holster that has these plastic covers on the back sides of their snaps. If anyone knows where I can get these it would be very much appreciated.

Just wanted to say that I went to a gun show today. I saw several holster/belt booths set up and I got a chance to look closely at quite a few different designs and makers. However, I didn't see any "custom" holsters. What I saw was kind of not so "custom", just off the shelf holsters that looked to be mass produced. Is this typical with some of these shows? What type of show can I see some of the high-quality holsters/belts at?

Awesome! I did notice they were cheaper than the Blue Guns. I'll have to try and find some coupons now so I can start my collection. What are some of the most popular models other than the 1911? And do you think the Blackhawk logo could be gotten rid of?

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Anyone using the Balckhawk Demonstrator Guns for their wet-molding? If so, how has the holsters turned out? Are these demonstartor guns a true replica of the real deal weapon?

I like airbrushing. Check Harbor Freight for a copmplete kit under $100.

Thanks for the replies! I did research as you all suggested. After comparing costs and learning about the different types of feeds, I made a deposit today on a Cobra Class 4. I was originally looking at the Tippmann because of the price, but after some debate with myself, I realized I wouldn't be spending that much more on a powered machine. I then found the GA5-1 on FleaBay for 750. The GA5-1 looked the part, but as you all and others told me, not best suited for holsters or anything else I didn't want bottom marks on . It's still a lot of money, but that's what the tax refund is for. Thanks again! Oh, ChopperGuy is my old screen name (I logged in on my old computer to post the message)

In the market for a machine in this price range. I also would like a machine for making holsters, belts, mag pouches, motorcyle tool bags, etc. Is this machine a compound or triple feed machine? i don't know much, but i was told that a compund machine would be best for not leaving marks on the underside of the project. Please help!

Here's my third attempt at a holster. I didn't post pictures of number two because I didn't like the way it turned out. This is my first attempt at this style of holster. I just wanted to say thanks to Adams Leather Works for the "How it's made?" videos. Oh, and I'm about done with hand stitching, this style holster was hard to hand stitch.

I'm calling this finished. Some things I'll do on the next one is get a bone folder for more distinctive lines for molding and to add a support piece across the front. Oh, and now that I'm looking, not some much over-hang on the barrel tip. Overall, I'm satisfied with this, but looking forward to doing a second one with better leather.

Thank you all for the positive comments. Definately ecouraging me to continue the process. I couldn't wait to get home from work today to try molding. Below are today's pictures. She's in the oven getting her bake on now. Haha. Looking forward to applying the final coat.

Well, after working on this all day, I had to take a break before moving to the molding stage. This is my first attempt at a holster. I had no idea hand stitching would be so time consuming. Please feel free to leave pointers for molding!