SandSquid

reaing the file-name kinda gave it away too "smith38 " I blame in on the Robitussin The extreme South-Western corner of the State. Not at all.... If you don't get it, consider yourself lucky!

Nice... guessing a .45 Long Colt or .44 Mag Love the bio-hazard logo... are you a member of the Zombie Outbreak Response Team? I'm over here in Membabwi, myself.

Didn't tighten up as much as I had hoped but it's serviceable.

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I also went ahead and punched out the area that would have born against the magazine release. Didn't want my little pumpkin to drop her magazine and not know it, as this particular model will not fire without the magazine properly seated

Forged ahead and made a few mistakes but it's serviceable. Hopefully it'll snug up a bit tighter when I let it dry on the pistol.

I just got this pattern pack last week and it's pretty good to my untrained eye. I started making the "bikini weeping heart" pattern this weekend for my wife's daily carry 1911

US Navy Reservist (I am rated as an "IS" but hold secondary NEC's as a "MA" and "IT" as well) been a mobilized for the past 7 years to some of the cruddiest places on the planet (Iraq, Djibouti, Kuwait, Afghanistan, etc.) Just got back from my toughest tour in Afghnistan after a few way-too-close calls, and I'm finally demobilizing and burning down a huge pile of accumulated leave time and trying to get my head straight, or at least functional & socially acceptable, now that I'm back in "polite society". Finding leather working to be a great way to manage stress and regain some sense of "hominess" while trying to learn how to make some holsters for the daily carry weapon(s) for myself and my family... My wife recently totally lucked into a decent job with a daily commute through the crapiest parts of our city.... and finally decided to get her Carry License. She tried LOTS of holster and didn't like any of the hard styles (kydex) and is a lefty so anything would be an order-and-wait and hope she likes it proposition. So I figure I don't have a job, and plenty of time... I can make them! It can't be that hard and will be less expensive than buying a pre-made holster/ right? (WRONG!) So, I went to Tandy Leather and got the Will Ghormley's Classic 1911 Patterns 100th Anniversary Pack of patterns. Since this was my first adventure and I only had one small piece of leather on hand, I picked the smallest simplest one, the Bikini-Weeping Heart pattern. Cutting was a breeze with a fresh set of blades, but the observant will note I neglected to flip the pattern over to make it a lefty, woops! So I'll need to go back to Tandy and get another hunk of leather... Anchoring the flap edge w/ barge cement and pounding 1/16" holes was uneventful, though I found that using my bonded #70 upholstery thread left the holes really vacant, hopefully the proper (called of in the instructions) pre-waxed linen thread will fill them up. Add that to the Tandy shopping list for when I have some money again.... Other than that, it's looking pretty sweet. those are my wifes' fingers (and her 1911, verified clear) My youngest daughter declared that since this was a right hand holster it will be hers, for her 1911 (chambered in 22lr). She's only going to be 12 years old in March, so she can't legally carry, but if SHTF that will be the least of our concerns. Guess I need to get some "girly" color leather dye at Tandy while I'm there... I'm discovering that there are quite a few tools I NEED to do this job correctly, and with my limited funds it will take me a while to collect them. Next trip will have to be a few more leather blanks, a diamond awl, stitch groover, stitch marker/wheel, linen thread. If anybody has any decent used basic tool/kit they'd want some PayPal in exchange for, please let me know. I don't have much funds but can swing a few dollars here and there.