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Now here's a guy who knows what a welt is for, it's basically a club love that Doc. I used a thick welt on a pocket carry holster, so the holster stays, and the gun comes out. It worked great because the welt was 13/16" thick with the leather reversed, rough side out. It worked out great.

Like that and a nice welt

I agree with all you said. The way I see it is if you are in this country legally, making an honest living, you already have my respect. IMHO

I remember on the Jackie Gleason show, Jackie was trying to get a new job. He said to Norton I can't seem to get a job Norton said Let me see that application Norton looked at it and said, " No wonder you can't get a job. You put in that you're just a bus driver, Norton now said. I could get that job, Jackie said, you work in a sewer. Norton said Yeah, but I'm what you call a 'Subterraneal Sanitational Engineer', so it's all in your job title.

For me, it's "leather work" at the same time. I would not call a professional saddle maker a leather worker or a leather craftsman; I would think of them as a saddle maker.

Agreed LOL Yes, that is true

That's exactly how I felt, and I didn't intend to hurt anyone's feelings. I apologize to all who are offended.

Finding the center of a line should be in your head, almost instantly, especially in leather work. Except for that rare time when the measurement needs to be closer than 1/32" Let's do one 50" divided by 2, what comes to mind instantly, 25 . Let's do another 50 and 3/4" divided by two, half of 50 = 25, and half of 3/4= 3/8", so it's 25 and 3/8" So let's do one a bit more difficult, 49.3/4" divided by two. Just think what's half of 40" = 20", then what's half of 9"=4.1/2" add them together and that's 24.1/2" all that's left is the .3/4" and half of that is .3/8" add that to the 1/2 and you get .7/8" add the .7/8" to the 24.1/2" and you get 24.7/8" When I first started in my trade, over 50 years ago, a big part of my job was measurement. My boss was a tough man, and that's being nice. After a few years, I went to him for a raise. With his gruff look and voice, he said, "Raise. What makes you think you deserve a raise?" Before I could say anything, he spat out, "How many thirty seconds in nine sixteens?" I said, "I don't know." He said, "Come back when you do know, and maybe I'll give you a raise." I was very mad, but I also knew he was right. I should know that. After a very short time, I came back, and I did know and trust me, if I can figure it out, you can too, and that's for sure. In a very short time, that stuff should be second nature to you, no special rulers or any of that. You should see the measurement and boom, the center is in your head. Sorry for the story, but what's half of 9/16"? If you had to think for more than "one half" a second, you need practice! In fact, you should not have to think at all for the answer to that.

LOL, it's like the little skinny guy in the wide-brimmed fedora or the giant guy in the very narrow-brimmed fedora, it's just opinion LOL. I once picked up some folks from Indiana at Logan International. As we approached the Sumner Tunnel, the traffic bottlenecked, they said, Is the traffic always this bad I said No, this isn't bad, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO BE 5 O'clock, FORGET ABOUT IT They both started laughing. I had no idea what was so funny. After a while of prodding them, they said we would never use that expression in Indiana. I said What expression? "Forget about it", no one would ever say that in Indiana. LOL I took them to Regina Pizza in the North End of Boston for lunch, then to Caffe Vittoria, for coffee, now that was funny! LOL.

Sorry, friend, it was not my intention to insult you, for me it was just a "Style question" and also just "my opinion on style, not on execution". A German Luger would not look good in that holster either, IMHO. All that said, very nice holster, friend. What's most important is that you like it.

Nice work, but for me, that style holster doesn't fit the gun, all curvy leather, and the 1911 has all straight angles. For me, it looks like you put the gun in the wrong holster. Nice work on the holsters, though.

That's very nice work, love it. I think the thin leather might have some challenges of its own, like how it hangs the right interfacing and where to use it. I can't wait to see it with you're skills, I'm sure it will be beautiful.

I think veg tan leather would be best for what you're doing, 5 min epoxy inside the beak, cut the beak to shape, so when you fold it's in the shape you want, then stitch under or mold it on a form, Ie, a piece of wood. Then paint the inside after it's dry with 5-minute epoxy , then paint the outside with Acrylic paint, as Chuck said, good luck and have fun!

Beautiful, very nice design and execution.

Wow, that's a beauty!

Nice job on those. I like the hand stitching just behind the buckle, and the edges are slicked nicely.

Just shows to go ya looks ain't everything you can get some good results from repurposed tools.

One more thing, I once stepped backwards onto the 8' high set of stairs I just finished taking all the treads and risers off of there was one riser still on that caught my ass, my foot caught the stringer, as I was falling backwards, I was then hanging upside down between the stringers my wife came to the doorway and yelled are yo all right I said I think so jus need to figure out how to get out of this. LOL

Avoiding accidents #1: if you think Wow, this looks like something I shouldn't do then don't do it. #2 Everyone, well 99%of the time in that 10th of a second before something happens, you know it's going to happen. This is generally when using tools of some kind. like when that wrench just starts to slip and BOOM knuckles #3 rushing something not good or not paying attention, talking to someone while running that unforgivable table saw, you know that 5 horsepower one with the 12" or 14" blade, or that carving gouge you push toward your hand that's holding the wood you should not be holding and you know it!, or the safety glasses you know you should have on while driving cement nails dumbass stuff but we all do it, have done it, or will do it.

I was a roofer, worked on church steeples, and was also a cement finisher and cabinet maker, all of which were dangerous jobs. I fell 3 feet from a steep ladder, and that was a life-changing event. you never know. LOL

Just the corners of the iron are rounded, you are right, a full ellipse on the edge would not be the way to go. I have done this, and it works very well.

scrub plane very very sharp

Beautiful machine, have fun with that, looks like it's in great shape.

nice job

nice work