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Mike, Thank you for your kind replay. We did, indeed, have our design very well researched before filing a non-provisional patent application and are quite confident our holster is unlike anyone else’s. It is a rather unconventional design, will have a niche market and is not intended for broad appeal. We are just a couple of old boys out in west Texas just trying to amuse ourselves with something we enjoy. We have no delusions about being a threat to the holster world nor do we have any about being the first to use Kydex and leather. We really started out to make some of these for our friends and maybe take some to a gun show. I reckon what happened is we ordered a small quantity from this company and they have basically stolen our money and sent us very little in return. So, we just kinda set out to show them we could make them better, cheaper and faster than they could. My partner in this has a very good fulltime job and I am a disabled veteran retired from three or four careers. All of the stitching will be straight line (well, with a few 90 degree corners). It seems the only thing the company we have been dealing with did well was the stitching through the leather/kydex. This forum has been a wealth of information about different machines and while I am no expert by any means, I do believe I am a little smarter than when I signed up this morning...a little. I believe the Cobras, and their ilk, are a bit out of our range...even the used ones. We had a Singer of some sort about 10-12 years ago for a different project but sold it when the project was completed. I really wish I had kept it because I am quite certain it would sew through Volkswagon fenders. But, you know what they say...junk is something you throw out two weeks before you need it. Joe

Hello, all. My name is Joe Sabine and I own a small company in San Angelo, TX where we make custom pistol grips. We have been working with a company for over a year to get a pat pend holster made but have received nothing from them but heartache and a thinner wallet. We have decided to manufacture our own holsters but we are unsure of what machine we need. We, obviously don't want to buy something that isn't stout enough but we don't want to spend money for capability we won't use. We have tried looking on the internet and are somewhat in awe of the numberof used machines out there but we don't know what any of them are capable of. We will be sewing 0.60" Kydex between two layers of leather ( about .125" for the two) or a total of 3/16". We will be sewing 4-5 stitches per inch.I would appreciate any advice you could give me. Thanks, Joe