The leather is 7-8 oz, i don't think its way to thick for holsters, It gives a good protection on the firearms, and the new/old Champion sewing machine makes fast work of stitching, I used to do them all by hand, but i never would have stitched all the way around by hand, it would have taken a long time, but ya'll know that. The stitcher works great and i usually get the patterns cut out one day, dye them, and then take them out to get sewed up the day after there good and dry, Getting the leather formed before stitching helps a great deal. Thank you for the comments.