snubbyfan

Thanks Bill, That's the second holster he ordered from me. The first was a strong side pancake. He liked it so much he ordered a matching one for the other side.

Good lookin' stuff Joe, nice stitchin'.

That came out great.

Hmm, Y'all got me thinkin' and that can get dangerous. I've got some chrome tanned but I don't even like to store it on the same side of the room as my veg tan and I'd never want to use it as a lining leather for the reason pointed out by Lobo. However, I also have a double shoulder of 3 to 4 ounce milled veg tan. I usually use it for making soft sided pouches that sell well at area fairs and festivals. I'm thinkin' of maybe using that as a liner, hmm.

I made a cross draw snubby holster for a client a little while back. Just recently I received a picture back from him, it's his preferred mode of carry. I didn't make the belt but it goes well with the holster.

Not only do I not mind, I'd feel flattered. One thing I found is that tooling the center of the front panel increases it's length and helps to initiate the curve. Lookin' forward to seein' how it comes out.

Just finished a double layer basic black belt. Hand stitched, customer supplied buckle. Stitches are grooved, front and back. Seven oval holes 3/4" apart. The inner layer's skived at the buckle end. Looking at these pictures, looks like I got a little more edge work to do.

Beautiful, very nice.

Wow, that's gotta be frustrating. Looks like ya got a thonging chisel for lacing. A stitching chisel is angled, and diamond shaped. Stitching holes should look like little angled diamonds. Like northmount said, ya don't have to gorilla the threads tight, I just give 'em a quick tug.

Thanks, actually, I can't take all the credit for it. I worked with a customer on the design. He had an Idea in his head and had me make it for him. This is the one I made for him;

First Project? Fantastic job!

Very nice, good job. I'm lookin' forward to seeing what ya come up with next.

A filler is kinda like a welt for a holster. I generally don't use fillers, I did on this holster because I thought it'd look good. The customer wanted a pretty rig for wearing to barbecues. I thought a burnished filler'd add mass, look good and make the holster stiffer. I just eyeball my fillers and welts, so I couldn't tell ya how wide it was but I think it came out kinda nice. These two are for field use and neither have a filler. They fit a 6" S&W L frame and a 5" Springfield 1911, I was able to get a proper fit without a filler and with a little wet molding.

Something like that all comes down to the details. Stitch lines, edges and finish. I'll get pics up when it's done but don't hold your breath. I'm taking the weekend off to spend some time with my wife.

Thanks, the holster does snuggle the gun right into my side. The dye's Fiebings Professional Oil dye in saddle tan. It's the leather that's different. I tried out a double shoulder of 9 ounce that was factory finished on the flesh side. The grain side's darker also. These two holsters were dyed out of the same bottle of saddle tan with two different kinds of leather.

Sometimes simple has it's own beauty. I'm working on a 1 1/4" double layer dress/gun belt. The customer wants it black with black stitches and no tooling. It's coming out pretty nice.

Looks good, nice and clean.

Very nice, the dye work's even, the tooling's sharp, nicely finished edges and straight stitch line. Something like that, I probably would have made without a stitch groove, casting my stitches over to accentuate the angle of the stitches and make them a bit more decorative.

Istoyi! Same thing he said but in Blackfoot.

Looks fantastic.

Zombie holster. Poor thing looks ill. Nice holster, after I get caught up, I'm thinkin' of making a blue jean colored, pancake style concealment holster

Nice job on the stitch line and dye work, looks good. If the design works for you, that's great. I like to design my holsters so they drop away from the grip.

Or skive the leather thinner

Same thing here. After I made my first wet molded pouch and showed it to people at work, they started throwing money at me to make leather multi-tool pouches for them. Now I'm on gun related forums and I get orders for holsters, knife sheaths and belts. I don't advertise but I'm thinking of making some things to sell on etsy. I do set up a vendor's booth at fairs and festivals in the area and get orders from that.

That's a pretty good idea, I never would have thought of it.