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I can't take credit for it. My wife thought of it. She just said, "so, put a clamp on it."
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After dumping a bottle of Tan Coat on myself and an almost empty bottle of black dye across my work table, I started putting an Irwin Quickgrip clamp on the bottles to make them more spill resistant.
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Burnishing edges on a holster
snubbyfan replied to LeatherCaptain's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Since my last post on this thread, I've changed my edge work a little. I've also worked on my picture takin' too. After the holster's tooled, dyed, molded, contact cemented and before stitching, I do my edge work. First I sand it with a sanding drum chucked in my drill press, then it's bevel, wet, burnish, let the edge dry then gum trag, burnish, let it dry then gum trag and burnish again. After that dries, I do the stitchin', top coat then burnish the edge one more time. I'm pleased with how it turned out. I do all my burnishing by hand. -
Best Blue Guns To Start With?
snubbyfan replied to cleanview's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Good point, sounds like Utah's a bit different from a small town in the mountains of West Virginia. Lately I've had a run on J frame pocket holsters. -
Thanks, I'll check it out..
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Sounds more like you could use a fid along with a stitching awl. After I got a fid I wondered how I ever got along without one.
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Sunburst Color Belt
snubbyfan replied to Allan1972's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
Yup, my own personal belt with a solid stainless steel roller buckle. It's also 2 layers of 9 ounce, hand stitched. -
Better Way To Do A Belt Loop?
snubbyfan replied to oscar621's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Depends on what it's for. For a field holster a stitched belt loop's fine. It can be contoured and stitched. On concealment holsters I prefer a pancake style. -
Best Blue Guns To Start With?
snubbyfan replied to cleanview's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
My number most used blue gun is a S&W J frame snubby. Close behind is a S&W 4" 686, a 5" 1911 and a 4" K frame. The plastic frame gun guys see to like plastic holsters. -
Two new sheaths.
snubbyfan replied to Talfuchre's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Looks like you know what you're doin'. Those look nice and clean. One thing, I think I would've connected the two stitch lines at the top. -
Sunburst Color Belt
snubbyfan replied to Allan1972's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
Very nice, I like the color. I just finished hand stitching a matching double layer belt and holster. The belt's 2 layers of 9 ounce. For a tool belt I made a 2 1/2" wide belt out of 13 ounce leather. -
Pancake Sheath For A Leatherman
snubbyfan replied to krappstein's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
very nice, good edge work and nice stitch line. -
Just finished up a matching leather S&W K frame belt and holster today. It's all 9 ounce leather. The belt's hand stitched, double layer leather and I skived the end of the inner layer at the buckle end so it'll taper down rather than have an abrupt stop. All the hardware's solid brass. The leather's hand dyed, stitched, burnished and finished. I've seen some leather holsters with welts, I kinda liked the way they looked. I decided to try a welt on this holster and I kinda like the way it looks. Our cat Natayo likes ot too.
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Just finished a 2 pocket soft pouch for a client that wants it for her Renaissance costume. It's made of 4 ounce milled veg tan. Now it's time to start cuttin' leather for a matching belt and holster.
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Mine's just a small American Indian pictograph of a Bear paw.
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First Shoulder Rig
snubbyfan replied to Eaglestroker's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Hey wait a minute, I can swear I've seen that somewhere else. Beautiful job. -
Some Holsters And Knife Sheaths
snubbyfan replied to snubbyfan's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Left hand Bowie knife sheath. Couple of field holsters. One for a 6" S&W 686 and the other's for a 5" Springfield 1911. Group shot. Back side. With the customers guns. Repair job I did on a Gould & Goodrich holster for a S&W K frame snubby. Finally, a pocket holster. -
Another Belt And A Couple Of Holsters
snubbyfan replied to snubbyfan's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Thanks, the Wolf Paw stamp was a Birthday present from a Cherokee friend of mine. Ya gotta beat the living daylights out of that thing to get a decent impression. -
I've been kinda busy lately. I had a client that just got a Harley Davidson buckle and needed a belt to go with it. Had another fellow that got a strong side pancake holster and decided that he also wanted a weak side crossdraw to go with it. Sometimes I just feel like making something for myself and felt like I absolutely had to have a brown basketweave pancake holster.