MStarmer

I used 8-9oz Herman Oak from Springfield. I thought it was a good deal for $35, leftover shoulder from making belts. http://springfieldleather.com/30422/Shoulder%2CSingle%2CH-O%2C8-9oz/ Thanks for the encouragement, I never figured the first one would be close to a keeper as I was kind of hurrying thru, and kind getting a feel for it but I may just give it a go. One question for the vetrans out there. It still feels a little soft, how do you get a holster rigid? It's pretty firm but not like some of my purchased ones. Thanks for the motivation!

Well I've been a fan of leather holsters over Kydex for a long time although I own plenty of each. Got to the point I was tired of working on guns, and wanted to try my hand at a holster. After much lurking and reading I ordered some stuff from Springfield Leather and dove in. Made a half dozen templates and even a foam holster to start. Then jumped in and hacked out a piece of leather. At each step of the way so far I have made at least one mistake and found something I will improve on next time. In fact at the last minute I ended up molding this holster to a Glock 19 blue gun in lieu of my Springfield Armory XDm 3.8 compact as they are almost identical in size. Learned what does and doesn't cut leather well, learned there is a lot of waiting involved and that if I get in a hurry I'm going to screw up big time. Anyway feel free to comment as this is dumpster holster most likely but I will dye it and see how that process works. But for now I'm just over joyed that it actually resembles a holster! I'm hoping the next one will actually be something I am proud to wear. To pro holster guys I can't believe I ever balked at the price of a custom leather (epecially one's with exotic trim). You guys are true artists, me unfortunately can't even draw stick figures very well.