Paramedic04

I've probably done more holsters for the XDS45 than I have for any other pistol so far. Very popular here in the South.

Nice! Definitely interested!

Take this for what it's worth, I'm a novice, but what I've done to obtain my stitch lines is use a caliper to determine the thickness of the widest portion of the slide of the weapon. Take the measurement and divide it in half, then add 1/8". Do the same thing for the trigger guard. Once I have those adjusted measurements, I use a compass set to those measurements to use as a guide. Then break out the straight edge and make your final mark on your pattern. I may be doing it wrong, but I've had some really nice seams as a result of this process. For example, I'm working on a Glock 22 IWB at the moment. Slide thickness is roughly 1". Divided by 2 is 1/2", add your 1/8" seam allowance making the distance from weapon to seam 5/8". The trigger guard is 5/8", divided in half is 5/16", added 1/8" makes distance to seam 7/16". I wish I could find the page that I saw that on, I would throw the link up here.

As a paramedic myself, if they're concerned with how your scissor case looks, they usually aren't sick enough to need a paramedic... just sayin' lol Looks good, gonna have to try my hand at this for myself soon!

This looks great! Love that artwork!

Thanks for the info! Will pick some up when I get off duty!

Thanks for the compliments! Belt slots are a weak spot of mine, I admit that freely. Would a wood dowel in a drill press work to burnish those slots? I'm still fairly new to all the finishing techniques. Von Tannin, I'm glad I could help out by relaying my experiences. This forum is full of great information and some really nice expert advice. I'm trying to learn a little bit everyday!

Thanks! For the mag pouch, I used a brush to lay down all of my basecoat acrylics, never did any masking, The only thing I airbrushed was the edges and slight shadows. Wicked Colors acrylics... tried some of the normal acrylic paints on some test pieces and I just wasn't excited about using them until I got to the Wicked Colors bottles. They go on really well with a brush and they're awesome through an airbrush. Did some mods to a Harbor Freight airbrush to be able to do some better detail work later on, but for right now, I'm really pleased and will be sticking to the brush on method as much as possible. Sealed with 3 light coats of resolene, and heat cured (heat gun) in addition to overnight drying time. Plenty of flex without wrinkling, just be sure you are flexing the leather some between coats.

still working on my mag pouch design, gotta round out the top, but I did this set as part of a trade for a 1911. Hermann and Oak 8-9 oz, Fiebing's British Tan and USMC Black, all hand stitched. The mag pouch was airbrushed with Wicked Colors airbrush paints after I dyed it to match the holster and went too dark.

I wanna try the vac bag someday. I've been wet molding mine with my fingers so far.

That's some awesome work. Love the hot rod pinup piece.

the slot cutter I got (my first) from Tandy required a good bit of sharpening and stropping before it cut anywhere close as it should. I bought the 1" punch and I just align them with a guideline I put on the outfacing grain when I transfer the image to be tooled. Seems to work pretty well so far. Will be upgrading to an Osborne soon, or having a mill shop fabricate some for me.

Really digging that pocket for the mini cards. Finish looks great too.

That looks awesome! Makes me wanna throw one together for my gear!

Really dig the background matting! Very clean work!

Awesome wealth of information here. Will definitely be using this in my IWB holster project soon. Thanks for sharing!

I really dig how busy the pattern is... definitely not something you see everyday!