Rayban

Beautiful work! I love that Cheyenne pattern.

I like your craftsmanship.....I'm especially impressed on how you nailed the gun outline with your stitch line. If you ask me, you're a bit over the top worrying about the finish job. All that concern and the holster is gonna live happily ever after under a shirt or jacket......it looks fine.

A drop of sweat.....what a perfect natural makers mark!! .....only thing that could beat that would be a drop of your blood......I say, leave it!

Thanks for the post! I will have a pair of your triple soled canoe mocs someday soon.....as soon as summer sandel season is over :-)

Nice looking rig....you must hand stitch in your sleep!!

SEX SAY !!!!!

Oh, gotcha.....I did that for a while, and while it may look better, I had a problem with it....looked too fake, and it was...stitching on one layer of leather....that's just me. I'm happy to do it on request however.

I believe this to be a good way to sew keepers.....once the leather is ready it takes about a minute.

Bob advised me to leave the bobbin tension alone...any adjusting should be done up top.....just an fyi....

Here's the same method, just a different picture...

My wife was also surprised (and happy) at how quickly the machine paid for itself.

My wife once told me....." with all the crazy things you've done, I can't believe you can get all excited over a sewing machine"

Hays, that's very nice....and very timely! I'm about to embark on a very similar rig, for a 6", .44 mag......... Couple questions if I may...... Does the shoulder strap adjust? I think my guy wants to wear the piece up closer to the arm pit. Also, is a horizontal strap necessary?....since I don't see it on yours, I take that to mean that's it's not. But if it's to be worn up higher, I'm thinking a strap may come in handy to keep the holster to ones side.

Congrats!! I have the same machine and I love it!

He wants this same thing only in black.

How bout..."decocker, go awayer"

Nice Zippo pouch, I like it lots! I've only made a couple and i think I used too thick a leather for it (8-10oz).....I just got a request for one and I think I'll use 5-6 oz this time, and hopefully I'll get a slimmer profile like yours. Is the slot at the bottom adequate in pushing the Zippo up? Thanks, RG

I echo what Ferg has said....looks very nice now.

What sweat shield?/ Did I say I had a sweat shield?? I don't have a sweat shield........It's a safety lever shield!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it's there...you're gonna have to trust me on this one.. BTW..I tried grabbing it during a draw....several of them...and couldn't......must be a good design eh?

Me neither...so glad I have a machine!

I've done em the old fashion way I guess, space them out with dividers, then stab the holes with my stitching awl....push them through, then crimp them with a screwdriver.....it actually goes pretty fast and I didn't fight with em...it's how I did this rig.. The stitching will get better as you go along.......I believe you need to put more time on the edges......but they look good!!

I realize I may have posted in the wrong forum when I saw the "more girlie stuff" thread... http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=33105 Critiques (critiqii ??) welcomed.

In some circles it's not a gun belt unless you call them a gun belt.........but non gun toters like these as well. Two layers of the finest W&C (unless it's horse) steerhide, glued and stitched, 1/4" total thickness. Here's a horse hide one: This one is 1-3/4" wide....I bought this buckle off someone here on LW a couple years ago, finally found use for it. I find that stitching on a machine takes more concentration than hand stitching....one wayward stitch and it can ruin the entire project. Usually my attention span is only about 5 minutes, but I managed about 20 here... Loving this CB3500 machine!!

A second row of stitching adds a noticeable degree of stiffness to a belt, but I guess he better be a REALLY GOOD BUDDY if you're gonna hand stitch it. These are all between 38-42 belt size and are 1/4" thick. I favor 6 SPI.

Kevin, try hard rolled horsehide, 8oz of that should do em.