Wynfrith

I have a question. I was thinking about lining the inside. Are there any advantages to adding a liner to a holster?

I also enjoy the stitching around the slots. Looking good!

All I have is a Dremel with a variety of heads and a bench grinder. I am looking at belt sanders right now because it is on my needs list.

I own one of those! Real nice! If ya haven't try out the Hudson Bay.

The firearm was my Grandmother's bathroom pistol. We found it in a gold compact case loaded and ready to go! It is a Titan FIE .25 ACP not something I would have ever bought for myself (I like Glocks and .357 magnums), but it shoots well for a pistol company that has a bad reputation. I will be making another one, if time works out, this week. This one I may take a razor to the edges to clean it up a bit, but I am not trusting my hands to do the work. I worry I will cut too much off and ruin it. If I get past my own fears I will do at least that much to the holster and leave it be, but the next ones I will gladly play with as I make them.

I think that is neat. My brother is working on making me a marker's mark.

I like it. It looks ready to take on the wilderness. Out of curiousity what knife is the sheath made for?

I did not think about using lace. I will add that to my list off things to do in the future. I want to make slightly different looking versions of this one. That way I will learn the pattern, but I will also learn other techniques to help me with other projects and ideas.

That is a nice scabbard. It is good to have friends that enjoy good leather work.

That is one nice looking belt!

This is the first serious leather project I have ever done, and wanted to show it off. My mistakes are silly as firstly I did not make the belt loop big enough to accommodate most belts. Secondly my edges are way too rough, but that all apart of learning. I will be making more later on, and will correct those mistakes. I am also thinking about using rivets instead of stitching, but I am not sure if one is better than the other.

I am sorry. I was trying to help everybody get back to leather. Thanks for the encouragement.

Speaking of leather, last night I made my first own design. My brother who is teaching and helping me was over and I brought up this design I came up with to protect my e-cigarette from my keys, pocket knife, handgun (depending on what I am packing), etc, etc, etc. I was worried the thing was going to get beat up pretty bad in my pockets; so, we discussed it for an hour. Then he was all," do it." I got out the buffalo he gave me, and proceeded to make my first ever leather item. Anyway, here is a pic:

As long as we are all learning.

Wild Bill best way to learn is to keep quiet. That's what the old timers taught me anyway. Hey Robert, it's good to be here. Sona is right Black Dog that it is not the old high, which would be expected when I speak since Texas-German is old mixed with English for loan words. That is what makes it different from the Penn-Dutch. I could confuse an Amish speaker while we both confuse a German and everybody else would be scratching their heads. I use moin on occasion myself. I always thought it was a Frysk word for morning. Good to learn something new, and least I never said good moin. Boy would I look stupid.

Nope, I am just a Texan from both an old Texan-German and Penn-Dutch family, and I am very rusty. It is just that all the Texas post say howdy. I had to be different.

I just wanted to say hello to the forum. I finally joined after lurking, and as a beginner to the craft will most likely continue to lurk. I do want to thank y'all for the information I have found on this site and forum as it is helpful.