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If you come up with a design, I would be interested. I hate taking my light off when I carry off duty. I have been down this road, and making a mold of the gun with the light is a PITA! At least it was for me. If anyone has any pointers for making the mold, that would probably prove useful to the conversation. I dont have a problem ruining a blue gun trying to make a mold, but I really don't want to ruin my light.

That's what I am hoping. I still haven't seen it or have any idea what he would take for it though.

That is cool. How did you get that finish?

Thanks, That is exactly what I needed. So if I could get it for a decent price would it be worth it for sewing holsters? And is it going to be a pain to find parts if I need them?

Could someone tell me what a Chandler 305-64 would do. I have a chance to go look at one but would rather not waste my time if it is not capable of what I want to do. Also what be a fair price range. I haven't even seen the machine, so I have no idea what kind of shape it is in, but he says he is open to offers. I did a search here and on google and couldn't come up with much, so I thought I would give it a shot here. Thanks- Tony

Very nice Monica. I think my 226R needs one of those, well it has been on my to do list for a while just hasn't happened. I'll bet your fingers don't even hurt after stitching it do they?

I have yet to build a seat, but i tried making a fiberglass pan for my Roadstar and I can tell you that is not an easy bike to make a pan for. I thinkg the stock pan would take rivets just fine, it is pretty sturdy.

I'll second what Boomstick said. I am in the same shoes you are and Zach White leather has some nice hides. That is all I use since I can't afford the "good" stuff. Good Luck, Tony

That would work on an Avenger style holster, but the holsters pictured are pancake holster, no fold.

I've tried it on that style and it sucks bad. The only thing that I could think of to make it easier would be to use curved needles. I hope someone has some insight. I can tell you that doing it with straight harness needles is not the answer, because that is what I did.

how heavy is the leather that you used for those two projects?

Thanks for the repplies, I agree that carbon would probably be better, but I haven't been able to find anyone that sell cabon steel in pieces big enough of thin enough for what I want.

I am hoping to hear from the knife makers in the group on this one. i have decided that I would like to make a couple of knives to use in my leather working. A head knife and maybe a couple of smaller trim type knives. i am not looking to get into this to make money, I just like to do stuff for myself. My first question is on stock thickness. Would 3/32 be suitable for say a 3" head knife? Also what kind of an edge would be suitable, a chisel grind or a flat grind? I was thinking around 20 degrees for the edge, and see how that works. I am not doing this because it is cheaper, because I am sure by the time I get a usable knife, I could have bought a couple of knives. But I couldn't say that I did it myself. I am planning on using ATS-34 or 440C, primarily because that is what I have found that comes in big enough pieces that I can do a 3" knife with a full tang. Actually for about $30 I can get a piece big enough to do 2 or 3 blanks that hopefully will yield at least 1 usable knife. I plan on doing the grinding myself and sending them off to be heat treated. Texas Knife will heat treat for $5.50 a blade, for that price, it is worth it to have it done right. Besides the fact that I don't have any of the equipment or knowledge to do it. I took a metalurgy class in college but that was about 15 years ago. I hope I am not stepping on any toes by asking these questions, and I guess I will know if I don't get any responses, but the knife making crowd seems to be pretty helpful and willing to share info. There just isn't a lot of info for making these types of knives. Thanks- Tony

Just curious, what do you use to get such crisp lines. I agree with Boomstick, for only having a years worth of experience, you are doing very well.

WOW! Those are very nice. I am actually working on an IWB that is very similar to that one for a guy at work. So far mine is still on paper, but that should change tommorrow. Great work.

I use rubbing alcohol and it works good for me. Just wet a clean rag with it and wipe it down.

Nice job. Just curious, what weight is the elephant, I mean how much thickness does it add? Also where do you get it?

I think you did a very nice job. Be very careful, this is very addictive. I love the natural dies.

Thanks guys. This is what I was thinking, I just wasn't sure if it would weaken the belt.

I've decided that I want to make a belt. Nothing fancy, just a plain black double thickness belt(maybe a brown one also to match my brown holsters). I plan on buying 2 blanks and stitching them together. The question is, when it's stitched together will I be able to bend it around the buckle or is there something special I have to do to it to make it bend that tight? Thanks in advance.

I've done it with a foam brush and it worked fine. Just make sure that it is room temp when you do it or it will streak.

Those are beautiful PeterK. Very nice.

That is very nice Randy. I agree, I like the natural too.

Thank you both very much. Randy- yes revolvers are a little different. I learned a few things that will make the next one much easier. As for the sight channel, I didn't mold one in, but I did take it easy boning that side and the way the holster is built it kind of formed a natural sight channel on it's own. And the judge has a big front sight.

Well a couple days ago I had posted a holster I was working on for my brother for Christmas. It is Finally done. I did a couple things that I hadn't done before: Used my new drill press to make the stitch holes and sand and burnish the edges, used a brown dye, and hand stitched with a pony I made for myself. Here are the stats. Leather: 7/8 from Zach White Dye: Fiebings Dark Brown oil dye(Airbrushed) Finish: Sheen Stitching: all by hand Boning: Sharpie Burnishing: Felt burnisher and beeswax Let me know what you think. I also made a lightbox for the photography.