MADMAX22

I looked hard on google when they came out and the words "Damascus style" just keep glaring at me. Why do they ad style to the word? Everything that I found was chef knives, basically for a medium end knife this was the steel that was used. Everyone of them listed it as Damascus style also instead of just calling it damascus which you would think they would if it was a true to the design. I have no doubt it will cut good when sharp and maybe it will hold a edge for a while which is all ya can ask for I guess. I tell ya one knife I wont ever consider and that is the regular al stohlman brand, I got that thing before I new anything and must say it doesnt hold a edge to save its life.

Yeah if I had a old style revolver that had true blueing or a really old gun with older steel I probably wouldnt but the newer guns are a different story IMO. Besides nothing has happened to it yet so I cant say as Im to worried about it. If it does show signs of rust or anything else Ill be the first to admit to it and kick my own butt lol.

I dont know if the chrome tan guys will ruin guns but the veg tan stuff I have not had any issues with. Now that being said I dont have a standard blue gun you would say. I have my taurus pt145 pro that is stored in its bianchi holster that is vegtan. Ive had it like that for 3 years, its either in the holster put up or IWB in the holster. Now the high points have gradually started to show some wear but I would expect that with any gun that sees use and is not just kept in the dresser all its life.

Good looking work, nicely done with the paints (I assume those are acrylics). Best of all Im sure both of them are gonna see alot of use.

Since this thread started I did end up picking up some of the barbours thread (6 cord). I also got myself some rosin and made a rosin bees wax mix to use. Must say it is a great combo. No more of the ultra waxy stuff that you get prewaxed and the rosin wax mix is a joy to work with. It is just sticky enough to hold everything good and tight when you pull it. The thread lays wonderfully as well. Im finding it hard to use up my prewaxed stuff that I have quiet a bit left of. To anyone that hand sews this is definatly the way to go. A little more time involved but well worth it. Thanks Chuck for the suggestion. Ive started dyeing some of the stuff and it turns out pretty good. Pretty much do exactly what you suggest.

Welcome to the forum. Youve come to the right place to learn alot and further your skill. For your age and Im guessing experience your kicking butt so far. I would try getting the shape to the pan a little better either by wet forming and making sure your padding is shaped well. Tooling looks nicely drawn out and pretty good. Some depth in the tooling will make it really stand out. Looks like ya got the art skills now make sure you hang out here and check out all the info this forum has to offer. Farther down the list is some instruction by paul barnett that will help alot. Lacing looks good to me, make sure if you havnt allready take your maul or whatever and tamp the lacing. This will help it lay down and smooth out. Do this after your finished. Overall looks really good though. Just trying to throw some advice your way that I have picked up here.

Looks good I ecspecially think the oak leaves turned out very well. Good job.

Thanks for the info. Ill probably start doing that also as my schedule doesnt allow for alot of things and keeping the leather wet inbetween casings is one of them. I usually end up trying to do all my tooling at one sitting and sometimes I just dont have the hours to sit and tool at one time period.

Great work and yeah thats cool would make christmas shopping alot easier.

Great start David, I was wondering since this obviously takes you a while do you let the leather dry out between tooling sessions or do you bag it or something.

Thats a cool project. Very cool car also.

I second Kevin at springfeild. Also think herman oak leather is great for holsters,

Good looking stuff. Did you use a resist or dye around the crosses, pretty cool effect.

Very nicely done, great pics also.

Very cool, looks like itll hold all kinds of stuff and most of all the stuff you need to carry. Great colors also.

Great looking stuff. Looks like another awesome hobby to get into building bows.

Tough call as you can guess alot of variables. This kind of topic has been discussed extensively on this forum under variouse sections I think mainly in marketing or something like that. Obviously if you wanna make sure you atleast make money you need to take the price of all your stuff that you put into it, seat pan, leather, thread/lace, dye, sealer, oil....... then find out honestly how long it takes you to make it and try to figure out how much you wanna make an hour doing it. Plus if you will be regulated by where you sell it depending on what poeple think they should pay, by how good of work you do, if you have a established name for yourself, is it custom work, so on and so forth. That being said I have scene prices ranging from complete crap at $50 on ebay on up to several hundred dollars and more.

That turned out really good. Nicely done.

I agree way cool and excellent work. Love the all natural look to it.

Great looking belt, gotta love black and red.

Lol of they would of tried a round braid to tie everything together. Pretty neat project to say the least.

One thing some of ya should try is sno-seal. It has worked for me very well. Doing several thin coats with some heat to help the leather absorb it works great. Granted its not a perfect seal but it works probably on par with bee natural or picards. One thing I like about using the above mentioned items is that you can reaply them when necessary and not have to try and strip anything.

Thanks for the offer Lobo, I should be able to round some up here locally though. Appreciate it though and the compliments.

Very good looking sheaths. Love that first one, really looks killer. Excellent wet molding as well.

Nicely done, they all look great.Did you have a belt loop on the back or a clip?