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Yep inside or outside the waste band. Thanks everyone for the compliments. As far as the stitching its hard to see in the pics. I ran over it a bunch with the overstitch wheel to kind of get it looking decent. It was a bear while I was doing it but itll work.

Good call Ill have to go look again. First I tried the 8-32 with those hex head type but as you stated they wouldnt fit. I got some of the 6-32 tnuts but they didnt have the same type of screws so Im probably gonna hit up ace or something. Hopefully that will do the trick then I can actually put this thing thru some trials and usage.

Well allmost finished my IWB for my taurus. I have done one other holster that was a OWB and this is my second attempt at this one. I need to find some screws that will work with the tnuts that I picked up that will fit inside of the snaps I have. Gotta try a couple of other shops around here before I look to ordering online. Once I find them Ill finish it. Just wanted to throw it up for critique on design and whatever else you all can suggest. The stitching didnt come out great as I had a hell of a time getting the awl thru this leather for some reason, think it had some rawhide or the tanning burned the inside or something. It was the hardest leather Ive ever tried stabbing. Pulled one awl out of its haft on this guy. Anyways the holster is all 8oz died dark brown, oiled, then finished with sno-seal.

Love the design and the color. Really looks good man.

I gotta try this out. I know lexol on its own will darken the leather a bit and I would assume the oils and conditioners would help with burnishing so sounds about right. Also the little bit of oil and conditioner will probably act as a lubricant for the knife while carving or atleast I would assume it does which would allow for easier cutting and longer blade life. Ofcourse this is just my guess on why it would work like it does.

I have one of the regular stainless al stohlman knives and rarely use it any more if at all. It wont hold a edge for more then a few cuts. My rose knife and dan carlos knife are what I primarily use. Now that new damascus steel one they are selling I am not sure about. I looked up the steel they say they are using for it and seems to be a big hit in kitchen knives but not sure if it is any good or not. I probably wont spend the money to find out. They look nice though.

Looks pretty good. There is only one thing that kind of sticks out to me and that is the corners on the clip cover. I would recommend rounding those so it flows with the rest of the setup. Just a little thing though, over all not bad.

Nope thats the antque that I used. I used just enough to fill in the knife cuts and do thinnly around the borders. Thanks.

Thanks for the compliments guys, mucho appreciated.

Great looking purse, you didnt sneak any anime in there did you:red_bandana:

Amazing work Ed.

Thanks Troy, I hope so as well.

Thanks for the compliments and advice. Gotta start expanding my tool inventory.

Well I finally finished this belt. Guy at worked employed me to make a belt for his daughter for Christmas. Wanted something for her while she was doing her horse shows to go with her fancy buckle. Took me 3 times to get the tooling and dye correct, first one I screwed up on the tooling and second one I was happy with but messed it up doing the finish which really was a kick in the butt. Made the design up myself and must admit it looked better on paper. I still need alot of work on my sheridan style both in design and tooling so this was alot of good practice. Belts double layer with HO on top. Dyed dark brown for the back ground and left natural for the design. I oiled then applied neat lac, antiqued just enough to show the tooling a bit and then neat lac again. Edges are dyed with cordovan and the stitching is natural linen dyed saddle tan and waxed using my rosin/wax mix. First time using true linen unwaxed and doing it myself so that was a little different. Good stuff though. Comments and critique welcome.

By chance what tools do you have? Patterns are allways hard for me but google images is a good friend. Do a search for Iris (saw alot of nice pics) and find one you like, save it and resize it to the size you think you want. If you have a printer print it out and trace over it with a black finetip sharpie or similer. This will give you all your lines you need to cut. Now trace this onto your transfer film and transfer that to your leather. Keep you picture and your outline pinned up by you somehwere so you can look at it while you cut and shape your leather. Implement styles of your choice and get as detailed as you want. Hope this helps.

That is a cool piece. Very good work with the center piece and overall.

And I share with many others a love of the reptilian skin on all kinds of projects. Now if I could just find a dragon I would probably try doing some armor. Anyways looks good. Construction is great. Nicely done.

Thanks a bunch, oh and the best advice usually is the free kind.

OK so how do you guys decide what thread color to use in your projects. (for hand stitching) I know its usually either natural/brown/black unless you dye your own. I just seem to get stuck alot of times wondering if white/natural would look best or black would look better, would having the stitching hide be good or have it stand out and add to the project. Or do you guys just wing it and call it good

I missed this one but wanna say your stuff looks really good. If you want some frank criticism put your stuff up in the critique section asking for such. People will give you alot of good pointers to help you improve.

Pics are allways welcome. Something about round knives, once you use them you tend to want more of them lol.

Those look real nice Troy, thats alot of stitching.

Nicely done, great carving and lacing. Is this seat gonna be staying natural, if so thats way cool probably one of the few.

Lexol is a great conditioner but its not a sealer per say. Everyone will be slightly different in how they do it and what they recommend. What I like to do is Once the leather is tooled and dyed if thats what your doing I then oil with neatsfoot one good coat. Let this sit over night. Then I like to use some sno-seal and put a coat of that on and that usually takes a day to absorb in. Then I usually do a few coats of leatherbalm with atom wax as the finish.

Look good, Ive gotta start trying some different braids and such.