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I use pretty much Hermann Oak veg tan in 8/9 oz. Can't tell you much about bridle leather. I believe I paid a little over $11 sq ft, with avg 25 sqft per side. They're in Cali, I'm in Washington state, I believe it was about $20 for shipping.

Very nice job! I started wanting to make bags and such, and made a few. But this is very nice for an early project. She will love it! I have gravitated to holsters and such but still hope to make a few bags.. get on the mailing list for Maverick leather, Montana leather, and any others you can think of. They run end of the year sales and often have free shipping! You can get a great deal on good leather.

Those are very nice indeed! I'm working on a set myself to go with a new belt, holster, and double mag pouch for practical pistol shoots. The clips are called round trigger snaps at Springfield leather. I thought they were going to have elastic for the back too, but haven't looked.

If you look back on my posts, I put up a pic with all the parts laid out on a grid board so you could see the dimensions. Other than that, it's just a pancake with attachment points instead of belt loops. If you want more info, PM me and I can give you more.

Nice work. My dad died almost 2 years ago. I brought home the 4" speed 6 in 357 mag I gave him in 1985. I think he still had the same bullets I gave him. I made a chest rig for it for fishing and hiking.

Cool! What's HEMA?

Very nice indeed.

Very nice!

Very nice work. I'm the same with tooling. I can barely basket weave. I use the heavy paper from the big box stores. The layers between the toilet paper. Plenty large, free, and also works as a good barrier when I'm staining.

I have one of the Bianchi's. Really kind of disappointed with the lack of thickness adjustment. Having to add leather around the guage to hold the leather down is a pain. Probably will buy a nicer wooden cutter.

Very nice! I would love to add tack such as this to my shop.

Nice!

I built this chest rig for a young man who is a timber cruiser on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state. He spends most of his life in the woods of the Pacific northwest. Lions, tigers and bears oh my. But really, we do have cougar and bear up here and they can be a threat. He spends most of his time busting brush estimating board feet of lumber in a given area deep in the forest. He tells me he wears this holster for his 6in S&W 686 44 mag 6 to 10 hours a day 5 to 6 days a week since last May, 2021. He came back for a pancake for his girlfriend's Glock 19 and a belt for each of them. This holster has held up very well with minimal maintenance. He says he puts a little mink oil on it occasionally but that's it. The straps are like butter and molded to him, the holster is still very tight and still very firm. Very nice feeling to see your work used as intended. The photo of him wearing it is when new.

Welcome from the other corner of the US! You'll find plenty of inspiration and help here.

Hat patches?

Nice job!

Welcome! To build holsters, I would look on you tube at Adam's leather works, EDC, and Andrew's leather work to start. That's where I began and have done pretty well. It all boils down to tracing the gun, measuring, then determining a stitch line. I do mainly pancake holsters, and use a pretty basic formula, width of slide + thickness of leather divided by 2 gives me how far to draw my stitch line from the tracing. Its It's easier after you watch a video or 3. I also started off hand sewing all of mine, and wet molding without a vac pump. You can do very well with minimal tools. Just get started. Have fun!

Yep, a lot of stitching! When I started doi g more holsters I decided to pull the trigger on a Cobra. Arthritis. There was a learning curve, but pretty easy now.

I have about half of a sail. Very heavy duty. The stuff is a pain to sew because it is not canvas, and very slick.

Very nice!

Yep, pretty darn nice!

I have bought from most of the suppliers listed here. Maverick and Rocky Mountain both having great news letters and great deals from time to time. Springfield also has great deals on cheap hides from time to time. However, the bulk of my work is holsters. And for that I use Hermann Oak veg tan in 7/8 and 5/6 oz. I know when I order H. O. it will be as advertised. I buy sides, so there will always be belly's and the various mark's etc. The last few have been from Goliger leather, and I have been very happy with them. I would still like to try Wickett and Craig though. I have been tempted to try the premium belt bend from Springfield leather as well.

I think it looks great. Good job!

Thanks guys, these were a challenge. The open top more than the other. It ended up being almost 3/4 of an inch after the sides were put on. Fortunately, my cobra class 3 went through it, but I used a new needle and took my time. He loves them both.

My favorite as well. I built up a 1/2 inch welt on the bottom to support the structure of the holster and made all the attachment points on a sewn in piece on the back.