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I use the Manila folders as well. But, the divder cardboard in the TP stacks at Costco or any other big box store works great. I use them for large patterns and as a staining barrier. Free as well.

I made one of these for a 6in 44mag over a year ago for a young man that is a timber cruiser up here the Olympic national forest. He carries this gun almost daily for 8 to 10 hrs a day. He's come back for several axe sheaths, slings, other holsters,etc and always brings this one so I can see it. The plastic buckle has held up fine. It's not holding up the pistol, it's holding it close to the chest. See my post "one year later".

Very nice D!

My wife is a quilter. I get all her used stuff. Not this one yet....

Good thought on the rivets.

Nice job Frodo!

Very nice J! Glad it worked out. I've thought about rivets myself. Just ended up liking the movement you get with Chicago screws. But, as you say, not final. You can always drill them out. I like what you did with the shoulder strap as well. I have gone to a different take on that as well.

I have used my wife's oven on the bread proofing setting before. Not really impressed. I use a hairdryer a lot more.

She insisted. Not my circus......

I had a customer contact me and ask if I could do a purse "holster" for his wife. HO 5/6oz Fiebings Cordovan and light brown 277 top and bottom, cobra class 3 Resolene 50/50 with water And a little Kimber 9mm

My logo and a few for the local golf courses. Very nice to work with.

No, not anything to do with the law. Just cowboys, leather, and whiskey.......

Ditto the pole. I keep a cheap vise on the side bench with a piece of old closet rod (1.5 in?) That I run my straps on. I build a lot of chest rigs a d the shoulder straps are kinda rough and stiff after finishing (Hermann Oak). Running over the rod loosens them up and smooths the back pretty well.

I rolled up the bottom piece instead of folding it. Unnecessary really, but thought it looked cool. You can see it in the last pic. Here's a pic of the back. I used small elastic beading thread I got from Joanne's. It allows the sleeve to flex a bit if it's moved to another bottle.

No, unfortunately the bottle was part of the raffle package. I've had it before though. Good stuff!

I had very good customer ask me if I could do a sleeve for a bottle of Pendleton whiskey with something for glasses. This is a fund raiser to help defray the cost of travel to events for the queen so it doesn't prevent her from attending events. What the heck, sign me up! A little cost plus and a lot of fun later, this is what I came up with. A bottle sleeve, and 4 matching coasters with a big coaster to set it on. HO 5/6 for the sleeve, HO 8/9 for the coasters, Crappy old leather for the bottom thing . The strap on top is to hold the bottom in the rolled up state. Stained and edged, and decorative cuts.

Great job! Love doing these.

I was going to suggest a stake as well. Been meaning to find or fab one for mine..

Congratulations! On my list...

And boring, until they come in!

Looks pretty good. Nice work! I did a double for 2 custom knives a while back.

I use a cobra class 3, wish I'd have got the 4 sometimes. I routinely do 2,3, or 4 layers of 8/9 oz veg tan using 277 thread. I mainly do holsters and knife sheaths. I only wish for the class 4 for some of my larger holsters. I know they are spendy, but that is what they are made for. Folks with more experience than me will help out I'm sure. Good luck.

Very nice! Thanks for including the info.

Not to be obvious but, dyeing and finishing the edges might be a good starting point.

They look like flower centers to me.