Stetson912

Thanks, it was fun Thanks, scales could be better. But live and learn I may ruin it with color next hahaha. Credit to stohlman for this one. Just followed his directions from his book. I'm thinking a sidewinder or sand viper next

Found this ole stohlman pattern and figured, why not haha. Scales didn't quite work how I wanted but over all not too bad. Pointers always welcome.

Awesome as always

Thanks

Happy holidays and merry Christmas everyone

I think what rm is offering is different than what should be used for holsters. I can't say for sure, after all they are horse butt hides. It says they are good for boots and small leather goods that need durable leather. But it didn't mention molding or holsters. I think the temper of the hides rm may be too soft fir holsters. And given that you can get 8 horse butt strips for the same price, I think I'd rather try that. Tannery row has then for about $20 each, plain veg tan. Can be carved and molded. I imagine this is similar to mavericks offerings

Maverick and tannery row(horweens public facing store) sell them. If I remember they are pretty cheap. I want to try them myself. I wasn't aware rm had it. Looks functional. One thing that would add some rigidity is a band stiffener that wraps around the holster mouth. It's the folding of the holster and reinforcement band that adds rigidity

Sounds like a fun project. I wanted to keep it simple, I only wish I remembered to wrap my snap cap :| maybe next time haha.

Thanks

3 layers of 8/9 oz. Closer to the 9 side of things, so a bit shy of 1/2". 3/8" at best. And that is just around the trigger guard area to about half way down the holster because that's where I started to taper off the welt

Leatherpoint needles give it that angled hand stitched look. I'm still getting familiar with the machine but it makes light work of these projects

Thanks Thanks. I used my cowboy outlaw to stitch it. 277 thread

Thanks. Its Bordeaux waterstain

Thanks. It's a surprisingly easy effect that's fun to do

Thanks, it was fun to make