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Far from masterful but i appreciate the kind words, Brandon corral at swift hammer is a skull and metal wizard. He does things his own way too, you should look him up.
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Thanks for the kind words and questions. This has been traded and I no longer have this card. I'll try and remember what I did haha. This is all carved, no lasers or anything. The eye socket texture was done with a modeling spoon as was most of the skull. I used a triangular beveler around the pom and trim and faded that out. I used a fine stylus to make the fur textures in the pot and trim as well as fabric for the hat. I cant recall what background texture I used but you can use whatever suits you. As for color, it's a trick i saw on youtube by kirill latypov. The whole piece is dyed black then painted with a thin layer of black acrylic paint. And the color is added by using a dry brush technique with acrylic paint. The cast iron is a result of gray over the black. Oh, and the pitted skull texture is done by laying coarse sand paper over the areas to texture and rubbing it in with a modeling spoon.
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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
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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.
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Finished this back quiver for a friend
Stetson912 replied to dhaverstick's topic in Archery Quivers and Bow Cases
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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
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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
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
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. -
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
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 -
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
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 -
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Thanks Thanks. I used my cowboy outlaw to stitch it. 277 thread -
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Thanks. Its Bordeaux waterstain -
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Thanks. It's a surprisingly easy effect that's fun to do -
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Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
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Latest off the bench. I used Bordeaux waterstain and dark brown antique. I used a piece of hose clamp to make a break stiffener and placed it between the holster body and belt slot panel. It has a 1/2" full tapered welt also.
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Im no expert by any means. Ive made a few holsters though. I think your leather is too thick for an iwb. As Dwight mentioned the gun plays a factor. But I wouldn't go heavier than 8 oz personally. If you want to line your holster I'd recommend using the same weight leather for the liner and outer shell. This was taught to me by Chris Andre, in his class we used 2 pieces of 5 oz and used a glass slicker to press them together which compressed the leather a bit. His reason was that the same weight leathers added more strength. In your case, I'd use that 3/4 oz and make your laminated panels out of that. The issue with tightness could be due to the leather thickness too, as your stitch lines are based on leather thickness. If you do the Facebook, look up holsters for handguns. it's a great group with a lot of people willing to help.
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Well, it's my thinking that if the gun is functioning properly, you have to really design the holster for it to unintentionally fire. That is, if the holster is molded to the gun, even with heavy molding in the trigger guard, the rest of the molding will prevent the gun from moving downward in the holster causing it to unintentionally discharge. You would have to have really deep molding in the trigger guard and push the gun through the stitches to cause it to fire. And that's just not feasible and would suggest a peoblem with the operator not the holster
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Thanks. Dogs are the best haha
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I agree with the eyes, the photo had them blocked by his long muzzle fuzz and I wasn't able to portray that very well. I nee more practice haha Thanks, it was a fun challenge
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I was asked to make a portrait of my dad's dog for my step mom. I'm no great figure carver but this was a first for me. I haven't don't many dogs, and this is the first from a photo. I had to make my own pattern and did heavy research into texturing. Painting is also not my steong suite but I think little Fozzie came out alright. Cheers
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Dachshund bag
Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
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Dachshund bag
Stetson912 replied to Stetson912's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
Thanks. It was fun to learn and do