Dragonfly42
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48 minutes ago, YinTx said:Definitely nice! And what kind of white thread did you use?
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The thread is tandy white waxed three for hand sewing. Dunno how to describe it. It thick and flat. Then I hammered it down
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7 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said:Lovely work!
What's a blood knot?
The slotted concho braid that looks like tassels. I believe it's actually called a bleed knot but I can't force myself to call it that
31 minutes ago, battlemunky said:Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.....can we also discuss that little needle pack you have to the left side of the matt in one of the pics? I came back to look at this kickass belt and happened to catch that and now I'm a bit interested in whatcha got going on there.
Hahahaha it's definitely handy. A little scrap leather and no more finding needles in the carpet the hard way
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20 minutes ago, JD62 said:wow that is rely something !!! Come on now how many years have you ben at this?
lol I sincerely started in August. I still have time stamped pics to prove it
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1 hour ago, CaptQuirk said:I'm not a fan of the tassels, but that is a beautiful belt. Can't wait to see the holster that goes with it.
Thank you. I've been on a blood knot kick lately so I decided to throw a couple in. They look better with it on. The holster is carved and dyed just waiting for assembly when I get more thread
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1 minute ago, ByNelson said:Congratulation it is looking good, must be a lot of work
Thank you. This one took me about two weeks to do although I didn't work on it every chance I had. About 10 hours of carving
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Finally finished it up except for the little bit of stitch on the buckle end. I ran out of white thread
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1 hour ago, OldLog said:Really great job. I need some idea like this for my 1860 Army
I followed the tutorial on this site and measured it specific to the gun
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5 hours ago, DpMaquilon said:Awesome pattern I didn't have a dowl so used a lighter and it came out pretty good.
Thanks again!
Wooo!!! I like that a lot! I may have to a lighter or maybe a can of pepper spray for my ol lady hmmmmm. And thank you for the feedback as well that's the first pattern I've ever posted
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14 minutes ago, Stetson912 said:Haha, cross draw is just a right handed holster with backwards cant worn on the left side. Haha. Ok ok, in all fairness I'm sure there is more to it than that lol
What you do is make the holster for the gun you want. That way you can say to the missus that you have to get the gun to put in it now
It's the whole angled thing that has me messed up. These things are heavy. How and why does it stay at an angle!
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Thank you so much for this! Walked me right through my first one!
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35 minutes ago, plinkercases said:Really nice first holster... you can't stop at one !
Hahahaha but I only have one gun!! Although I do think I need the sheriff version with the shorter barrel to learn how to make a cross draw
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38 minutes ago, cradom said:Nice!
Those boots look exactly like mine: Ariat, made in China? Comfortable as heck but I wish I'd seen the label first. They were a gift. Is that dragonfly a stamp? or carved?
These are dan posts, the good old plain black base model. The dragonfly is one of the 3D stamps
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9 minutes ago, Stetson912 said:Nice! How did you dye and finish?
Saddle tan antique then airbrush faded show brown. Then paint black background and black border with a paintbrush then resolene
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for those asking for the pattern here it is sorry it took me so long! just print on normal copy paper
On 10/2/2017 at 11:18 PM, DpMaquilon said:I would really appreciate it if you would post your pattern. Looks like a fun project and I have a few buddies that would like one.
Thanks!
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On 9/29/2017 at 8:48 PM, kiwican said:Totally illegal in Canada..therefore I must immediately ask you for a blueprint on how you made it so that I can make one
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Too clean!!! Especially the stitching
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Huge thank you to the excellent PDF on holster building on this site!!! Made my first holster for my new toy. About 8 hours total. Still need to add the hammer loop
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Studied online for a while then drew up a pattern and went for it. 9oz with sheepskin liner. I don't normally actually wear spurs so made a strap to take their place. Oh and a needle holder so I quit losing them then finding them later with my foot
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Looks good to me! Run it!
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17 minutes ago, Stetson912 said:Lol, some dyes do that. And if it was wet moulded it could do that too. And like sanch said, it would really hardened up dipped in hot/boiling water/wax.
Cuir bouilli is a term meaning boiled leather, it was a process used for making armor harder. I think that would really make them effective lol.
Hmmmmm time to do some research! I've already been asked to do 3 more
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9 hours ago, Stetson912 said:Are they hardened at all?
The black ones are very very hard, the brown ones not so much. I'm not sure exactly why that is though. Remember ima FNG so things like hardening? First I've heard of it
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31 minutes ago, kiwican said:Can you show the side with the dowel end.
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More ornate version I did yesterday. First set was a hit. No pun intended
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3 minutes ago, kiwican said:Totally illegal in Canada..therefore I must immediately ask you for a blueprint on how you made it so that I can make one
Hahaha I'll scan the pattern and post it Monday.
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1 hour ago, 480volt said:TSA proof?
Something like that I suppose. Prob better if I don't know
Possibles bag
in Historical Reenactment
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Found a use for my scraps and made a black powder possibles bag. Was kind of strange for me not to carve every single piece Added a waxed canvas liner and tried to stay true to an early 1800s style