Jake907

I love this thread but can't seem to find it anymore, do you folks know who makes/sells it? The link below is for the white variety that is made, there used to be a tan color, which is what I'm looking for, and I would love to have black, although I've never seen it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/720-72-Imitation-Sinew-White-Hand-Sewing-Thread-Waxed-8/372189674876?hash=item56a83bbd7c:m:mIwcimLQGuZ9wUS08VQjgHQ

Just finished my first full flap holster, a friend of mine has been bugging me to make one ever since I got this .44. I wear it for bear protection here, whenever I'm out in the woods. The full flap is to protect it from rain, snow, and debris, specifically for when I'm cutting firewood. With my other holster, the saw dust would always fill up the opening of the holster, so this is the solution....hopefully. Let me know what I should have done differently. Design is loosely based on holsters I've seen from US Cavalry, and Canadian Mounties. 8-9 oz veg tan with welt, rough out, artificial sinew thread from acs_trading_post on Ebay, hand stitched, treated with neats foot oil, and Fiebings Aussie leather conditioner, fastened with a button stud.

that looks great, good job!

according to a friend "Google knows all, Wikipedia explains all". but apparently thats not the case with this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Rock#Number_33 Edit: I hope you're proud of yourself, I was helplessly compelled to google LeAnn Rimes shoes, whats my wife gonna think when she sees that auto populate on the google search field?!? lol

I can tell you put a lot of forethought into this, all the details are just so, and there is no waste. Well done!

On the original topic, I've seen a peice of leather that a friend has from a water buffalo, it's roughly an inch thick (25 mm for you fluff). He got it in a bag of scraps from eBay. I'll try to get a picture next time I see him

I think it looks great man, way to go!

very very nice, I love that look

Thanks @mikesc I too have seen these types of things online and wondered how they were made, makes me want to try it now.

@Halitech thanks for setting up a room, I forgot how much fun that is

ya, I uh... read through this thread a little better and figured it out, (dur). Thanks guys

pardon my naiveté but how does one enter chat? I've looked all over the site and can't find a chat room, unless you all are on another site....

Thanks, I'll give that a shot

nope, never been on any of the unreality shows about Alaska, maybe you saw me in town or something when you were up here last. my wife makes the hats by herself, she dabbles in leather work with me, but is more interested in fur and wool, she loves to make felted items like they do in central Asia and Russia. And one of the things that she makes is felted boots, if you ever get a pair, you won't be interested in mukluks anymore. Her felted boots are just as good or better than any of the commercial mukluks, only the traditional mukluks that are made from seal skin are better. you should check them out on our wordpress page in my signature

my wife makes all the fur hats for our family, so we hang up the extra pelts on the wall until we need them

nice box stitching

I will definitely check that out, thank you!

wow! you are a lot farther down this road than I am. Thank you for the comment and link, I will be reading your site for the next couple of days as I get time, and putting books in the amazon basket. Thank you, from the bottom of my feet! lol

Thank you, It actually does surprisingly well, probably because I use a small sheet of 3/4" steel when I set rivets or stamps. P.S. It's -25 right now, they're calling for -30 by tomorrow Not anymore! Lol Thanks Sioux! We like it too, very cozy

I've been so inspired by all of you and your workspaces, from the little hole in the wall places to the big professional shops. Thank you everyone for sharing. So, now I've decided that I "need" a dedicated leather workspace of my own, so I gave away my old recliner and set up a table in the corner of my living room by the wood stove.

oh man, you have no idea the can of worms you've opened with that question, lol by all accounts, it seems that everyone has different needs for a workshop, and different ways of setting up their workspace. and some of us don't have a regular workspace at all, I work out of a bag, so I work on my projects at the kitchen table/friends house/leather class/or wherever I feel like. Just start with a work bench and add or change your configuration when you need to.

this piece looks amazing, good job, your detail and coloring is beautiful

I'm just drooling over all the leather and tools, don't care if its a little unorganized. Visited the local Tandy store the other day and your supply blows them out of the water, it was so disappointing to be in there after the new managers took over, I needed a 8/9 oz veg side, there were only three to choose between.

I'm used to my wife, she will re-work a project until it is perfect in every way and if she can't get it as perfect as she wants it, then it gets cut up into scraps or something (she usually gets it though). Just don't throw them away or anything, thinking that no body will want them if they aren't perfect.

Dude I will kick your a** if you burn your old ones....