Scott1952

I use coffee or black tea for my brown shades. Not only is it Eco friendly, it makes the leather smell great!

Come on in, the water is great!

So far it has been fine. After assembly I oil with Virgin Olive Oil, and let sit, then I applied the Leather Sheen. After this I polished with a mixture of Beeswax and olive oil, this is a mixture I made that is somewhat like shoe polish, works great. Scott Forgot to mention, I clean between each step with a wipe down of Acetone.

Just two layers of leather. It is plenty stiff. Scott

I like it a lot, smells great too.

Dwight, Under the cover of darkness, and while my wife was out, I rummaged thru her sewing stuff and low and behold.....snap set plyers! Now if she doesn't miss them I'll be in fat city. Scott

Dan, Good point. I edited the photos so they should be a little easier to see.

Here are my latest attempts. Thanks to everyone for the ideas, some of which I have blatantly stolen! FNP 40/9 6/7oz USMC Black Virgin Olive Oil/Beeswax mix leather Sheen This is now my primary carry rig. [att achment=22242:new_014_600x450.jpg] FNP 40/9 6/Oz Coffee 8hr soak Virgin Olive Oil/Beeswax mix Leather Sheen Glock 17 6/7oz Coffee 12hr soak Virgin Olive Oil/Beeswax mix Leather Sheen First IWB attempt FNP 40/9 6/7oz Unfinished. As you can see, I have plenty of holsters for my FNP lol. Fire away, I look fwd to the critiques. Scott

Kate, Thanks for the great tutorial. This need to be posted for all to use. Scott

Bending is the biggest problem. The shank of the female tends to bend over prior to swelling. Scott Wild Rose, Thanks for the idea, I used a tapered center punch, and it helped some. There has to be a better way....I think I will go play around in the machine shop tomorrow and see what I can come up with. Scott

There are various schools of thought on what weight leather to use in the fabrication of holsters. My question to those of you inclined to answer, is what weight do you utilize for your different styles? IWB weight/OWB weight. I use 6/7oz for my OWB. I have yet to attrempt an IWB holster. Thanks Scott

Does anyone have a good trick to setting these miserable line 20/24 snaps? Now I know why people but them in bulk. Thanks Scott

That is only good customer service. I myself would do no less.

WOW! Love it

Which dog is Irish? Welcome!!!

My question is where in this order would you oil the leather? I have been using nothing but natural dye/stains, coffee, tea etc, and after abusing the leather with the staining, casing , and boning, it needs LOTS of reconditioning. I am going to try using commercial dye, and am not sure when to recondition the leather, before or after dying? Also I have been using Virgin Olive Oil, and it seem to work very well, the leather just sucks it up. Any problems with using this vs Neatsfoot oil or something else? This is the great thing about this forum and the people on it, it is a deep well of info that is freely offered and shared. Thanks Scott

Same here. I also really like 1/4 drive deep well Craftsman sockets, chrome plated of course.

Thanks for the replys I'll give it a try on my next holster. Rayban I agree, a beautiful rig.

Does anyone use artificial Sinew for stitching their holsters? I have used waxed nylon but never sinew. I happen to have come into a quantity of it and have no experience at all with it. Thanks Scott

Who knew.....?

WOW!

Sweet, he would be proud. Love to have something like that on my 82FLH, but then I might not want to sit on it. lol Great work. Scott

Did you check the expiration date?

I have heard that Acetone works well also, is this true? Which is best? Scott