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It's a 1911 what do you think holsters looked like in 1911 lol I see em all the time around here. yours look great!

Dang lot of good work and really good materials. I like the bag!!!!! But heres your problem, I can buy a duffle bag for 17 bucks online. I can see you are new to leather work and selling your work. Here is a thought on making a success out of your endeavors. Think about it this way: what type of person would want your product. Does that type of person have a reason to buy your product over others on the shelf. A guy who wants a mil spec type duffle bag usually has a reason for a well-made rugged bag to hold some sort of crap. hes not really looking to spend big bucks especially when he can get one made for an army for under a 20 spot. Now if you change your pattern, colors and hype, you can sell a gym bag or a traveling bag to a guy with a few more bucks in his pocket and one who may be wanting to show off a bit in public, you know a guy who doesnt want to look like he is carrying a 17 dollar duffle bag to the gym every day. Bikers also use these types of bags and want something a little cooler on their custom Harleys. Good luck to you and I wish you all the best. you have a good idea but maybe the wrong customer base for high quality products

heck yea you have a nice summer coming up to enjoy some good eats. Dont get me going on that corned beef, I love me some hash, and eggs for breakfast. I usually corn a couple of elk roasts every year if I have enough but they don't last long lol. We have one on St. Patrick's day. I've gotta start wrenching on the burb, summer is about over, and the mornings are getting brisk. The hummingbirds are starting to thin out last week we had about a dozen at the feeders now we only have one or two. They were eating over a pint of nectar every day its crazy how much they eat getting ready for thier adventure.

very nice !!! in a year, you won't be able to tell the old from the new. they will darken naturally in the sun and look better with age.

Nice looking stuff, I like the pocket sheath. I made one myself, it's not shaped the same but does the same work., I also carry a small tin of cotton ball /Vaseline mix and a short striker made from a hacksaw blade with my ferro rod it will start a fire in seconds wet or dry.

very nice work my friend.

Good thoughts!! I'm gonna throw you folks a bone, suppressor cases !!!!! Be the first on your block and you're in.... there is a lot of good money in custom work and you can make a decent living but beginners arent gonna get it, plain and simple it takes much longer than a week to learn to make a decent "custom" holster for every gun out there in every style imaginable. A good many folks like to put thier multiple-thousand-dollar weapons in quality leather, but most of them that buy high-dollar guns know quality and they know leather holsters and they know beginners just cant cut it. I'll also add the best selling guns right now are really cheap and no one will pay 300 for a holster for a 250 dollar gun and why you sell 10 x more. So like you have shown its a bit more complicated issue than just waking up one day and saying "ima be a holster maker". Here in my town, the local gun store has a big box full of used leather they get on trade-ins for 5 bucks a pop. po folks buy them instead of anything new so another rock in the road to riches from holster making.

oh heck yea!!

Without knowing exactly what yoU are attempting. You may have to experiment with a few beaks to find the best way to sew it on but yea it should work fine, I've seen leather used on toys and such before that were designed for rough handling. Resolene will stiffen it, or you can use acrylic floor wax also in place of the resolene if you have it on hand. I dilute the floor wax a bit with water. they will both darken the leather. so do some experimenting to see if it looks right to you. Acrylic paints work well on leather. A lot of folks also make earrings from leather scraps Good luck and have fun!!!!

Yeah this isnt a small burner, My forge burners have a .030 size orifice, actually a mig welding tip, with the forced air on at 10 psi they can melt steel. They can run both naturally aspirated and with forced air. Higher-pressure burners are scary loud indeed.

they say spam won ww2, it was shipped everywhere, especially to Russia, where it saved their asses from starvation and turned the war. I love it fried crispy, but i can't eat that much salt anymore. Potted meat is much weirder, as it's a meat spread Pate pate-type stuff.

Potted meat is kin to spam, it's the sludge from the bottom of the barrel LOL. looks gross on a cracker. Heck yea fix that old thing up its better than the new ones by far it'll still be cookin when you arent. I have so much to do before snow flies, I have fish to smoke but haven't had the time, plus my wine for the year and my other spirits lol. I built a burner for my kiln but i think it may be to powerful, at 10 psi it shoots a flame about 16" and sounds like a jet engine. Its bigger than my forge burners. They are made from 3/4" pipe; this one is 1" pipe, i didnt think it would be that big of a change. I:m thinking it will heat to fast. I have a backup though i pilfered a burner out of a turkey fryer and hopped it up with a larger orifice. Say hi to pops for me and have a great day!!!

Nice work!! high and tight holster.

You can buy a couple of harness needles and some tiger thread, or you can use a speedy stitcher. If the sheath is machine sewn, the speedy stitch will work fine. personally, if you're doing these repairs a lot then go with some john James harness needles an awl, both diamond and round, some tiger thread in various colors and sizes. also some contact cement to reglue, then of course the cleaning,conditioning and buffing supplies to make it shine.