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when sewing stick your needle about halfway through the hole and wiggle it up, down, and sideways to stretch the hole a bit it will close back up and you can get your thread through easier. The secret to hand stitching made easy.

nope, most of the fit comes from the cylinder and the sides. once wet formed and dried it will fit like a glove. Post us some pics !! and have fun with it.

I had a black lab named Abby. We got her from the pound, and she was a full lab. When I went to name her, I looked up dog names on the net, and Abby, if I remember, was the first name or really close to it lol. She was a wonderful dog and a good bird hunter except for one thing. She would chase the flying birds and ignore the ones we shot lol.

your story !! lol

use a thin piece of wood or something to tape from the front sight when wet forming your holster to the back sight or your holster will develop a hump, and your front sight will drag on the holster. Post pics

it was 27 last night, with snow in the high country. I'm going hunting today. Be back soon lol. You take care, my friend, and say hi to your pop for me.

very cool reason,, Good luck

you put those in magazines clips are usually for rifle bullets lol. M1 Garands for one. I burnish em till thier slick myself, or maybe I slick 'em down until they are burnished yea that's it. I'm going with slicking them until burnished.

that is gonna be nice!!

That's a nice first holster!!! you should be proud of that. All I use is NFO and a good outdoor type waterproofing and sealer for leather products, Fiebings golden mink oil, with nothing applied inside to attract dust or dirt, use the best leather, and you don't need it. Apply the nfo first to the outside, then the waterproofing sealer. It gives a very natural hand rubbed finish. An unlined holster is just as correct as a lined holster, probably more so in a slim jim, as they are a period type piece usually for black powder.

me too, i make them to hold the magazine and match the holster. Easy and quick to make and from scrap pieces usually.

Yes, we had our first frost the other day; had to scrape the windshield, lol. Took the camper up to the mountains the other day, we're going hunting on the 15th. i cant wait to hear some quiet, smell some campfire, and have a cold beer doing it.

Are you saying you are going to duplicate someone else's techniques and clothing to make your own line? Copying that exactly may not be legal. Seems kind of unethical to me at the least. Good luck.

Your doing great man! Keep up the practice. Learning to tool isn't easy by any means, and it will get better with every project. One thing I will say is I appreciate the effort of hand tooling over computer-generated images any day, no matter how well it's done. You're putting yourself out there, and that is hard to do. One thing that helped me was practicing multiple times on pieces of scrap before committing to the final project. Here's one of my old practice pieces lol, its also good to save your stuff to document how you have progressed over the years.

waaay off topic but not adult, yet. Window lickers was/is a term used for the prisoners who were on Thorazine and such heavy drugs. A very sad thing to see humans that doped up really, even though they would be very violent off of it. anyway, back on topic I've not seen a mention of proper preparation!! Preparation should be foremost in a person's thoughts, as that is the precursor for a good burnish no matter what solution is used. Good, sharp edge tools, decent sanding, and a little water make for a darn good burnish if you ask me. It's all in the prep work, and the elbow grease is cheap.