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Here is a picture after the finish coat It will even out gradually aver a couple days and lighten back up a bit. Also tried to get a photo of the tapered welt.

those are nice and a lot of work!!

here in Wyoming I'll just call it a sewing kit so I don't confuse it with the pisser lol. And it will be in my base pack It is an awesome design and i can see other uses for the case as well for small sets of tools, nail care etc. Thank you for posting this is great.

heck yea !!!!!

thank you guys yea i sell quite a few plain holsters and knife sheathes a lot of guys want the function and fit of hand made but no bling lol. 327fed I air brushed the dye after it was sewn up and formed , its canyon tan i wont use any nfo on this The mink oil product i use will darken it up some, i Apply a couple of hearty coats with the aid of a blow dryer.

i haven't applied the finish yet, it will be a couple coats of fiebings golden mink oil and a good buffing. It is a water proofing for outdoor gear.

A customer wanted a western style holster for his 22 six shooter that had a cant to it and rode higher than a regular drop type holster so here is my try at it not much room on this little thing for a belt loop especially with a cant . He also wanted his old holster modified to fit it because he has two. It was for a saa and was just to large everywhere so i took an inch off the end and about 3/8 along the original stitch edge, shortened the belt loop an inch so it rides higher and re finished the edges and gave it some saddle soap lol.

old? not even! old is in the mind. lol a little dust on the bottle but the wine is still sweet.

beautiful I'll bet you are surprised.

Awesome indeed!!

super cool idea!!! don't know if the younger folks will know what it is lol. I was of the 8 track generation , my older brother had the reel to reel. I still have one in the basement but no reels

its beautiful work Stewart. today its finally warm here, the first day of the year over 45, going to be almost 60 and the birds are singing up a storm this morning. your picture is today!

that croc makes em rock!!! they are awesome.

So i was doing a holster today and the curvature of it was a pain in the a** to sew i couldn't see one side. So i figured i would try the two needles in one hole simultaneously trick. I've seen it done but it always felt awkward to me, i do one needle then the other. well it works well for finding your holes and helped a bunch however I still pierced the thread a couple of times right at the eye of the opposing needle and my thumb a couple times lol. But that's how a guy learns, leather work is always a new problem and a new solution with new techniques learned as we go.

dream catcher that tool some time I'll bet. Its alot more intricate than the ones i have seen.

I dunno but i pierced my thumb twice today does that count?

nice job and a great idea for the fix!! I just did a rebuild on an old Hunter holster the guy had a small heritage 22 six shooter in a SAA holster and wanted it to fit right lol. it would have been just as easy to make a new one.

nope but the sponges and cotton balls nail sanders. things like that. That can be used as applicators or finishing.

or get those sanding stick things women use for their fingernails, very handy on small things. The makeup isle is your friend, lots of goodies there for finishing and dying.

great job !! Nice stitching indeed.

hey you gotta tell us what you picked.

Very nice!!

beautiful case i like that texture.

nope i'm an idiot too! lol Living in a out the way place i have exactly three stores i can go look in before ordering on line. All are hardware or feed stores that carry a very limited supply of anything meant for leatherwork or anything else for that matter. So as I rummage through life I have collected tons of hardware for everything from automotive to wood working to leather piled up all over. On top of that my wife used to buy "HUGE LOTS" to resell from ebay didn't matter what lol. Need a few thousand little white buttons for shirts? My strategy is to buy anything i run across that may someday work out for something LOL I figure it'll give the kids something to do when I'm gone.

yes they can be sewn by hand or machine. It would take an industrial type machine but just a few tools by hand anyone can learn to saddle stitch. if there is a tandy store near you they may even teach you.