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Here ya go as you can see the back remains fairly flat in fact it wraps around your hip some when you get it formed for the belt loops, some bulge on revolvers but not much. Yes they are two piece and yes the front is larger than the back, i posted a few pictures of the pattern making process i used a quite a while back on an earlier thread.

That is nice you are really good at tooling, what is the background color?

thats a nice holster.

works with my 44 too.

especially true with the water based dyes. Always something new to learn .

thanks Yea i made the first one for myself lol not fat just fluffy lol. The dye gave me fits on the first one, i dyed it then when i wet molded it got all mottled. Then i used feibing golden mink oil on it and that helped clear it up some. Then the other two i wet molded then airbrushed the dye and they came out much better.

yes i did and thank you , it isnt a true pancake but similar it is flat on the backside and only formed on the front to the firearm. They ride nice and flat against the hip like a pancake. That's my 1911 in the picture and why i made the first one lol. thank you Thanks

if you want em to look store bought you could always go to some used clothes store buy a bunch of cheapo belts, but get ones with usable buckles lol, and cut the ends off for patterns. But like the others i usually just wing it with my own patterns however i do buy the belts and reuse the nice buckles.

i just keep mine in the boxes they come in they stack well and have all the info on them my forgetful old brain needs to re order or not.. I think a person should store them high dry and out of the sun.

holy cow you really been looking for five years?

Thank you Pastor those new chisels work well.

Thank you i will! I am hunkering down for 6 months of cold, wind and snow so will have plenty of time.

google leather jewelry you may be shocked, she can use your scraps! there are also tons of crafty things made with leather that wont reflect badly on higher quality leather goods.They will relate and all will be good in the world.

"bought pictures onto t-shirts couldn't (well, they could apply, but would be rejected out of hand for lack of "special skills")" i agree with you completely especially making the two go together but if he tells his wife she lacks special skills, sh*t may hit the fan in a hurry lol. There may be two separate Esty shops and two separate bedroom's as well. The easy answer is two separate shops but I don't have a good answer to the big picture, peace in the family. Go with two etsy shops if you can. Now at artisan shows or crafts markets you would want some cheaper and an assortment of goods to bring more folks to your table like klara says keep them related.

Thanks much.

I wondered that too but then realized that you never know the user may only have one hand. and a guy could always add a loop behind the seam to prevent possible bulging.

Thank you !! I will look these up.

Thanks it was just what the customer wanted lol. I hope they do last as long as the firearms thy are pretty rugged, i made the first ones for myself lol. Thank you.

definitely a nice piece of work.

You sure pulled it off your work is darn nice.

It sure is. i would love to find something on the actual construction techniques certainly some archeogeek had to have done that. I'm still looking lol.

you can do some cool stuff with one. It works better than great. especially with some of the lower quality water based dyes. the secret i was given, keep your air pressure low to avoid misting. But other methods create other effects too so its not the only method. I like a mottled appearance on some thing so i use a natural sponge sometimes to apply dyes. with the airbrush i really like the effect of spraying a black then lightly mist in some iridescent colors over it.

thanks thanks Thanks

you did an awesome job creating that pattern, the tooling is great also.

if you look close at your instructions you will see they use both, usually on Stohlman patterns one on one side of the leaf vein and one on the other side and in different sizes. Rules apply to those who are trying to exactly copy one of the different tooling styles. so if your using one of Stohlmans books or patterns for example then yes that's what made his style unique. Sheridan style may have different rules or techniques i haven't studied it much. but I live off the old adage, its your house you can paint it whatever color you want. i was just looking at a knife sheath here that used a triangle shaped stamp around the border of a basket weave where a camo tool is usually called for in books and it looked great sooo........