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Now you have a story to tell the next 'friend' or close acquaintance before committing to any custom work.

yea they work great i made the switch its much easier takes just seconds now to cut a strap.

yea tandy makes a wooden one that works just fine for about 30 bucks

I dunno but all the ones here in Wyoming I have seen have one. Horses buck and trot and do a bunch of fun things that loose guns don't do well with. they also used holsters with a full flap. also they had holsters that fit over the saddle horns and weren't worn at all.It doesn't matter really its yours to make any way you want beautiful work indeed.

those are nice.

nice work it should do you well.

They usually just had a loop around the hammer spur with this style of holster back in the day. Beautiful basket weave nice and crisp.

nice color indeed I like that.

Awesome!! I love it.

I think it takes much practice but in the meantime here's how i do it. lol I punch each piece separately from the finish side then glue using small brass brads about every inch or so to line up the holes then use an awl to clean and make sure they are in line. I use a piece of soft wood, pine, as a punching board and some beeswax for lube.

LOL great work reminds me of a time I and a friend ran across a sleeping black bear while bow hunting.

You should be darn proud of that, its a beautiful piece of work!

tandy website has a library of leather working books by Stohlman most are free. https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/

wow whoda thunk it, ya mean they are in it for the money and control and not for our benefit? gee I thought all this tracking stuff was just to help me out. Ebay is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Well said ! i will add if you cant sharpen a good tool its no better than a cheap one. I have found much of my problems stem from just a few basic things none of which are the tools fault. 1.Keeping your tools sharp, learning to sharpen is one of the most necessary things IMO. 2.Patience. Slow down take your time. I used to get in a hurry and just didn't take the time really needed for a good job, like beveling I don't care for beveling and if I don't watch myself i get in a hurry and it really shows. 3.Getting in over my head, I'm the first to admit I try projects and techniques far above my experience and suffer for it, Disclaimer ; a person has to stretch the limits but they also have to realize the outcome wont be great for a while. 4. Not finishing correctly , goes right along with patience i used to tend to hurry my project and skip steps that although didn't seem necessary at the time really deterred from the finished project, follow the steps all the way through.

wow I love both, my dream gun and that's remarkable tooling you are an awesome craftsman Josh.

so i guess the grinch stole Christmas here too?

Just posted this pic in another thread and it got me to thinking. How about showing off your stocking stuffers and easy projects for holiday gifts so we can all get some ideas. this is super easy can be made from scrap pieces and colored however you like. I skived it thin after tooling died with vinegaroon and added some pearlesent colors very lightly to make it shine like a crow feather.

MCmaster carr, grainger

Now you need to buy another gun for the other side.lol

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never tried it but neodymium magnets are really strong they may be the ticket, i have bought flat 1 inch square ones and they come with a 1/8th inch plastic spacer between, if you get two stuck together its almost impossible to separate them.