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found this in Al Stohlman bio on wikipedia for what its worth. Al did the same thing as anyone of the era, made what they couldn't buy out of the cheapest thing they could find. "He and a few friends used pocket knives to carve the leather and created rudimentary tools out of nails shaped into various forms.["

lol I had the same problem, i honestly have never done a flower like those in my life. But i learned new stuff and had some fun doing it.

your own pattern and that looks great man and you can copy me any time you want but you may want to do it right instead lol.

cmon man put it out there none are better just different. Like all of us.

Then your lookin at the king at innovation!!!! lol nothin i do ever turns out the same Sadly ethical thinking has been largely forgotten in the business world.

i carried a flashlight for years i know your pain lol.

nails were only square until they took a file to them lol. they made many different tools from the raw stock including sewing awls. po folk got po ways but they got the same grey matter as rich folks.

Absolutely agree my friend on the ethics there are many people here who could copy just about anything anyone else does and sometimes much better. As are mine Tug no ill intentions meant on my part, just food for thought. Social media has taken away civil discourse and the human right to differing opinions without argument or hard feelings , but only if we allow it. But see now i can see what a typical watercolor brush stroke becomes with dye and leather, its called a graded wash basic to all water color artists and in no way unique to that process, with some fine sketching with a quill and ink on top and you have something completely different and unique. I've seen that simple type of adornment it reminds me of Japanese style of decoration.

In that instance its used as a buzzword just to sell a holster. Period. you are right it wasn't stamped with nails, but its a copy of one that may have been. I've heard the term used in folk art, basically it came from people using whatever metal they could scrounge to create tools for their project nails being the most common, Scrimshaw for example is nail art, so is some metal engraving. the old tin lanterns punched with nails and made from cans is another. i have a great piece of nail art, my dad after ww2 was a rough neck, he made a graver out of a nail to tool his aluminum hardhat with all his travels, pictures and such. Leather work was no different holsters, saddles and about any leather was ornamented at some point by people with the very basic of skills and tools. Its all under the heading of folk art. You want to see it go to a museum only the best examples go in books. I've seen a ton of it in museums, i love that book but its only a few holsters out of hundreds of thousands so limited in its knowledge base.

I wholeheartedly agree about plagiarizing a persons work solely for profit, that's stealing no doubt, and also finding your own niche but now for the rub.... Every single thing we know or do has been done before by someone else before us. Where do you suggest people stop? At the cool stuff? can we copy the easy stuff? the stuff that isn't unique? How would we have ever came this far as humans if we didn't copy our predecessors and then improve on those ideas to create our "niche"? That is what sets us apart from animals, the ability to copy is the essence of the ability to learn. That being said... I would be willing to bet the person that is selling those didn't figure out any super new or secret technique that thousands of years of leather workers haven't.

nice work indeed

I've heard the term used but for wood as well as leather in "FOLK" art. In this case though its just used more as a sales gimmick. Poor folks back in the day made most of their tools for any craft, there wasn't any to be bought nor the money to buy them. So they made them. And then after making the tools. they sat around when unoccupied , night , winter , storms etc and made stuff, there was no tv , radio etc to bide the time. And their designs came from the same place their own minds!!! I've made quite a few of mine that i couldn't afford or wanted to spend what they thought it was worth. If you do go this route use stainless as much as possible. And i cant wait to see what you come up with. Good luck my friend!!!!

once dry your leather edge would be worked just like wood cut ,file, sand then burnish it. Pretty cool effects indeed. just glue up some scrap and try it out.

its awesome the clamp looks like hands at prayer to me, i think i need to make one of these.

awesome as always!! no diamond backs here but plenty of prairie rattlers. I usually get a few every year just along the road.

what Tsunkasapa said plus on #1 pull back on your first thread a little after you stick in the second needle to make sure it wasn't snagged.

awesome work as always friend, if you do use rivets cover them with some very thin leather or line the holster. i cut out light leather with a 1" punch then glue them over the rivet or snap and fold under the edges so the set will hold it. i wouldn't use double caps but those you used should work fine.

lamb skin chaps ? really? you don't know what these things are worn for do you?

cut or punch out a thin piece of liner , leather , what ever and glue it to your inside metal piece, fold over and glue the edges so they crimp under when setting the snap. i use a a 1" punch and super thin suede liner. simple and free.

heres how i did this one the strap is sewn on under the new loop, the attachment is tee shaped , well actually kind of triangular like the stitching on top it acts as a welt under the top of the loop so the belt will ride correctly for the cant. you can place the strap at any spot along the tee to fit your pistol.

I've done a few but they were all different fixes depending on the holster shape. Show us a picture of what your talkin about.

i will have to check that out sounds like a nice finish i usually just use boiled linseed oil but it makes the wood a yellowish brown color, i would like a different look.. We don't have vines, we have sage brush lol

beautiful workmanship! anything done right takes more time.