Charley1

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Was a bit careless with a bottle of Fiebing's dye, and managed to overturn it. One nasty mess! Saw the bottle stabilizer someone here made on a 3D printer. Don't have a 3D printer, but do have plenty of scrap red oak from woodworking projects. Put together a stabilizer block, Fiebing's 4 ounce bottles fit fairly snuggly inside. Keeps the bottle stable, and lessens the probability of spills. Wish I had made it before I spilled the dye!

I'm a retired entomologist, and do wood and leatherwork, selling mostly on Evilbay. I net about $1200-$1400 a month. Not a living, but nice added to SS and investment income. My leatherwork is primarily basic concealment holsters and cartridge belt slides.

Learned this before I started making holsters...Everybody is different. What works great for one person is a miserable, uncomfortable POS for another person. That's why most of us who carry regularly have a drawer full of holsters that didn't work for us.

Lucky enough to have 2 Tandys here. Closest (and smaller) is about 3 miles away, larger is about 10 miles. The lager store generally has a better selection of the leathers I use, the smaller store is handier when I run out of some hardware or die that I didn't order enough of online. Generally good people working at both locations.

Looking at Etsy's "our house rules" it says holsters are not prohibited.

I much prefer simple holsters similar to that. My customers seem to like them as well.

You can add the "rib" to the bluegun, not that hard. I've made dummy laser sights and other additions to my holster molds, some even held on with clear packing tape. Nice to be able to add and take away different features from the mold, saves money and usually time.

The Randall was simply a stainless 1911.They were produced in both full size (5 inch barrel) and Commander (4.25 inch barrel) size.

Been lurking off and on, decided joining in would be a better option. I'm a retired entomologist, been working with leather for almost seven years. I primarily make concealed carry holsters and cartridge belt slides .My early leatherwork was pretty awful, but I've gotten somewhat better at it. My stuff is pretty simple, no carving, no stamping, just dye and finish. Currently netting a decent amount of profit every month, can't complain. I appreciate the artisans and talent here, my work just flows in another direction. I hope to learn something from everyone here.