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As always Sir , it looks great !!!!

NICE !!!!!!!!! I love the molding plane , is the iron made from an old file ? The splatted maple is beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have in the past toe-screwed a known straight board on the off side to get that initial table saw cut , it just has to be wider than your stock .

@RockyAussie Here is the scoop on this and Thanks for the kind words .

Frodo has started me thinking ............................ Does design fall under " artistic " skill ? I know I have a check list that I try to go by . 1 Does it serve the purpose I had intended ? 2 Is it pleasing to the eye ( or at least not offensive ) ? 3 Is it done as simple and efficiently as possible while meeting #1 and 2 ? No carving , no stamping but maybe artfully done ? To me " art " is VERY subjective ! just 1 old mans views

Very nice and I for one appreciate the " hand planed " aspect !!!

Kind of a loaded question I think . There is no doubt in my mind that it takes more " skill " to carve . Now for the " art " part ........ what is art to you , what is art to me ? How long is a piece of rope ?

Tell miss Anna that she did a very good job !!! Shows that determination more than the latest / greatest tools can get the job done and done well .

Thanks fellows !!! He picked them up this morning and seemed please , at the very least it was a quick turn around and he can now finish them up . @Samalan didn't have a back picture but these are the patterns to give you an idea ( just plain and real simple ) what I did .

Local knife guy wanted a couple in a hurry . He is not even through polishing and finishing the knives but let me have them for a couple of days for pattern and forming . This is our first project and he gave me free rein ( design , color , whatever , just wanted 2 sheathes ) so I haven't a clue if he will be happy .

Well it will be a good workout for that arm Is that a crab in the logo ?

WOA ..... work of art !

Welcome !! " come on in the water is fine "

Maybe draw the inside lines on you paper/card stock pattern where you can erase if needed .Once you like them mark with a round awl as you trace your over all pattern . I have to get stuff right " on paper " all of the time but it saves me some leather .

Hey Bert , while I don't know about holsters it looks pretty good to me. I think it would be even nicer to use a stitching iron or awl instead of drilling/punching your stitch lines .

Nicely done

Jealous ................... who me ? That is an awesome shop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know some folks here in mississippi that wish I was in North Florida

Nice !!!!

VERY NICE !!! and the back story just adds to them Well Done Sir

Looks pretty durn good to me .

Redneck Chic !!!!

I like that stamp as well . Mind me asking who's stamp that is ?

It is the way it is sitting , also I don't run the thread adapter on mine . According to Taurus website there is not much difference in size by measure . Now it might feel a good bit smaller in the hand but I don't know . Compact is 4.90 high Full size is 5.44 about 1/2 inch Compact is 6.70 long Full is 7.06 about 3/8 Compact is 16;50 oz Full is 17.30 about 3/4 oz Width is the same for both @ 1.25 Compact does have an open top slide and optics cut but I am going to have to get one in my hand to know whether there is enough difference for me .

This is the full size { 16+1 } . This one runs like a swiss watch , great feel in my hand that makes it a natural pointer . I replaced the front sight with a fiber optic but that is just personal preference , the rear sight needed a shim to hold elevation (kept creeping down ) . Other than the sight issue I give it an A+ and may get the compact if it is considerably smaller in size .