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There was a similar issue here maybe 6 months ago or more. The consensus was that some kind of metal fillings had contaminated the hide, if I recall correctly. The vendor replaced the hide. That makes more sense than mold forming in an hour or two, I'd think. Even over night seems too quick for mold.

Not to be a smart Alec, but couldn't you just measure the machine? Maybe if you were in doubt, you could cut a test in a stiff piece of cardboard?

Blue Guns, Dummy Guns and purchased patterns only get you so far. Nothing beats real world testing and evaluation. Maybe this is a good reason to buy one of every gun for which you're asked to make a holster.

I slipped this over the The Marketplace, since it's really a For Sale ad and has all the requisite information. I see where you've posted these in different parts of the forum over the years, but this is the first one with a price and actual offer to sell. Edit: found a duplicate post which I merged here, as it has more information regarding these items.

A couple of rookie comments - that looks like a Singer 111W foot. Many machines use them and there are many variations available. Might be worth checking. Next, when I've read about machines bring adjusted to backstitch into the same holes, it's usually at a certain stitch length. Changing the stitch length, changes where it backstitches. Maybe this will cause one of the big dogs to jump in here and tell us if this applies to your machine.

I moved you over to Leather Sewing Machines, where you're more likely to get some help. I'm going to suggest that you join the forum here so you'll be able to receive notifications about replies. I believe this machine has been talked about here quite a bit, so searching may uncover what you're looking for.

Wow. On second look, I see that those are working machines, with the thread, oil and tools. Very nice setup!

Greetings and welcome aboard, @PiZhihong. Looks like you navigated some translation issues and got your post sorted out. Thanks for the effort. The pictures look like a sewing machine store? I see a Cowboy machine, very popular in the US.

Aha! I've seen them on rifle slings, now that you say it. Thank you.

I know, I should know what this is called. But .... The hooks are the important part. How many attachments at the top doesn't really matter. I want something about 1.5" wide. Any help?

Wow, that's some hard work that really paid off. I agree, wrestling that bad boy up and down off the floor would be a bear. Is any weight resting on that wooden triangle block under the cylinder arm? I remember you shortened that table up (I think that was your project). The manly clutch turned out quite well. I like the alternating color of the layers around the gusset. Burnishing them to a slick finish might give an interesting effect.

I quite like that. If I used such things, I might make one myself. You're being way too critical of the basket stamp. I wouldn't have thought anything of it, had you not mentioned it. At least it doesn't look like it puked out the back of some factory in an unpronounceable Asian city, along with 9,999 others just like it.

Your question reminded me of the following thread where an admittedly talented, accomplished leather crafter turned out a piece using only entry level tools (Tandy). Take a look at the high level of work. We have a few members here who make their own stamps from bolts they've ground to whatever shape they want. So, I wouldn't get too wrapped up about using a starter set. The cost is usually below what you'd spend seperately.

@RoamingRanch, I'd be surprised if it did so satisfactorily. Since it's local to you, go take some leather and have a run at it. Maybe report back your findings so the next person has a baseline?

@PrecisionSewer, I moved this to For Sale. You'll need to add a price, location and some pictures, per the Marketplace Rules. Thanks

That's just PHD-level sewing knowledge that you aren't gong to find anywhere else.

I've seen people showing off their Texas inmate-made holsters, and pretty nice stuff it is, too. I can't find the specific link at the moment, but here's a link to the "Leather" page for the Hunstville, TX Musem shop: https://www.txprisonmuseum.org/shop-2?page=9 You have to hit "Load More" 7 or 8 times see see it all.

Amazing. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

Same search on Duckduckgo, 1st result: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=duncan+des+165-970&t=brave&atb=v430-1&ia=web Regular search, not image. Interesting.

I don't know. It looks a lot like this patented knife sharpener: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/b3/8f/f0/a3ad8bd5a091e9/USD165970.pdf Patented by Mr D. D. Duncan.

Given that Mallory hasn't been here since she made that post, let's tag her like this @Mallory and hope that she's set up to receive email notifications. Mallory, you'll want to exercise all due caution when dealing with unknown parties. Good luck, folks.

Where do you ship? This is a global forum so you may get orders from anywhere. Welcome aboard. We hope you will participate in the forums.

However well intended, that sounds like heartache waiting to happen. I'm going to gamble that we probably shouldn't host the discussion. Also the whole tariff discussion is just going to devolve into politics.

@BurntLeatherCo, you probably need to resize the pics. The usual advice is a max of 800 pixels in whatever the longest dimension happens to be.

Wallets, belts, key chains and coasters all seem like popular rookie projects. I bought one of those "starter kits" that had several small projects like that. The nice thing there was it had all the leather and tools I need. It saved looking for and cutting out a pattern right away. I didn't have to worry about which thread, needle, etc. I got straight into the dyeing, sewing, stamping, burnishing part.