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Yeah, I'm a slow learner...

Put your arm through it and carry it like a purse.

I'm kind of new to 1911s, maybe 5 years or so. At first a toe loop style holster looked odd to me. But really, in 1911 it would have been quite natural to copy cat or modify existing revolver style holsters. I'm really not a fan of modern holsters anyway, so I'm quite happy for mine too ride in toe loops.

I might have run the right side stitchline out at the edge then run another line close to the gun for retention. Maybe made it wide enough to have a stitchline all the way around the outside perimeter and another next to the gun. Partly just for visual balance. The lettering and the stamping above it could be deeper but otherwise are are spot on. Overall, I like it.

12 year old post, but @BearManappears to check in still. Maybe tagging him will draw his attention.

Yeah, servo motors and their controllers are the Mysterious Black Box of sewing machines. They're all just different enough that most don't dare mix n match components and the manufacturers give us just enough information to operate them. I'm surprised the electronic tinkerer crowd hasn't started dissecting these things. I've seen them being retrofitted to lathes and drill presses.

Top/Right of the bottom pic - Looks like if you set Parameter N.G. to "On" and turn the box off and back on, it restores the factory settings. No idea if it will help, but it can't hurt.

See if there's an option to reset it to factory settings. One one of mine I recently noticed an option to hold down two buttons for so many seconds to reset the box. That's all I've got. EDIT: Actually there's an option for it right there at the top of the 2nd pic.

Oh yeah, it'll be harder to sew. But it's fairly thin leather. You could pre-punch the holes with an awl

I'll endorse Fred's answer. From experience, the hotter the water, the harder the end product will be. If you have plenty of leather, it might be worth experimenting with a range between hot tap water and boiling water. I think the hot water trick played/plays a role in making leather armor.

Unfortunately, the "W" series serial numbers aren't well documented. All we can tell is that it was made in 1943 or 1944. Meaning that it might have seen military service since everyone was pretty well focused on war time production. https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-w-series-serial-numbers.html

One thing that may be of help ... I've found soaking veg tan in hot water and letting it dry makes a stiffer dry piece than room temp water. This was about 10 ounce leather but might be worth a shot. Vacuum sealing the pieces for about a half hour seemed to make them even stiffer. Just a seal-a-meal. The bags have a textured inside, which showed up on the leather.

The pics I've seen of these in use shows them on the side at 3:00 ish. I've carried at 12:00 quite nicely with things like a Glock 33 and down. But now that I've gone to suspenders I have to tuck my shirt in. Definitely don't like "tuckable" iwb. So, I'm looking around. I'm trying to imagine suspenders that attach at the side and incorporate a holster.

I was hopeful ...

Well, here's over a hundred references, maybe the answer is buried in there. Were it me, I'd let the buyer decide for him/her self so I don't get blamed for any problems. https://leatherworker.net/forum/search/?q="Singer 29k71"&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy

If you've already spent the time to research prices you're comfortable with, maybe you could use them here? Let's let BossLady weigh in since I tagged her.

Oh, yeah, I remember this from the stitching question. Very nice. I thought that belt loop was odd but didn't make the connection. No, I've been spending my time tearing servo motors apart. We're also on the tail end of a heat wave and no a/c in my craft room. I definitely need to pick a gun and get on this. Maybe my PK380 would be a good candidate.

Man, you have you a massive amount of work into this. The challenge is that we normally want prices but this is kind a different situation. Let's tag the BossLady in here and see what she thinks, I'm sure it's happened before. @Johanna?

Here's a manual that says the foot rises 3/8" of an inch, so less then that: https://leatherworker.net/forum/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=149218

You should look at some of this guys posts. He's an experienced leather crafter who has recently done some projects with minimal tools. I don't know that he's created a list but I think a person could extrapolate a list from his projects. Click on his user name to get to his profile page from which you can see his posts. I'm no good at making lists like this. EDIT: here's the post I was looking for. He basically started from scratch:

@Aiden3416, you need to review the Marketplace Rules https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/71-items-for-sale/#elForumRules And bring this ad into compliance quickly, please. We need pics, location, a price, condition, shipping info and whatever else is applicable. I can't even tell if you have 1 machine or a hundred.

Where is that "Like" button? Thinking about it, a person could do this on any machine they work on regularly, just set an easily seen mark on the bed of the machine. Thank you for that.

I'm afraid you know as much as I do about it. The hardware store probably has a variety of products available. I definitely like the way he used his skiving knife for precise cuts.

For some reason today I watched this bag making video. Maybe these are common practices. I thought it was interesting that he made several subassemblies with double sided tape and glue before he got near any sewing. I'll be looking to incorporate this into my own process. It just never occurred to me, though I suppose I've seen it in a smaller scale. Also the way he edge guides as much as he can. I just haven't embraced the edge guide that much.

Personally, I haven't a clue. Just go to the top and click "Activity", scroll through everything.