Littlef

Thank you sir. All good tips. I appreciate it.

Here's my first attempt at a holster. It's for my 1943 Walter P38. I made the holster off an avenger pattern in Etsy for a Beretta 92 from Mazeleather. I found the single stack 9mm mag holster on Etsy from Adams Leather works. I flipped the patterns in photoshop to make them left handed, and I bumped over the stitch line to tighten it up. I think I might still add another stitch line from the muzzle back to the where the barrel meets the receiver. It's a little looser than I would prefer, and that appears to be where the slack is. Also, the stitching looks filthy. I did a topcoat in Resolene. When I did that, the leather bled out dye. I'll have to do some research on how to prevent that. I also think my stitching is a little sloppy, and I'll have to work on tightening that up. I attempted to tool in a German Iron Cross (-cause it was geometrically pretty simple.) I think it's acceptable for a first attempt at tooling leather. I don't own a stitching pony, but I can see how fast leather gets beat up, just picking it up and setting it down on the bench repeatedly. A stitching pony of some sort will probably be my next acquisition. All in all, I'm super happy how it turned out, and I can't wait to wear it out on the steel range. Let me know what you think. Let the flames begin!

Hello from Colorado, I decided to dip my foot in the leathercraft Pool. I mainly collect antique firearms. I picked up a Nepalese Kukri Knife from the 1800's. It did not have a sheath, so I decided to make one, in the same style in which the military would have issued. It has a wood interior, inletted with a space for the blade, and then the outside is wrapped in wet formed leather. I put together this slide show presentation of the process. I'm pretty happy with how it came out. My next project will probably be making a holster for one of my pistols.