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    21 hours ago, DieselTech said:

    Nice looking rigs. You do nice work. Just beautiful. 

    You also shoot my favorite caliber of hand gun. 41magnum is way under rated & such a sweet shooter. I wish I could find a model 57 smith. 

    Thanks for sharing. 

     

    18 hours ago, MarshalWill said:

    That's a great design. It's easy to see why hunters want them. Very fine work.

     

    15 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

    Love your work that first one is beautiful :thumbsup: :You_Rock_Emoticon:

     

    5 hours ago, Hags said:

    Very nice!


    Thank you all!  Much appreciated!

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    A few recent builds. The first is what I call the ‘Texas Sidekick’. I’ve posted this before, in different leather/color combinations. The belt slide stays with you all day, but the gun/holster can quickly and easily be removed while at camp or when you get to your hunting spot. Can be worn strong side or cross-draw. This particular one is for me. Made with Ostrich bonded and stitched to veg-tan. Revolver is a S&W 57 in .41 magnum. Second picture is of me wearing one cross-draw. 

    The next two are my ‘bread and butter’ in terms of orders. Customized chest rigs for various handgun/optic combinations. Almost all my orders are from handgun hunters. Thanks for looking!

     

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    On 11/23/2023 at 8:42 AM, Handstitched said:

    The closest I've got is making a wood mold from  a tracing  of an  actual original . 

    HS

    This is what I do.  I have customers send me a detailed tracing; I then take it and glue to a piece of 1x6; cut it out; sand the edges; and bam...pattern.  Works every time and very well.  For me this is the best route anyway because 90% of what I build is for handgun hunters and the possibilities are endless between handgun/optic combinations.

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    Working on a holster this weekend and the presser foot is getting stuck in the 'up' position.  I can push on it and it will snap back down, or essentially raise it with the foot pedal and it will fall.  Then it will work a little while and then do it again.  I've also noticed when raising the presser foot with the pedal, it isn't a 'smooth' cycle, if that makes sense.  I keep my machine well oiled, unless I'm missing a port somewhere.

    Anyone experience this before?

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    Finally had time to knock this out.  I've had intentions on making myself a belt to match a new pair of boots for several months now.  Got caught up on customer orders recently so it was nice to do something for ME!  haha.

    Simple project but I'm please with how it turned out.  Ostrich (pretty thin hide) on top, 10 oz veg-tan as the lining - bonded, stitched, and buckle added.

     

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    On 9/23/2023 at 10:27 AM, akguy59 said:

    That is one great looking holster. Your use of roughout and tooled leather is spot on. I may have to steal that idea for a mounting system. 

     

    11 minutes ago, JWheeler331 said:

    Very nicely done. 

    Thank you both very much!

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    7 hours ago, paintpony7417 said:

    Thank you.

    What was the thread called?

    Texas Sidekick. It’s my project. 
     

    To get the contrast on that belt slide, I tooled the leather, let it dry completely, coated the whole thing with tan kote, let it dry completely, then used brown antique paste. I use an ample amount and make sure the paste gets worked into all the groove/tooled areas, then use a clean paper towel and wipe the excess off the top or, un-tooled areas. Let it dry completely, and then a final coat of tan kote over the whole project again. 

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