DieselTech

I'll probably make another pancake holster for this shield. But I'll change my pattern up to accommodate for more room around the grip area of the pistol. Thanks.

Guys & gals I got it a bit closer to finished. I still need to burnish the edges. Dang it! It ain't perfect, but I am happy with my very 1st results. What a learning curve. Hopefully the next 1 will be better.

Welcome to the group! Bunch of good people here.

Nice work. They look great.

Thanks. I was wondering if that is what you did. The butterfly/flower lambskin looks like a Tandy print. It Will be a nice purse when all finished.

Looks good. Nice work you do there. I Like the butterfly/flower print you used.

Great looking piece. I like it. It looks nice. Awesome work.

Thanks a bunch. I'll do a search & check it out.

Thanks. Luckily there is some professionals here wanting to help me along & teach me a few pointers. I'll try & finish it over the weekend. Bunch of great people here.

Beautiful work on those. Very classy. Nice work.

They look great! Nice work on the arrow head basket weave tool work. Beautiful.

@bladegrinder when you talk about your vacuum setup. What mil thickness of bag you use. I'm looking at a 30mil thick forming bag made out of some poly something. Lol i cant remember now what it was called. Would you be willing to elaborate a bit on your vacuum setup? Thanks.

Thank bladegrinder for all the tips & info. Yeah since I used too thick of leather, I had to glue it to wet form it. I usually dye each separate piece of the holster, then rough glue area up & glue then stitch. But since I was wet forming it up I wasnt sure if I should dye it. Lol I was out of my wheel house a bit on this one. Then if I add a front reinforcement panel it's another step involved. But will be a better looking overall. Yeah I got some things to learn & in what steps I need to take them. Thanks again.

Thanks Hags I appreciate the vote of confidence. This is my 1st pancake style holster, for a auto. I've made quite a few revolver holsters & a couple mark ii holsters. Yeah I could not make my mind up which steps to do first. I will dip dye this in fiebings pro dye light brown. Yeah I think thinner leather next time & use the reinforcement piece on the front for the next holster. Thanks.

Thanks I appreciate your time & info there. When you talked about gun thickness & leather weight for pattern size/ allowance is what I was trying to figure out. Thanks that helps out a bunch when trying to get a good starting point. That holster there I made the top/outer layer a 1⅜ wider than the bottom of the holster. It was almost not enough for the thickness of leather I used.

Now we got a multi-carry holster! I knocked another slot in there with my trace punch & gave the pistol a 15 degree cant on your hip. So now it can be configured/carried 2ways now. I even got some stitch lines & holes punched to saddle stitch it. Lol my diamond punches were just barely long enough.

Lol! I did not want to start cutting up a new side of leather, in case my design did not work out. Lmao I used thick enough leather to use the holster as a hip support. Thanks for that drawing. Can I ask when it says 1/2" width frame + leather. Does that mean i should leave a 1/2" width from the gun to the stitch line? Yes i did put the belt slots up a bit high to the top, but I was just trying to do a straight carry/draw type pancake holster. Yes that is the shield I was talking about. I'm still going to get some of your patterns from you yet off of your site. Thanks again for all the help & info.

I some what did that before I glued it, but not enough thou. Another thing is I used 2 pieces of 6-7oz leather for the front panel & it was too much I think. Lol was kinda hard to wet form by hand. This was kinda of a test run for a straight up carry pancake holster. Also was a test run for making a pattern. Next 1 I will have a vacuum pump & a forming bag to form the holster. Plus I think I'll step down to 4-5oz leather laminated/glued panels also. Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.

Guys & gals dont laugh too hard, but here is my first pancake holster. Of course it's in a working progress. I made my own pattern from poster board & went from there. I used 6-7oz veg tan craftsman leather, & laminated/glued 2 pieces for the front & 2 pieces for the back of the holster. Lol 6-7oz glued together might be a touch much for the front piece of the holster. This for sure has been a learning process for me. But I think it's going to turn out ok. Next I need to figure out my stitch lines, then dye, & saddle stitch it together. What's your guys thoughts. Thanks.

Thanks I appreciate it.

Nice work! They look great! May I ask how you determine you tool work area? How did you get it so perfectly over the weapon? Beautiful work. Thanks.

Looks nice. Congrats.

Looks good. Nice work. I like it.

Well good deal. Glad everything was ok. Yeah there is nothing worse than having to ditch a project or redo it.

Yeah it's worth trying for rubber to leather. That epoxy has a un godly shear & holding strength. It's slow curing so you got lots of time to work with it. It takes about 12hours before it starts to set. It stays extremely flexible in thin layers/application, yet has unholy pounds pre square inch holding ability.