
DieselTech
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Guys & gals I purchased a manual leather splitter from amazon. It's a heavy built beast! I would like to touch the blade up before using it. What is the best way to touch this blade up? 6" fine oil stone? 600grit Sand paper on a piece of polished granite? Strop? It's a nice built piece of machinery, but it did take forever to get. It took over a month to receive from the slow boat from china. Any & all help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Looks great! Nice work on the setup & fabrication.
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Luckily I got small hands. But yes it will need more hand room for about anybody else. It will work for me, I look at this as a good learning experience. The next holster will be better hopefully.
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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.
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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.
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Welcome to the group! Bunch of good people here.
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Nice work. They look great.
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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.
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Looks good. Nice work you do there. I Like the butterfly/flower print you used.
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Great looking piece. I like it. It looks nice. Awesome work.
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Thanks a bunch. I'll do a search & check it out.
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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.
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19th century "doghouse" stirrups
DieselTech replied to Anvil's topic in Saddle Supplies, Tools & Trees
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They look great! Nice work on the arrow head basket weave tool work. Beautiful.
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@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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Thanks I appreciate it.
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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.
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Looks nice. Congrats.