holster modification

[chuck123wapati]

8 hours ago, Lobo said:

I like the idea of using the old sheep wagon. Should be a good tool to draw folks in to see what's going on.

Nothing wrong with a good hat! Stetson 6X beaver felt in the winter, Resistol straw in the summer. Both are over 30 years old and still looking good!

Personally, I avoided walk-ins and looky-loos, took no customers in the shop, never published my phone number, did everything via website and email. Front door closed and locked. I averaged 35 inquiries per day, each one taking 5 to 10 minutes to deal with by email. If I had walk-ins and took phone calls there would never have been enough time to get any production work done. Had a part-time assistant coming and going on her own schedule (sometimes early mornings, sometimes late evenings) doing much of the lay-out, cutting, assembly, stitching, then once each week spending 4 or 5 hours doing all the finish work at one time. My time was spent doing holster forming, edge finish, hardware, managing the website, keeping up with inventory and supplies, dealing with the emails, packaging finished orders, mailing, and carrying the loot to the bank.

Couple of times each year I would have a brainstorm, spend a few hours each week for several months working on new product and design ideas. Always doing new patterns (there seems to be a new handgun on the market every other week and holster requests start to come in) which is very time-consuming, lots of changes as prototypes are made and tested. Many of my personal holsters came from product prototypes, not quite perfect but perfectly adequate for the purpose.

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11 minutes ago, dikman said:

But...but....but....I thought everyone in Wyoming wore a cowboy hat, Chuck!!

lol i have one and wear it once in a while on very special occasions. My mom and dad both came from ranching families and dad wore one all his life, they were both tried and true cowboy and girl from Wyoming homesteads. I always figured a cowboy hat had to be earned somehow, riding for cattle with snow blowing down your back or at the least a few years of the work and a few broken bones , maybe a hitch in my giddy up  its a hard rough life. I never really felt i earned that right, i have rode a few horses bucked a few bales, fed a few winters. and bellied up to the bar many times. lol however so i do occasionally, my daily is an old dirty baseball style with the flag on it and i need a new one. Dad bought a new straw every spring and wore his old one for fishing, he usually tore the brim off fanning the fire at fish camp every summer on the fourth of July. I think i may buy a straw hat this spring.