Trying to make a wrangler/rough rider holster.

[TomE]

1 hour ago, doubleh said:

No, the artwork or pattern is Al Stolman's for a single action army in his "How to Make Holsters" book.

Thanks to both of you for your compliments. 

Can’t beat Stohlman for classic leatherwork. Will add the holsters book to my collection. 

[battlemunky]

And be careful @Frankster, many of us started under the guise of "there ain't no way I'm paying that much for X, I'll just make it myself" and then a few thousand bucks later you find you have enough skills and equipment to run a small hobby business. It is totally worth it though! There was just no way I was going to pay $75 for a knife sheath...

[doubleh]

6 hours ago, TomE said:

Can’t beat Stohlman for classic leatherwork. Will add the holsters book to my collection. 

Classic is the only thing that interests me. Sheridan style is much too busy and stamped borders or basketweave hold no interest at all. I will admit it takes skill to do each but that is for someone else.

[dikman]

Frankster, there are many youtube vids showing how to make holsters, including making the pattern. It's not that difficult, once you understand the basics.

8 hours ago, battlemunky said:

And be careful @Frankster, many of us started under the guise of "there ain't no way I'm paying that much for X, I'll just make it myself" and then a few thousand bucks later you find you have enough skills and equipment to run a small hobby business. It is totally worth it though! There was just no way I was going to pay $75 for a knife sheath...

 That's exactly what happened to me! I couldn't get the holsters I wanted (many in the US wouldn't ship to Oz ), so a few years and many $$ later........