Hello/Introduction

[MisterNunya]

Hi

Just saying hello as a new member. Been interested in this craft for a long time; twice I've had people offer to teach me some of the basics to get me going. One guy had a stroke and could no longer manage, so I bought a lot of tools from him; the second guy who was a close friend passed away about 2 weeks after he made the offer. So, here I am in spite of the lack of close resources. I have some nice deer lining and 10-12 veg tan so I figured I'd start with a couple of holsters. I don't have a machine (yet) so I'll need to do the sewing by hand. Any handy links or books you can recommend I'd be obliged.

Regards

[Hags]

Welcome! To build holsters, I would look on you tube at Adam's leather works,  EDC, and Andrew's leather work to start. That's where I began and have done pretty well. It all boils down to tracing the gun, measuring, then determining a stitch line. I do mainly pancake holsters, and use a pretty basic formula, width of slide + thickness of leather divided by 2 gives me how far to draw my stitch line from the tracing. Its It's easier after you watch a video or 3. I also started off hand sewing all of mine, and wet molding without a vac pump. You can do very well with minimal tools. Just get started. Have fun!

[PastorBob]

Welcome from SW Missouri.  Sorry for your loss.  As @Hags mentioned, there are lots of great videos on how to make holsters and plenty of good examples here as well.  Just do a search for holsters and you will see a wide variety.  There are pattern packs out there you can buy as well.  On I got and am happy with is from Slick Bald.  https://www.springfieldleather.com/Pattern-Holster-AvengerPack  Good luck! And make sure to share your photos as you go.

[chuck123wapati]

don't forget the old masters. Any Al Stohlman books are excellent reference and pretty much led the way in western style holster making for years. Which leads to what type holster will dictate what info you need and from who.