Holster #2 - for a CZ52.

[Littlef]

2 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

I like it just as is. Every one strives for perfection but  I like Chuck like a rugged rustic look. Well done looks great .

 

Thank you very much!!

[chuck123wapati]

31 minutes ago, Littlef said:

Yea I agree. I sanded and burnished as best I could.  Next time I plan to give me more room on my stitch lines.  I was sanding down, and ran out of room.  I still might go back and apply a edge coat to clean it up a bit  

you know what's funny about that edge finishing business, i usually have to show my customers that i did that extra work because they just never notice the edges, after i show them though it impresses the heck out them and that's what brings them back for more!

[Littlef]

12 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

you know what's funny about that edge finishing business, i usually have to show my customers that i did that extra work because they just never notice the edges, after i show them though it impresses the heck out them and that's what brings them back for more!

I agree, the magic in any craftsmanship is the quality and detail of the finish work that really brings a project together.  

[GrampaJoel]

For only a second made holster I think it is nice. 
the blow-up/close-up photos show lots of things that need refining. It definitely doesn’t look shiny and new. It needs better edge work. That coin is gonna catch on everything. I can verify that from personal experience. A refinement of the toe plug stitching, and yada, yada, yada.

BUT,  it looks pretty cool in a rustic sort of way.  Kind of like a well  loved and used holster. And it looks good and sturdy.

Pretty cool !!

Joel

 

[Littlef]

31 minutes ago, GrampaJoel said:

For only a second made holster I think it is nice. 
the blow-up/close-up photos show lots of things that need refining. It definitely doesn’t look shiny and new. It needs better edge work. That coin is gonna catch on everything. I can verify that from personal experience. A refinement of the toe plug stitching, and yada, yada, yada.

BUT,  it looks pretty cool in a rustic sort of way.  Kind of like a well  loved and used holster. And it looks good and sturdy.

Pretty cool !!

Joel

 

Good call on all.  I forgot to burnish the strap before I riveted it to the back of the holster.  Now that its in position, its tough to get a good burnish.  That welt was such a struggle to get stitched, its been pushed and pulled and bent so much that the surface is just mush.  I tried to sand it down, but I'm getting down to the stitch line, so...it is what is.    This was my first attempt at a toe plug.  I should have bumped the stitch line back on the holster to get a deeper angle into the toe plug.  The thread is really shallow in the toe plug, but its also contact cemented into place.  Its not going anywhere.  I could see how the coin could catch on stuff, but I'm only wearing this at the range, so I'm not really worried about that.   - I can see how it would catch on stuff getting in and out of a vehicle or through doorways, etc.  It'll do its primary job, which is to allow me to carry it on the steel section at my range.  And I also plan to use this same pattern on my 1911.  I have a '43 Ithaca 1911A1 that I'm going to make this pattern holster for.  I want that holster to be nice, so this is my trial run science experiment.    I always like to take Macro Photos of anything I work on.  The holster looks decent from across the room, but the imperfections can't hide from a macro lens.  Keeps me honest.

[Doc Reaper]

I never close up the bottom, I’m a marine that understands water retention and I do not want it near my weapons, open equals drained out! 
closed means it stays full of water. And as always FJB! FJB! FJB! FJB! FJB! 

[Littlef]

3 minutes ago, Doc Reaper said:

I never close up the bottom, I’m a marine that understands water retention and I do not want it near my weapons, open equals drained out! 
closed means it stays full of water. And as always FJB! FJB! FJB! FJB! FJB! 

I can certainly see that, and I had the same thought the first time I saw a toe plug.  I'm not carrying this hunting, and I'm not working a ranch.  I'll work it into the rotation on the steel range a handful of times in a year.  If its pouring rain, I'm skipping range day.  The rest of its cushy life will be spent in a comfy climate controlled closet. 

[JLSleather]

10 hours ago, Littlef said:

I tried to drill holes in the welt first, and I was then fighting to make everything to line up.

TIP:  Gitcha a machine needle... like a size 25 er 26 diamond point.  Put it in yer drill press, and "poke" the holes with that, through all layers - easy if ya got a 123 block er sumthin to make the holed perpendicler

But agin.... the way ya got it "pinned" there is something I use m'self timeta time.

[Littlef]

1 minute ago, JLSleather said:

TIP:  Gitcha a machine needle... like a size 25 er 26 diamond point.  Put it in yer drill press, and "poke" the holes with that, through all layers - easy if ya got a 123 block er sumthin to make the holed perpendicler

But agin.... the way ya got it "pinned" there is something I use m'self timeta time.

yea, that's a really good idea I'll get one.  Thanks!