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I am trying out a new holster design (M&P shield) that has the close to the body results of a pancake without the bulk. I tried horsehide for the first time. VERY dense  leather tough to cut and sew. Edges beautifully. Very stiff for relatively thin 7 oz leather. What do you think?

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Looks good.  Is it thinner?

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still looking at 3 layers of leather plus the gun... not seeing how that's "thinner than pancake" ...  and the stiffener is kinda negated by the design, not gonna get a lot of "stiffener" from a flat piece on the front.

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Great thinking out of the box.  I love avenger style holsters, that's typically all I use.  I like the thought of this hybrid, but if I were going to use a pancake holster, I think I might want more substance (leatherwise) around both belt slots.  I don't know if I would be comfortable wearing a holster with just a single piece of loose leather supporting the gun on my belt.  Maybe, instead of folding the leather over the gun like a traditional avenger, you used 2 pieces of leather to form the holster similar to a pancake, then skive down the portion that would be covered by the flap you have extending.  Just to give it a little more material.  Or have 2 flaps, 1 on each side that come together and culminate at the belt loop.

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I agree with Pastor Bob.  Not really li,ing the single layer out on the end. Not sure what I could do to make that work better than an avenger or pancake. I do appreciate seeing something different though.

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Good on you for tinkering.  The best way to improve your skills is to always to be questioning that which came before.  Keep in mind your new to you design is not new.  If you look back far enough, you’ll see that most everything draws from previous makers.  
 

Not that I know for certain that Bill Tucker is the originator, but his HF-1 has been on the market for at least 20+ years as I recall.

https://tuckergunleather.com/hf1-belt-holster/
 

I’d suggest shortening the forward panel some will give some structure to the front belt loop.

 

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