Makarov Holster with Carved Oak Leave and Bound Edge

[Littlef]

Here's my latest.  I put some Oak Leaves on a holster.

[Hags]

That is very nice my friend. I love oak leaves. Next on my list of things to carve. 

[dikman]

I agree, very nice, and I've also been thinking about tackling oak leaves.

[Littlef]

16 minutes ago, Hags said:

That is very nice my friend. I love oak leaves. Next on my list of things to carve. 

Thank you very much!

8 minutes ago, dikman said:

I agree, very nice, and I've also been thinking about tackling oak leaves.

It was a little daunting.  I did a couple trial runs of the leaves before attempting it on a holster.

[PastorBob]

That looks really good.  crisp and clean.  

[jrdunn]

Very nice holster!

[chuck123wapati]

you did put oak leaves on it and they look great!! Nice leather !!

[Littlef]

4 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

you did put oak leaves on it and they look great!! Nice leather !!

Thank you sir! - and I appreciate your suggestions and advice as I practiced the leaves.

4 hours ago, jrdunn said:

Very nice holster!

Thank you very much!

5 hours ago, PastorBob said:

That looks really good.  crisp and clean.  

Thank you Bob!

[Bert03241]

very nice work

[Littlef]

41 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

very nice work

Thank you sir

[Wild Bill46]

Really Nice !

 

[AlZilla]

Well, I'm late to the party, but very nice work. The edge binding, the welt, all make a nice looking holster. Mostly, I haven't seen or heard of prototyping in foam sheet. I have got to try that out. I bet it's a much better stand in for leather than poster board.

Oh, and the oak leaves are worthy of envy, too ...

Edited June 24, 2023 by AlZilla

[Littlef]

15 hours ago, Wild Bill46 said:

Really Nice !

 

Thank you very much!

[Littlef]

5 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Well, I'm late to the party, but very nice work. The edge binding, the welt, all make a nice looking holster. Mostly, I haven't seen or heard of prototyping in foam sheet. I have got to try that out. I bet it's a much better stand in for leather than poster board.

Oh, and the oak leaves are worthy of envy, too ...

Thank you very much.  I appreciate that.  I put a lot of hours in trying to work out how to do the leaves.  The edge binding was a first time process for me as well.  The foam sheet works great.  I got that idea from Chakotay.  It folds and bends with a little stretch and a similar thickness to leather.  It gives you a much better idea of the final form and fit than just using paper, and its only a buck or two per sheet in a craft store.  I regularly tweak a design after using the foam, where I would have had a poorly fitting holster if I went straight to leather from paper.

[tsunkasapa]

Very nice. Oak leaves are my favorite to carve. I had one of those little pistols for a while. But due to a deformity caused by an injury, the slide would slice the knuckle of my thumb every shot. I sold it to a young lady with much smaller hands.

[Littlef]

34 minutes ago, tsunkasapa said:

Very nice. Oak leaves are my favorite to carve. I had one of those little pistols for a while. But due to a deformity caused by an injury, the slide would slice the knuckle of my thumb every shot. I sold it to a young lady with much smaller hands.

Thank you very much.   You certainly have less area to work with when soothing smaller pistols.