Are Basket-Weave Stampers Negligent!?!

[tsunkasapa]

I think you worry too much about things that simply don't matter.

[JWheeler331]

I don't really agree with the OP here. I basketweave several holsters and there really is no reason to do that to the back of the holster. That's a lot of extra work for no apparent reason. Now, should someone request that it can certainly be done but I would not say its unworkmanlike to not stamp or care the back of the holster body. 

Here is my latest one that I did for myself that is what you appear to have a problem with. I do not see a problem with it but like anything, you are free to have a different opinion. 

Ruger Blackhawk Bisley Holster - Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes - Leatherworker.net

 

Also, sometimes the contrasting difference between stamped and not stamped is a desired look. 

Edited September 25, 2023 by JWheeler331

[YinTx]

On 9/23/2023 at 12:13 AM, RVM45 said:

I also get incensed at knife makers who don’t polish the part of the hilt that will be hidden by the handle scales...

 

Even the most prized Japanese swords forged by the greatest masters do not polish the Nakago.  For me it is wasted energy to be upset at that.

[Rossr]

On 9/23/2023 at 1:13 AM, RVM45 said:

That is something that I had truly never considered. 

I also get incensed at knife makers who don’t polish the part of the hilt that will be hidden by the handle scales...

I also groove on revolvers that have the inside surfaces jeweled—supposed to hold lubricant better—but it just looks deluxe when you reduce your revolver to possession—something that should be done VERY SPARINGLY.

When I was going through Small Arms Repair School at APG I encountered all sorts of weapons that had never been fired yet were a total ruin from being reduced to possession & then reassembled hundreds of times by the students.

 

Polishing the part where the scales go also doesn't help hold the scales.  Epoxy needs a roughed surface to help hold. Corby bolts or peened pins also help but imo having made knifes behind the scales I'll scuff with 60 grit sand paper. Just my thought

 

Ross

[RVM45]

Friends,

Imagine driving down the road.

The road ends ends 30-yards ahead. There is no turn off to the Right. You HAVE to go Left.

Do you turn on your Left Turn Signal!?!

To my mind, IF you agree to drive BY THE RULES—as opposed to only paying  Pragmatic Attention to Rules made by others...

But if you BELIEVE in the RULES, then this is an important test of your commitment to THE RULES.

Do you follow THE RULES, even when there is NO PRACTICAL REASON TO?

Those dead ends with only one possible turn are the times where using your turn signal MATTERS MOST.

I used to always make sure to insert all of my coins in vending machines Heads Up. Someone once told me that it didn’t matter.

OF COURSE IT DOESN’T MATTER. Would I go to all this trouble if it actually mattered!!?!!

I mean, IF some Statistical Scientific Study showed that putting the coins in Heads-Up made me 3% lss likely to get sewed out of my Coke money, I’d say, “Skew it!” and stick them in any which way.

Ain’t worth bothering with, for 3%...

 

…..RVM45

[Handstitched]

On 9/23/2023 at 3:21 AM, Littlef said:

I see no purpose to stamp, carved or otherwise decorate the backside of a holster. 

Same here. All the holsters I have made, I have never stamped or carved  the back. Tooling & carving is there to be seen, shown off , not hidden  .  Even Al Stohlmans holsters are only tooled on the front.  But I am happy to do it if requested. 

HS

[fredk]

When I was a cadet stating out in the RAF a very famous WW2 RAF pilot told me;

'Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Boy, learn the rules and obey them, then later you will know which rules you can ignore'

[chuck123wapati]

16 hours ago, RVM45 said:

Friends,

Imagine driving down the road.

The road ends ends 30-yards ahead. There is no turn off to the Right. You HAVE to go Left.

Do you turn on your Left Turn Signal!?!

To my mind, IF you agree to drive BY THE RULES—as opposed to only paying  Pragmatic Attention to Rules made by others...

But if you BELIEVE in the RULES, then this is an important test of your commitment to THE RULES.

Do you follow THE RULES, even when there is NO PRACTICAL REASON TO?

Those dead ends with only one possible turn are the times where using your turn signal MATTERS MOST.

I used to always make sure to insert all of my coins in vending machines Heads Up. Someone once told me that it didn’t matter.

OF COURSE IT DOESN’T MATTER. Would I go to all this trouble if it actually mattered!!?!!

I mean, IF some Statistical Scientific Study showed that putting the coins in Heads-Up made me 3% lss likely to get sewed out of my Coke money, I’d say, “Skew it!” and stick them in any which way.

Ain’t worth bothering with, for 3%...

 

…..RVM45

if its an intersection I will turn on my signal ( that is the rule) if the sign says left turn only then no or if the road just turns left no.. , rules aren't intentionally made to cloud the issue but sometimes people make them for no good reason.

[Handstitched]

4 hours ago, fredk said:

'Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Boy, learn the rules and obey them, then later you will know which rules you can ignore'

I like that  

" I reject reality and substitute it with my own"   Mythbusters , I think

HS 

[Wepster]

First, I am very new to leather work, but I see no need to finish something that is unseen, or in the case of a knife tang, counterproductive (possibly detrimental, could cause failure of the glued on scales due to the glue not bonding to the polished metal). Christopher Schwarz noted woodworker, author and teacher sees no point in obsessing over unseen parts of furniture.

2nd, I asked my cousin, retired New York State Trooper, currently a captain in a local PD (also their training officer and Glock armorer, so he is not an uniformed man), the question of using a signal blinker in a lane designated as turn only. He had asked many senior NYSP over the years, never got a consistant answer. His take and mine are you are required to signal your turn. You have signaled your turn, you are in a lane that requires you to turn, the lane signs and marking have signaled your intent. The warning of your intened action has been conveyed to all those around you.