Ok so it's not leather

[barra]

Would it be considered sacriledge to post pics of a holster that is not made out of leather. I am limited to what I can get hold of and am playing around with a rig for a Service pistol. I can get hold of busted up webbing so will canabalise the strapping. Also I want to add a stiffener to the actual holster and am eyeing off some plastic coated range targets. While I'm at it I might keep going and make the accompanying chest rig.

Barra

[Jordan]

Feel free, I can always use visual aids in design for holsters, belts, attachment methods etc. You never can tell where the next big idea will come from.

[Johanna]

Barra, soldiers on deployment get special considerations, and besides. you're special. If you want to show work you've done in spaghetti noodles and newspaper, we are glad to look at it.

Johanna

[BOOMSTICKHolsters]

Hi Barra. I'd like to see pics of your holster when you finish it. While I love working with leather, I also make kydex holsters and nylon halters, leads and harnesses. Don't tell any one though, or I might get shunned.......SHHHH!

[barra]

the creative aquisitioning and material location re-alignment process is nearly complete.

Special thanks go to an un named foreign Government. (un named so as to protect the guilty)

Barra

Edited February 22, 2008 by barra

[BOOMSTICKHolsters]

Sweet. I can't wait for pictures.

[barra]

Pictures. There lie eth my next criminal offence.

Barra

[barra]

Now the stupid camera is being temperamental. They are on the camera but will not load to the computer.I then had to take pics with the inbuilt webcam. I'm not sure how they will turn out. I'll try and post them tonight.

Barra

[barra]

Ok. The drop leg holster rig. The whole thing is made from scrounged materials. I cut up a plastic milk carton for the stiffener. I then covered it in canvas and the Molle esq straps are from old packs/webbing. It is then mounted on a drop leg carrier, again made from canvas and old pack straps. I then made a dump pouch from the material from an old pack and the nylon draw string bag from a fold up chair. I then made a 2 magazine holder pouch. The only thing I did not make is the thumb break. The strap to attach the drop leg set up to the belt is made from an old aircraft shoulder harness.

Then I made a 4 magazine drop leg holder for an MP5. I could not find a suitable material to bind the raw edges of the canvas so it is bound in inside out pile velcro. I cut 2" strips in half. Now the velcro binding does not like rounded corners/edges (no give), hence the MP5 mag holder is very square which was not my original idea. .

Next is the chest webbing. It too will be canvas which is not ideal but I have no Reychelle mesh altho I have been looking at the mesh in that chair with love in my eyes. hmmmmmm..

Barra

Edited February 24, 2008 by barra

[BOOMSTICKHolsters]

Barra, that's awesome.

Way to scrounge! I'm totally impressed. That stuff looks factory mad. How did the plastic jug work as a stiffener? Let us see the results if you decide to canibalize your chair.

[barra]

The milk carton was almost the correct shape to start with and the plastic just the right weight. I did not worry too much on the neatness of the stitching on the holster as it was a prototype to test designs and theories

here are a couple more pics. Sorry I have to be careful with any pic i take. I will try and get a neutral pic of the whole set up including chest rig being worn when it is all done. I might do a dive bag and a rifle carry bag too.

Barra