BlackDragon Report post Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM Made with W&C 10oz tooling leather. Primary pistol is a Cimarron/Uberti 1875 Outlaw, 7.5" barrel, .45 Colt. Cross draw is a my father's Ruger New Model single six, 5.5" barrel, .22LR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbie Report post Posted yesterday at 03:20 PM Nice work! Did you follow a pattern? If you used a sewing machine, what make did you use? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted yesterday at 04:03 PM Nice work. It looks beautiful. Awesome craftsmanship. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted yesterday at 05:05 PM Very nicey and classy indeedy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brokenolmarine Report post Posted yesterday at 05:13 PM (edited) Nice work. Have you tried the belt on with both guns and all the loops filled? I was shocked at how much my belt weighed with 18 rounds, 4-1/2 inch Uberti 357 Birdshead, and the stag skinner. . I'm thinking my next will be the holster, sheath, and two six round loops. Edited yesterday at 05:14 PM by Brokenolmarine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted yesterday at 06:11 PM 2 hours ago, Herbie said: Nice work! Did you follow a pattern? If you used a sewing machine, what make did you use? 2 hours ago, DieselTech said: Nice work. It looks beautiful. Awesome craftsmanship. 58 minutes ago, fredk said: Very nicey and classy indeedy 51 minutes ago, Brokenolmarine said: Nice work. Have you tried the belt on with both guns and all the loops filled? I was shocked at how much my belt weighed with 18 rounds, 4-1/2 inch Uberti 357 Birdshead, and the stag skinner. . I'm thinking my next will be the holster, sheath, and two six round loops. Thanks all. For the patterns I used Al Stohlman's "How to make holsters" and the machine was the Cobra Class 4. I've stitched holsters in the past by hand but my hands don't want to do that anymore. I made a gun belt for my Outlaw in the past and with the loops filled it was heavy. Now I have the Ruger so it's going to be a little heavier but now it's a little more balanced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brokenolmarine Report post Posted 16 hours ago 9 hours ago, BlackDragon said: Thanks all. For the patterns I used Al Stohlman's "How to make holsters" and the machine was the Cobra Class 4. I've stitched holsters in the past by hand but my hands don't want to do that anymore. I made a gun belt for my Outlaw in the past and with the loops filled it was heavy. Now I have the Ruger so it's going to be a little heavier but now it's a little more balanced. I have a Cobra 3200 I am trying to learn, but it's slow going since I don't sew that many large tasks and still do a lot by hand. I will make more Gunbelts in the future, but won't go with high round counts unless I make one on request and they specifically overrule my recommendations. Not likely since I don't normally make gear for anyone but friends and family... I don't normally sell my work... just makes life easier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted 15 hours ago 13 hours ago, BlackDragon said: Made with W&C 10oz tooling leather. Primary pistol is a Cimarron/Uberti 1875 Outlaw, 7.5" barrel, .45 Colt. Cross draw is a my father's Ruger New Model single six, 5.5" barrel, .22LR All in all it looks like a quite useable rig. . . but I'd like to critique a couple of points . . . Your back piece of the belt . . . should come within 1/2 inch of the tip of the tongue . . . and . . . you need to put a loop going behind the buckle end . . . into which that back part of the belt goes into. Doing that . . . the belt will always ride straighter . . . if you look at yours in a mirror . . . the front two pieces coming together . . . form a sloppy V . . . which would not happen with the longer back piece and the loop into which it goes. Another quick note . . . next time you make one . . . try 2 layers of 5/6 oz for the holster and for the back belt piece. The holster is much firmer . . . and the belt is also. If you can find a DVD by John Bianchi . . . or VHS tapes . . . he shows exactly how to do that . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted 6 hours ago 8 hours ago, Dwight said: All in all it looks like a quite useable rig. . . but I'd like to critique a couple of points . . . Your back piece of the belt . . . should come within 1/2 inch of the tip of the tongue . . . and . . . you need to put a loop going behind the buckle end . . . into which that back part of the belt goes into. Doing that . . . the belt will always ride straighter . . . if you look at yours in a mirror . . . the front two pieces coming together . . . form a sloppy V . . . which would not happen with the longer back piece and the loop into which it goes. Another quick note . . . next time you make one . . . try 2 layers of 5/6 oz for the holster and for the back belt piece. The holster is much firmer . . . and the belt is also. If you can find a DVD by John Bianchi . . . or VHS tapes . . . he shows exactly how to do that . . . May God bless, Dwight Thanks for the critique. I'm not quite sure about the terminology so I'm a little confused. When you say back belt piece are you referring to the billet or buckle or another part? Which part is the tongue? I made a keeper but the buckle end was to short after stitching so it won't fit between the buckle and the stitching properly. I'll correct that in the next build. I just looked up John Bianchi and the dvd looked familiar. I bought a collection of things for someone here when I first came to the boards and John Bianchi's western holster making dvds were a part of it. They were still in my boxes from when I moved to TN. I'll be watching those! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
