Members DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Posted May 8 Members Report Posted May 8 (edited) This is designed to fit two firearms. The ruger super blackhawk 44 mag and freedom arms 83 in 454 casull. The customer has both handguns with scopes. The super blackhawk has the largest of the two scopes. I made it to hold my SBH without a scope so the holster will work with both models he has. It took me awhile to decide where to go at this build. I looked into the archives here and found one that a gentleman made in 2021. Little longer barrel. I was torn between trying to make a flatback pancake style chest holster, or this style where it wraps around the entire firearm and score in one piece. I really like the way that other one turned out (sorry I can't recall the name of who posted it) but it was so much more leather used and my customer wanted it to be more of a cross draw rather than on the chest since he carries his binos in a chest pack. I don't have a handgun scope at my disposal but that's a fairly easy prop to rig up. I wrapped a piece of broom handle in some leather to get the right diameter of the objective bell and length of the scope. Then I taped a piece of folded up cardboard to my SBH as a "mount" followed by taping the broom handle to my gun also. I'm pretty happy with this, and how well everything came together. I did go to hobby lobby and buy some of their "cosplay" foam rubber in the thickness of my leather with lining. Made three different holster designs before I cut any leather. It's a big chunk of to take a risk of making a bad design. In the end, that $8 roll of foam was well worth the investment. The first design would've been a catastrophe. Holster- Hermann oak holster side 9/10 lined with Water Buffalo 3/4 Harness- Hermann oak holster side skived to 5/6 Shoulder strap- Hermann oak holster side skived 5/6 with 3/4 Water Buffalo lining Feibings Mahogany pro dye with dark brown antique finish. Copper rivets and burrs for added strength pinged over by hand Miniature cobra style quick release buckle Always, with everything I make- hand stitched with ritza tiger thread Edited May 8 by DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Typo Quote
PastorBob Posted May 8 Report Posted May 8 Love the color and design. Stitching looks great too. Nice job! Quote In God's Grace, Pastor Bob "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8 www.PastorBobLeather.com YouTube Channel
CFM chuck123wapati Posted May 8 CFM Report Posted May 8 that is a nice design!! and great workman ship🙂 Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Hildebrand Posted May 8 Members Report Posted May 8 Nice looking rig. I have a scabbard for a single shot pistol on my bench most of the way finished that I used that same hobby lobby foam for fit up. You are right that is a really big piece of leather if it turns out to be an oops. Quote
Members JDFred Posted May 9 Members Report Posted May 9 Very nice work. Your stitching is perfect. I’ll have to keep that foam trick in mind if I ever build a holster. Quote
Members DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Posted May 11 Author Members Report Posted May 11 Thanks everyone. I picked I the foam trick from road agent leather on YouTube. I've watched a few of his videos where he's mentioned, and/or shown himself using foam. It's just one if those things that slipped the mind until recently, when I made a holster than didn't function correctly. Now I'm keeping foam on hand. It only takes a couple mistakes to wise up hahaha Quote
Members Hags Posted May 11 Members Report Posted May 11 Pretty slick! Quote Not so retired RN. Living on the Washington Peninsula.
Members DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Posted Wednesday at 01:23 AM Author Members Report Posted Wednesday at 01:23 AM On 5/8/2025 at 5:38 AM, PastorBob said: Love the color and design. Stitching looks great too. Nice job! I subscribed to your YouTube channel. I don't post anything in comments much, and I don't use my business name at all. Just wanted you to know. Quote
PastorBob Posted Wednesday at 11:35 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 11:35 AM 10 hours ago, DoubleKCustomLeathercraft said: I subscribed to your YouTube channel. I don't post anything in comments much, and I don't use my business name at all. Just wanted you to know. Thanks! Still not a professional camera operator, but it is fun. The kids encourage me to record what I am doing, even if it may be mundane. Editing video is a full time job. I would rather be creating leather projects. Quote In God's Grace, Pastor Bob "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8 www.PastorBobLeather.com YouTube Channel
Members blue duck Posted Wednesday at 02:14 PM Members Report Posted Wednesday at 02:14 PM Very nice. Would you mind showing the back? Quote May God Smile on you today.
Members DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Posted Wednesday at 02:58 PM Author Members Report Posted Wednesday at 02:58 PM 42 minutes ago, blue duck said: Very nice. Would you mind showing the back? It's no longer in my possession. I didn't think to take a picture of the back. I'm meeting with a client today that's looking for a similar d design, but he's wanting something more exclusive. A one off build that won't be repeated. I've done a few and they usually keep the pattern or artwork that I've used a part of the price. I'll make sure to take pictures front and back though. Quote
Members blue duck Posted Thursday at 12:18 PM Members Report Posted Thursday at 12:18 PM Look forward to seeing it. Thanks you. Quote May God Smile on you today.
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