Members JRB Posted February 13, 2009 Members Report Posted February 13, 2009 Any tips on how holter makers are stitching the reinforcements that wrap around from front to back on a pancake style holster? Here are some examples. Quote ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Members WaG35 Posted February 13, 2009 Members Report Posted February 13, 2009 I've tried it on that style and it sucks bad. The only thing that I could think of to make it easier would be to use curved needles. I hope someone has some insight. I can tell you that doing it with straight harness needles is not the answer, because that is what I did. Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted February 13, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted February 13, 2009 Stitch it flat then fold it. You'll learn through experimentation how much leather you need to wrap it. I'd give a formula, but nobody seems to measure the same....so, build a few and experiment! Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members JRB Posted February 13, 2009 Author Members Report Posted February 13, 2009 Stitch it flat then fold it. You'll learn through experimentation how much leather you need to wrap it. I'd give a formula, but nobody seems to measure the same....so, build a few and experiment! So are you suggesting laying the front and back side by side and stitching the reinforcement across? Quote ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Members WaG35 Posted February 13, 2009 Members Report Posted February 13, 2009 Stitch it flat then fold it. You'll learn through experimentation how much leather you need to wrap it. I'd give a formula, but nobody seems to measure the same....so, build a few and experiment! That would work on an Avenger style holster, but the holsters pictured are pancake holster, no fold. Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted February 13, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted February 13, 2009 The reinforcement band is folded/bent. The band is sewn to one side, then it is sewn to the other side. Then bent/folded and the two halves of the pancake are aligned for stitching. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members Go2Tex Posted February 13, 2009 Members Report Posted February 13, 2009 I've got a question myself about these reinforced mouths as such. On IWH, do they really work all that well? Seems to me from just looking at them, if you reinforce it enough to hold it open against the strain of a belt holding up the average guy's pants, (not to mention donut guzzlin' gut), doesn't it kinda defeat the purpose of putting that bulk inside your waist band? Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Lobo Posted February 13, 2009 Report Posted February 13, 2009 As noted above, the two sides of the holster are laid out side by side and flat. The reinforcement strip is sewn to each side. Then the reinforcement strip is folded to align the two holster sides for stitching. The difficult part is getting the length of the reinforcement strip right so that the holster fits the pistol properly. That said, in my experience such reinforcement is not really needed IF the holster is made of sufficiently heavy leather (8 oz is best). With the lighter leathers (6-7 oz.) reinforcement might be a good idea, but the reinforcement itself needs to be of heavy leather to offer any advantage. Most of these designs are merely marketing ploys, as the reinforcement actually provides little additional strength to the holster mouth, especially on the IWB holsters. Quote Lobo Gun Leather serious equipment for serious business, since 1972 www.lobogunleather.com
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted February 13, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted February 13, 2009 Thanks for chiming in Lobo, I like seeing some gun leather pros input for questions like these. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members JRB Posted February 13, 2009 Author Members Report Posted February 13, 2009 As noted above, the two sides of the holster are laid out side by side and flat. The reinforcement strip is sewn to each side. Then the reinforcement strip is folded to align the two holster sides for stitching. The difficult part is getting the length of the reinforcement strip right so that the holster fits the pistol properly.That said, in my experience such reinforcement is not really needed IF the holster is made of sufficiently heavy leather (8 oz is best). With the lighter leathers (6-7 oz.) reinforcement might be a good idea, but the reinforcement itself needs to be of heavy leather to offer any advantage. Most of these designs are merely marketing ploys, as the reinforcement actually provides little additional strength to the holster mouth, especially on the IWB holsters. I agree about the thicker band needed. Do you think the reinforcements that are only on the front & do not wrap around still offer any advantage? I too agree that the reinforcement is not a must have (and adds additional thickness that is not needed either!). But when somebody wants...what ya do? Overall, this wrap around reinforcement seems very difficult to do when hand stitching. Quote ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
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