Burnishing

[Dwight]

I'm looking to find a more efficient way to burnish my holsters. I currently use various wooden dowels on the end of a dremel tool. I get mixed results, sometimes it works great and other times I have to fight with it.

I've been looking into a couple options.

1) http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorized-Fantastic-Le...tem320353692769

2)http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...temnumber=38515

I would have to get a piece of wood and cut the grooves into it for option 2.

Any other options or better way of doing it? Anyone here use option 1?

I kicked around a couple different things, including the burnisher John Bianchi shows on his holster making video, . . . but my Dremel tool burnisher seems the best for me.

Plus, . . . I don't have to go to the shop, . . . I can burnish on the front porch watching the birds, . . . catching up on the news, . . . and if I had a horse and a plug in on the saddle, . . . while getting my morning ride

Mine is made from an oak dowel, . . . using a 1/8" drill bit for the shaft, . . . made both of them in less than a couple of hours.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Rayban]

Like I said, line up six guys.....

How did you do it, just rub the dry edges and burnish like you would normally do?

Not to Hijack this Thread but you guys might find this one interesting. I ran into an old saddle maker a few weeks back and we started talking leather. For some reason the conversation got around to burnishing. I told him I used water, gum & bee wax depending on the project. He looked at me, kinda stupid and said " go get your self a bar of Neutrogena hand soap. It will do a better job that all of that other stuff. I had never heard to such a thing so I picked up a bar and damn if it doesn't work great. It's never too late to learn.

[ABC3]

yep - Like I said, I have only done a couple of belts so I don't know how it will hold up. I just spoke with the Mgr of our local Tandy store & he said that's all he uses.

Until I find out how it holds up I certainly would not recommend it to you guys.

[BOOMSTICKHolsters]

I may give it a try and see what comes of it. As I said in a recent e-mail, I have tried everything up to dancing around my burnishing wheel on a full moon and chanting just to get a decent edge...

[Twosons]

... I have tried everything up to dancing around my burnishing wheel on a full moon and chanting just to get a decent edge...

Do you think that would work?

Seriously...

I have done in the neighborhood of 10ish holsters now. The one area that I am insecure about is the burnishing. It is OK, but could be much better. Oh well, constant improvement and all that.

[zaptoid]

I am going to use a dremel for burnishing but I did this with number 2 pencil edge just to see the result. Came out better than my last attempt. Something to be said for getting the edge nice and square first.