troop Report post Posted June 5, 2009 have doing quite a few holsters lately and on some of them the thumb break snaps seem to need more than a normal level of travel to unsnap. the over the hammer strap is snug so am i placing the snap too low, to high or what? any suggestions would help. thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badger Report post Posted June 5, 2009 Got any pics, Troop? Badger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troop Report post Posted June 6, 2009 Got any pics, Troop?Badger will send some when i get home.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarryB Report post Posted June 6, 2009 Most likely the snap is a little low. Sometimes, the leather is not stiff enough and gives a little too much. I'm sure there are other reasons but those are the most common. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted June 6, 2009 (edited) The issue probably isn't so much the placement of the snap, but the stretch of the leather. Reinforcing the snap on the holster side of things, as opposed to the strap's snap, will make life easier. If you take a look at some models of holsters (and can see the back side) you might see a little metal tab. This provides leverage against the snap, allowing the user to open it without stretching the leather around it. You may be able to find the actual metal ones, but since I didn't want to order bulk quatities, I made mine out of kydex (thanks K-Man). It's pretty easy to do, just take a piece the right size (mine are the width of the snap and about 1.5-2 x the snap's diameter long. Drill a hole in one end and set the snap through it. If you have any problems with the tab swiveling, you can add another hole and a rivet. If you do multiple layer holsters, or line them, you can hide the tab between the layers. Edited June 6, 2009 by TwinOaks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troop Report post Posted June 6, 2009 The issue probably isn't so much the placement of the snap, but the stretch of the leather. Reinforcing the snap on the holster side of things, as opposed to the strap's snap, will make life easier. If you take a look at some models of holsters (and can see the back side) you might see a little metal tab. This provides leverage against the snap, allowing the user to open it without stretching the leather around it. You may be able to find the actual metal ones, but since I didn't want to order bulk quatities, I made mine out of kydex (thanks K-Man). It's pretty easy to do, just take a piece the right size (mine are the width of the snap and about 1.5-2 x the snap's diameter long. Drill a hole in one end and set the snap through it. If you have any problems with the tab swiveling, you can add another hole and a rivet. If you do multiple layer holsters, or line them, you can hide the tab between the layers. actually i always double the thumb break side and also put a kydex spacer between the two layers as well. ( learned this after my first holster, which i still laugh about) dont have any good pictures of the top, showing the snap from both sides. must be that they are still too low. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
