IWB for G23

[Shorts]

Great color. Very smooth.

I still can't get my browns to work right

As for HO, it's all I care to use. Can but a bit tough to cut but the results from wet mold are worth it.

[brinyar]

<br />My last couple have been sub par as well. They are difficult to cut with a head knife, and they are causing my boning folders to drag. Is this the same problem you're having? It's driving me nuts, 'cause when they get it right, there is nothing out there better, but they aren't always consistent.<br />

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Yep, similar problems. They have had an inconsistent density throughout the side, and an almost cork-like texture in places. I should have sent them back, but thought I would still get a reasonable amount of holsters from them. It is a shame, too, because the last two sides were among the best I had seen on the skin side. They had a very little amount of blemishes and stretch marks and a good, tight grain to them. They were just not wet molding very well. I had four holsters mold like I expect them to, and maybe another 5-6 mold ok, out of the two sides. The rest of the leather is just going to be scrap.

I'll try the Hermann Oak, then decide which I'll ultimately go with. The past leather has always been so good that I didn't see a need to change, but such inconsistency is frustrating, and expensive....

[dickf]

Using better materials definitely yields a better product. It seems so obvious when you say it out loud like that, but for some reason it's different when it's time to put your money where your mouth is. Still, it's true.

The HO drinks up dye and water very fast - I needed very little hot tap water to case this one for molding, as opposed to other brands that took an actual soak. The way it molds is one of the best characteristics about it, and the main thing that sets it apart (for me). I can only imagine the amount of detail you could get from it with a press.