My second holster

[Arley]

Hello all, I've recently been bitten by the bug and I'm having lots... of fun. Here is my second holster in as many weeks, this one a little better than the one I made for a 45 auto.

Here is one of my concerns. Notice the bruising effect/dark spotting on the holster, whats causing this?

Here is a quick overview of my process:

Wet leather, place oiled revolver in plastic bag, wrap leather around the gun and start molding. After finger massaging the lines for a while I placed the whole thing into a Seal-a-meal bag, then sealed it for a couple hours, again massaging the lines and such. After and hour or two I removed the gun from the sealed bag and hung the leather to dry over night. Then dyed, then stitched. This consumed three evenings, maybe 20 hrs all in all. I wished that I had had black lacing cord on hand but i used what I had available and I could not wait to order some

Being a noob and all, I was trying a couple different molding techniques, then came up with the seal-a-bit.

Anyway and a gain, my main question at this time, is why the bruising or spotting after dying? The leather was not blemished beforehand.

ETA: and no, its for the proper hand

Tks

Edited November 14, 2009 by Arley

[Denster]

From my experience when you mold wet leather the absorbtion rate changes in the most worked areas. Probably due to closing the pores of the leather in those areas. I generally dye my patterns before I assemble or form.

[Rock76]

From my experience when you mold wet leather the absorbtion rate changes in the most worked areas. Probably due to closing the pores of the leather in those areas. I generally dye my patterns before I assemble or form.

[dickf]

From my experience when you mold wet leather the absorbtion rate changes in the most worked areas. Probably due to closing the pores of the leather in those areas. I generally dye my patterns before I assemble or form.

I do the same thing. It's also likely that you used a dauber to apply your dye, which has always given me inconsistent coverage. Dip-dying and/or airbrushing gives the best results (and most even) in my opinion. I do think your holster looks good - perhaps try rounding the corners to prevent snagging and dog-earing.

I cut the pattern - dye the inside - glue it, sand edges, bevel edges, dip dye, then stitch, mold, yadda yadda...