Blackberry 8830 Holster Pattern

[NoahL]

Hello everyone,

Well, I broke my holster for my Blackberry 8830 last night while jumping out of my car to try and avoid the 8" of water that collected in my parking space (I failed). I now have a replacement holster on the way, so I decided to dismantle my broken one, lay it out, and trace it to make a pattern, so here it is in case anyone wants it:

Blackberry 8830 Holster Pattern

For your reference, the circles with the M's inside indicate where the magnets were for the closure flap. You will also want to put a groove down the center of the inside to leave room for the rollerball, otherwise it will get smashed and damaged over time. The side flaps are elastic on the original holster, but I don't think that is really necessary. Also, if you want to get really fancy, you can put one of those thin little watch-battery-sized stainless steel magnets (they usually come with cheap magnetic bulletin board strips, like from IKEA) at the very bottom of the back of the holster, and that will tell the Blackberry to go into holster-mode.

~Noah

[ETW Grumpy]

Thanks Noah, that's very generous of you.

[King's X]

Thanks for sharing. Hobby Lobby has something like those thin small magnets. I found a 10 pack for a buck and half.

Appreciate it.

[NoahL]

No problem, guys, and thanks for the tip on the magnets, Kings X!

~Noah

[swivel knife]

hallo!

the link dos not work. it's possible to send me the pattern?

greetings from germany

swievel knife

Edited March 7, 2011 by swivel knife

[Gawdzilla]

Ditto on the dead link. Copy if possible, please?

[NoahL]

Sorry for the dead link, guys--apparently mediafire doesn't keep files forever. I'll hunt up the PDF when I get to work (I scanned it at work so that's the computer it's on) and once I find it I'll re-upload it.

[NoahL]

Here you go, guys, try this one:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/cae4659/n/blackberry_8830_holster_pattern.pdf

[bison]

Hi Noah,

I got a request for a Blackberry 3g Curve. I'm not a smart phone guy...wil your pattern work for that phone?

Thanks,

Dave

Here you go, guys, try this one:

http://www.filefacto...ter_pattern.pdf

[NoahL]

Hi Noah,

I got a request for a Blackberry 3g Curve. I'm not a smart phone guy...wil your pattern work for that phone?

Thanks,

Dave

Hi Dave,

The Blackberry Curve is a bit smaller than the Blackberry 8830, but it will still work--the Curve is probably about 1/8" narrower and just a hair thinner.