Gibbles Report post Posted February 3, 2010 Well I have been working on CCW holsters out of necessity, I have slowly been getting better and better at making the holsters but I still have a long ways to go. My wife lost our camera somewhere... but I do have some pictures I saved and some cell phone ones. I started out by buying two holsters from a local maker, first one was for a 1911 and it was perfect. Second one was for a Glock 19 and while it was very well made it rode to high for how short the barrel was, and my pudge would push it out making concealment hard.... First few I put together with rivets, after a few trys I had something that carried well... I tore the best one apart and used it as a stencil for the next one, with a few improvments on the way the gun sat. That one I stitched, but I messed up in a few places but I made it work anyways, I used that holster for about a year, it had an extra set of holes as I messed up and I had it way to tight, and the dye did not take well so it looked very blotchy but it carried very well. I made a few other holsters for other guns I own and they kept coming out better and better. I started offering to make holsters for friends that were using cheap holsters that did not carry very well. At the time my holsters looked pretty much like this (one I made for my little keltec P32) I finally got motivated and decided I would try and make a really nice holster to replace the one I was using, while I was forming I noticed I had some rough lines in the leather and decided to see if I could smooth the leather out with a smooth marker body. It worked great and I was able to get some nice looking lines into the holster. (cell picture I took while the finish was drying) With final finish, I had some issues with the super sheen, went on a little to thick... I wore this holster to soon and I messed up the finish a bit... Yesterday I sstripped the super sheen off for a better finish, looks much better as a satin finish... but using this holster as a demo I made another even nicer one for sale, the owner is very happy with his holster. for the holster I sold I glued it together while I was stitching it up to prevent squeeks that I was having with mine, the super sheen was a bit of a pain... I also used a ruler while drawing it out to keep the stitching very clean, I managed to clean up the stitching bumps by doing extra molding... I used a file to clean up the edges, it gave it a nice finished look when it was all done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terrahyd Report post Posted February 3, 2010 HI GIBBLES;;NICE WORK;;OVER ALL WELL DONE....GREAT COLORS, THE STITCHING LOOKS A LITTLE FAR APART OR WAS THAT WHAT YOU INTENDED? I LIKE IT..THANKS FOR SHOWING IT TO US...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK..Doc... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbles Report post Posted February 3, 2010 Yeah, I used the tandy leather 4 hole tool, they are very far apart, I was told about another tool that rolls out the marks. I'm going to try and find that tool the next time I'm in the tandy shop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bronson Report post Posted February 3, 2010 Yeah, I used the tandy leather 4 hole tool, they are very far apart, I was told about another tool that rolls out the marks. I'm going to try and find that tool the next time I'm in the tandy shop. Did you use this one? http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Tools/Punches/3052-00.aspx?feature=Product_7 If you want to stick with the punches you might try these: http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Tools/Punches/Chisels/8066-00.aspx http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Tools/Punches/Chisels/8065-00.aspx Bronson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
