Tooled Avenger

[particle]

I don't really offer this as an option for my holsters, but I probably will before long. I must have flipped back and forth through the Stohlman holster book looking for bits and pieces to build a floral pattern to fit the space available. Pattern's not perfect, and I messed up in one or two (dozen) places, lost a bit of depth when I wet the holster to fold it in half, and again when I wet it to form it...

[troop]

Very nicely done!!

[Denster]

Erik

You never cease to amaze me. Are you sure you were'nt a leatherworker and tooler in a past life? You seem to start out where everyone else would like to be in a year or so. Yeah a few whoops boos but not really noticeable and very attractive.

[ps0303]

Man that is nice work. Like Denster said, you sure you haven't done this before?

[particle]

Haha - well, I've tooled some coasters for practice, and did a basket weave on one of my earliest holsters (turned out bad...), as well as a few Christmas ornaments, but this is my first attempt on a holster. I bought a few tools the other day at Tandy to help with these smaller patterns.

[jeffc]

Looks really great to me!!

I think it's awesome!

Jeff

[dmr400]

Now THAT'S Inspiration! I've watched Particle's post count growing with the rest of you, and am very inspired by his quick progress.

[Phidelt]

Hey, Particle....What kind of leather are you using?

Great work

[particle]

Thanks everyone - this holster used 8-9 oz. Herman Oak.

[TomSwede]

That's gotta be one of the neatest little holsters I ever saw. Molding is so clean that I almost wonder if you are a machine!!!

Faboulos and excellent craftmanship!!!

Tom

[BigRiverLeather]

SOAB! There you go raising the bar again. That is super sharp!

[Tac]

Wow... I am not normally a big fan of floral carved holsters, mostly because I prefer a holster that is wet molded and well boned to the gun. You have combined the two arts to create a fantastic hoster that I would be proud to wear and show off. That is beautiful.

Please continue to post your work. Your style, detail boning and photography are inspirational.

-Tac

[mmirob]

So nice and the stitching looks perfect too! What kind of sewing machine do you use?

Rob

[particle]

So nice and the stitching looks perfect too! What kind of sewing machine do you use?

Rob

Thanks Rob - it was sewn with a Tippmann Boss.

[Rhome]

Beautiful !! I only wish I could carve. That would be the one thing I'd really like to do again, is carve so I could make a holster as nice as yours ! Well done.

Best,

~ Rhome ~

DGL