Mission Impossible

[Lobo]

Saturday morning (March 27) I received an e-mail from a retired US Marine. He is giving his pistol to his Army officer son, who is deploying in two weeks. Problem? No holster for the pistol. Did I have anything in stock that might work? No.

Well, I had more than a little help from Marines while I was in Vietnam, and I have an Army officer son who has deployed a couple of times. So I decided to make something happen.

Having a production batch of 12 items ready for finishing I cut, sewed, and formed the holster Saturday morning. Dried and burnished Saturday afternoon. Sunday I finished the 13 items. Holster went out in the mail this morning (46 hours after receiving the order), along with packages to 8 states and 2 European destinations.

That tune from Mission Impossible keeps running through my brain now!

[Denster]

I have to ask. Was there any time left in there for beer and poker? If not you're working far too hard.

[Lobo]

I have to ask. Was there any time left in there for beer and poker? If not you're working far too hard.

My club is strategically located about 1.5 blocks from my shop. Drying times are ideal opportunities for a few beers and a couple of hands of cards.

I thought that this would go without saying!

[Denster]

Sorry! Should have knowen you would have a strategy. That was a nice gesture for the Marine though.

[DCKNIVES]

That's alot of work for one day, but it's hard to say no to a soldier.I remember doing something similar a few years ago when a Sargent I knew told me he was leaving Iraq for the fifth time just in time for the Blade Show.I was able in the 11th hour to knockout a knife/sheath to gift him at the show.Lot of work but it was all worth it upon seeing the smile on his face.Dave