My Latest Holster

[Ironwood]

I've been doing some leather working off and on for a couple of years now. This is my latest holster. Made it for a friend of mine. It's completely lined. Hand sewn with the saddle stitch. I used artificial sinew. 7-8 Veggie tanned tooling leather with a 4-5 veggie tanned tooling leather liner. I know it doesn't compare to the work I've seen here but it's my best so far.

[TexasJack]

That's a very nice looking holster!

[Eric F]

It looks great! Nice even stitching, Good even tone one the finish, and Nice Clean edges. On over all a good clean holster! I hope to see more of your work soon.

[Luke Hatley]

Nice looking Holster..........."Iffin you you drop in we can....

jawbone a spell and boil a pot of coffey"

Edited May 29, 2010 by Luke Hatley

[TwinOaks]

Yeah, what Eric said. Very clean presentation. Ya done good!

One question for you though.....hammer thong? It may not be needed, I was just curious.

[Ironwood]

Thanks everyone, for the kind words.

TwinOaks, the revolver rides very low in the holster. The pattern I made this one from didn't show a strap being used. A pattern on the same sheet showed a hammer strap being called for on a holster where the revolver rode much higher in the holster. I'm really a newbie at holsters so I just went by the pattern.

Edited May 29, 2010 by Ironwood

[David]

Very very nice, super clean, I'd wear that proudly any day.

Dave Theobald

[MADMAX22]

I agree looks great.

With a holster like that I dont think that you really need a hammer thong on it. Kind of a question on that, werent hammer thongs more of a modern day addition to this style holster? I think I remember reading that they were not widely used back then but I cant remember.

[jeffroberts]

I agree looks great.

With a holster like that I dont think that you really need a hammer thong on it. Kind of a question on that, werent hammer thongs more of a modern day addition to this style holster? I think I remember reading that they were not widely used back then but I cant remember.

[Ironwood]

Sorry I'm so late getting back here. Thanks for you nice comments. I think the hammer thong didn't become popular until the Western Movie era as holsters covered less and less of the revolver.

[Draxus]

Wow thats a good Looking Holster.

[gregintenn]

I like it.

[katsass]

I've been doing some leather working off and on for a couple of years now. This is my latest holster. Made it for a friend of mine. It's completely lined. Hand sewn with the saddle stitch. I used artificial sinew. 7-8 Veggie tanned tooling leather with a 4-5 veggie tanned tooling leather liner. I know it doesn't compare to the work I've seen here but it's my best so far.

VERY nice combination of a skirt holster and a California Slim Jim style, and very well executed. As said, the hammer thong came in around the 50's, IIRC, when the fast draw craze hit, and the movie westerns became a bit more than the black-and-white "B" grade kiddy shows. I see none with a hammer thong in my go-to referance book for historically accurate holster work "Packing Iron" until about then. Mike