RWP Report post Posted July 3, 2010 anyone have the basic pattern for the Nelson " Professional" holster? aka "The Avenger" ? doesnt look TOO complicated but i'd like a pattern to reference if anyone has one they're willing to share! i feel like one pattern could be scaled down to fit a variety of handguns thanks guys! btw JUST got my bone folder and edge slicker sent to me in the mail im so excied to start practicing with them!!! -Robert Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olliesrevenge Report post Posted July 3, 2010 (edited) anyone have the basic pattern for the Nelson " Professional" holster? aka "The Avenger" ? doesnt look TOO complicated but i'd like a pattern to reference if anyone has one they're willing to share! i feel like one pattern could be scaled down to fit a variety of handguns thanks guys! btw JUST got my bone folder and edge slicker sent to me in the mail im so excied to start practicing with them!!! -Robert Robert - If there is a general pattern in existence for anything but single action revolvers (or 1911 style auto's in a SA style), I have yet to see it. I have found that even between similarly sized handguns (say a G19 & CZ-75B) there are little tweaks to be done to be done to get things to fit right, like for example, getting the trigger guard completely covered in a manner that looks right to my eye. I'm not trying to be a jerky "Use the Search!" kind of guy, but I submit to you that if you sit down with a set of french curves and create your own pattern, the process will be much more rewarding. Once you have done it once you will realize that it definitely "ain't rocket surgery", but is actually really easy. Having said all that, if you are looking for some "artistic inspiration" you will find that many holster makers publish web images of their holsters in a large enough format so that, when printed, they are nearly actual size. Here are a few examples, (there are many, many more out there). http://www.brigadegu..._0186-large.jpg http://i165.photobuc...og/AWoodG17.jpg http://www.lobogunle...nhanced_avenger Another technique for finding "artistic inspiration" is to right click on the image itself, and then click "Save Image As". This will let you open the image from your machine using software of your choice, and then enlarge the image to actual size and print it. For an Avenger style holster, you would then simply have to create a mirror image of the print to create a pattern for your pistol. You could get really geeky and do this in Photoshop if you wanted to, but IMO that would be like using a .338 Lapua Mag to hunt prairie dogs, over the top overkill . This post (if you haven't already seen it) explains this process pretty well... http://leatherworker...topic=5696&st=0 I do it a little differently than described there though. I use vellum paper, and create the mirror image by folding the paper in half along the holsters' leading folded edge. Check out this video (If you haven't already). As far as I know it is the only free video of it's type on the web. It shows (among other things) Mr Adams tracing out his pattern onto the leather, and you can get a really good view of what a good Avenger pattern will look like. http://www.adamsleat.../how-s-it-made/ Take care, Lance Edited July 3, 2010 by olliesrevenge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
