Members cstephens Posted August 10, 2010 Members Report Posted August 10, 2010 So in your bottom pic the edge is the cutout and the pencil line is the stitch line? Quote S.C.L. Stephens Custom Leather - College Station, TX Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. - Theodore Roosevelt
Members katsass Posted August 10, 2010 Members Report Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) So in your bottom pic the edge is the cutout and the pencil line is the stitch line? No. The inner line is just the outline of the gun and is used as the start for measureing to my cut line. My stitching line is always 3/16 inch inside of the cut line so I don't need to draw a stitch line. I use a double layer of leather glued together to produce the thickness of leather needed..........smooth on both sides. I run a stitching gouge around the perimeter of the piece set at 3/16 inch and saddle stitch the entire edge, so there is no need to mark a separate stitch line. Here is a little standard OWB which easily shows how my stitching is done. Mike Edited August 10, 2010 by katsass Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Members katsass Posted August 10, 2010 Members Report Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) . OK.........SORRY ABOUT THAT!!!! I HAD SOMETHING ON MY MIND AND JUST WAS NOT THINKING WHEN I MADE MY PREVIOUS POST.. In that particular holster and the 1911 holster there is no marked stitch line for the reason stated. For the type that grampaw is doing I mark the stitch line 3/16" in from what I have called the cut line, then continue to mark out the rest of the holster shape. I still gouge and stitch the entire perimeter of the holster. Please accept my apologies for any misunderstanding. Mike Man I had myself confused, I was using holsters as examples that were both stitched just inside the 'cut' line , rather than an avaenger style..........oh hell, I guess that I'm just getting old. Mike Edited August 10, 2010 by katsass Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Members Rayban Posted August 10, 2010 Members Report Posted August 10, 2010 Nice work. My only suggestion is regarding ending your stitches. It looks like you tied them off on the front side. I always do it on the back, then flatten them down by rubbing with an old soup spoon. Here we go...the 6 guy rule.....about the stitching.... No need to "tie them off"...try back stitching 2 or 3 stitches, then just snip the thread off at the surface.....I'll be doing some stitching later tonight so I"ll post a pic. Quote Raybanwww.rgleather.net
Members katsass Posted August 10, 2010 Members Report Posted August 10, 2010 Here we go...the 6 guy rule.....about the stitching.... No need to "tie them off"...try back stitching 2 or 3 stitches, then just snip the thread off at the surface.....I'll be doing some stitching later tonight so I"ll post a pic. All I'm going to say now is that I agree with Rayban. Mike Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Members Dwight Posted August 11, 2010 Members Report Posted August 11, 2010 (edited) Suggestions: (but first a word about the first time: really good for a first holster. I was doing a whole lot more before I was at your level of quality) Iimprove your edging and burnishing techniques, . . . Get the stitching closer to the weapon, . . . generally speaking, closer is better, . . . Avoid abrupt angles either outside or inside, . . . go more for rounded curving lines. They are much easier to sand and finish, . . . and at least IMHO are more esthetically pleasing. I may not have seen it right, but it also looked like you didn't do anything at all to the inside of the holster. Dye the whole thing, and whatever finish you use on the outside, . . . use it on the inside too unless you have created and want to maintain a soft inner lining like Katsass does. May God bless, Dwight Edited August 11, 2010 by Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members GrampaJoel Posted August 11, 2010 Author Members Report Posted August 11, 2010 Dwight Thanks for the help. Actually the inside is bone finished with Gum Taganath (sp?) to a very hard state. The rest of the holster has been boned rock hard also. The customer wanted the inside flesh colored, and I did as he ask, but it is burnished real well. I've finished two other holsters since this one. They are up on the critique forum. Both boned to be hard as rocks. I know I have a long ways to go before I am totally happy with the holsters I am making. And hench my postings to this forum. I apprciate you taking the time to help me out. Thanks again for the help. Joel Quote
Members Deanimator Posted August 11, 2010 Members Report Posted August 11, 2010 Here we go...the 6 guy rule.....about the stitching.... No need to "tie them off"...try back stitching 2 or 3 stitches, then just snip the thread off at the surface.....I'll be doing some stitching later tonight so I"ll post a pic. I usually backstitch, but occasionally end up not doing it for whatever reason. When that's the case, I tie off on the back side. It looked to me like in the example, it was done on the front. Quote "When I was young, I looked like Al Capone but I lacked his compassion." - Oscar Levant.
Members 5Rings Posted August 16, 2010 Members Report Posted August 16, 2010 Grampa, is that rawhide reinforcing the holster mouth? I was thinking of trying that instead of layering spring steel or kydex to keep the mouth open on an IWB. Quote
Members GrampaJoel Posted August 16, 2010 Author Members Report Posted August 16, 2010 5Rings No that is not rawhide. It is just another piece of 6-7 oz with the flesh side out. Here's another shot of the holster. Quote
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