Full Length Welt?

[Bronson]

When you do a holster with a full length welt do you adjust the distance between the gun and the contoured stitch line? If so, how much?

Thanks,

Bronson

[katsass]

When you do a holster with a full length welt do you adjust the distance between the gun and the contoured stitch line? If so, how much?

Thanks,

Bronson

I think I understand your question: I measure the widest portion of the gun, divide that by 2 and add the thickness of my leather. That is basically the distance from the outline of my pistol (in my pattern) to the stitch line. With auto pistols it stays pretty uniform all of the way.........on wheel guns, I fudge a bit when past the cylinder and down the barrel.....just for aesthetics. I try to keep my stitching about 3/8" from the welt edge. Hope that helps. Mike

Edited September 15, 2010 by katsass

[Dwight]

When you do a holster with a full length welt do you adjust the distance between the gun and the contoured stitch line? If so, how much?

Thanks,

Bronson

The quick one word answer is "No", . . .

The welt is sewn as close to the weapon as I would sew if there were no welt. The danger of using a welt that I often see is the maker used too many layers of welt, and the holster edge looks like it could become a weapon itself. I only use a welt on my revolver holsters, and then mostly only if they are for SAS or CASS.

May God bless,

Dwight

[katsass]

I think I understand your question: I measure the widest portion of the gun, divide that by 2 and add the thickness of my leather. That is basically the distance from the outline of my pistol (in my pattern) to the stitch line. With auto pistols it stays pretty uniform all of the way.........on wheel guns, I fudge a bit when past the cylinder and down the barrel.....just for aesthetics. I try to keep my stitching about 3/8" from the welt edge. Hope that helps. Mike

I should have added as does Dwight....I only use an added welt when it's absolutely necessary. Mostly a wedge shaped one for the trigger guard on wheelgun holsters where the guard is fairly wide. (actually, the whole seam is considered the 'welt'). Mike

Edited September 15, 2010 by katsass

[Bronson]

Thanks guys. My thinking on it went something like this....

The stitch line normally rides tight to the gun (on the trigger guard side). If the welt is 1/2" wide, and I want the stitch line to end up in the center of the welt, that would mean it would be offset 1/4" from where it would normally be. To be honest I'm still not seeing why this is not the case.

Bronson

[dbusarow]

Bronson,

The distance from your original, perfect stitch line to the inside edge of the welt will be 1/2 the thickness of the welt. So with a 1/2" THICK welt the inside edge of the welt (closest to the gun) is 1/4" in from your original stitches.

But since you want to have the stitches in the middle of your 1/2" WIDE welt you need to move them back out 1/4" and you are right back on you original stitch line.

Imagin a welt the full thickness of the gun and where that would put the inside edge of the welt in relation to your original stitch line.

Dan

[Bronson]

Bronson,

The distance from your original, perfect stitch line to the inside edge of the welt will be 1/2 the thickness of the welt. So with a 1/2" THICK welt the inside edge of the welt (closest to the gun) is 1/4" in from your original stitches.

But since you want to have the stitches in the middle of your 1/2" WIDE welt you need to move them back out 1/4" and you are right back on you original stitch line.

Imagin a welt the full thickness of the gun and where that would put the inside edge of the welt in relation to your original stitch line.

Dan

Maybe it's the lateness of the hour but that completely lost me

Maybe I'm thinking of the welt in the wrong way. My thinking was to have the welt follow the contour of the gun as closely as possible. Essentially the inside edge of the welt would run in the place normally occupied by the stitch line. This is where I'm thinking the new stitch line would have to be 1/2 the width of the welt away from the gun....I think I'm making this too complicated.

I appreciate the efforts to help me understand though.

Bronson