jc3persons Report post Posted October 16, 2010 Hi,,i cut a holster pattern,,rough cut last night,,it will surely have to be tweaked and refined..in an effort to get better i tried casing it and was intending to work on it today but several unexpected things in the way and it will be manyana before i have chance to work on it......an idea of the size it is for a 4 5/8 ruger blackhawk,,,,dipped in sink of very warm water for probably 25-35 seconds,,still bubbling when i put in a plastic bag and sealed off and set on the work table.... The "???" is am i going to have to do again or just sponge wet,,fairly sure tomorrow morn i will have time to work on it... i plan to stamp it and make a few S cuts to achieve the pattern i want...thanks for any input... By the way it is a cut side of Herman Oak 8-9 oz,,Springfield cut me a11 square foot piece of the lower grade but it seems to be a smoother nicer piece of leather than the double shoulder from elsewhere... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jc3persons Report post Posted October 16, 2010 Hi,,i cut a holster pattern,,rough cut last night,,it will surely have to be tweaked and refined..in an effort to get better i tried casing it and was intending to work on it today but several unexpected things in the way and it will be manyana before i have chance to work on it......an idea of the size it is for a 4 5/8 ruger blackhawk,,,,dipped in sink of very warm water for probably 25-35 seconds,,still bubbling when i put in a plastic bag and sealed off and set on the work table.... The "???" is am i going to have to do again or just sponge wet,,fairly sure tomorrow morn i will have time to work on it... i plan to stamp it and make a few S cuts to achieve the pattern i want...thanks for any input... By the way it is a cut side of Herman Oak 8-9 oz,,Springfield cut me a11 square foot piece of the lower grade but it seems to be a smoother nicer piece of leather than the double shoulder from elsewhere... seems like i answer some of my own questions...got in a while ago and looked at my bag and in my unprofessional opinion it appears wet enough that i left in sink about 2x as long as needed.... had enough body left to go ahead and cut basic pattern down to size and will put back in bag and in morn ought to be about right for trying to stamp and cut a few original designs on.... Thank you Mr. Park for your educational tutorials,,have become a fair edger and maybe will get casing down thanks to being able to read your advice over and over.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hidepounder Report post Posted October 17, 2010 seems like i answer some of my own questions...got in a while ago and looked at my bag and in my unprofessional opinion it appears wet enough that i left in sink about 2x as long as needed.... had enough body left to go ahead and cut basic pattern down to size and will put back in bag and in morn ought to be about right for trying to stamp and cut a few original designs on.... Thank you Mr. Park for your educational tutorials,,have become a fair edger and maybe will get casing down thanks to being able to read your advice over and over.. Glad the tutorial helped. I was preparing my response to you until I got to this last post and I see you have a handle on it! Terrific!!! Bobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin29 Report post Posted October 17, 2010 I second that jc3persons, I also owe Mr. Parks a big "Thank You". Hidepounder's tutorials have been a huge help to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
