Hauss Report post Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) This is what I did I cut the holster out flesh side out! so is it possible to glue a piece to this and end up with a lined holster. If so how do I do this all help will be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks Hauss It might help to know the mess up is 7/8 oz the other will be 4/5 oz vegatan Thanks Again! Edited March 22, 2011 by Hauss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted March 22, 2011 Many holster makers routinely make "rough out" holsters, . . . the two reasons are 1) as an In the Waist Band (IWB) holster, it will not move around as much as one that has the hair side out, . . . 2) it provides a smoother surface for the handgun, supposedly to cause less wearing on the blueing. If you do not want to do that, . . . cover the flesh side with a thin coat of contact cement, . . . do the same for a another piece of leather big enough to cover your first cut out piece, . . . when the pieces are dried (about an hour or so) stick em together, . . . roll it with a rolling pin, . . . then go ahead and make your holster out of the new piece of bonded leather. Treat it the same as you would if the bonded leather were just one piece, . . . FWIW, . . . the holster that Clint Eastwood made famous in his "Spaghetti Westerns" was a rough out holster, . . . I have one more or less just like it, . . . and I love it. May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rising Sun Leather Co Report post Posted March 22, 2011 First off, what type of holster are you making? Cowboy, cocealed or duty carry. 7/8 & 4/5 will be a bit thick for concealed or most other situations in fact. I use 8/9 or 9/10 unlined for cowboy (sometimes I will add a pig skin liner 1.5oz). I will use two pieces of 4/5 glued together otherwise for most all other holsters I make. When I use the two 4/5's, I wet mold the inside piece first, let it dry, then wet mold the outside piece on top of that. After that is dry, then I glue them together. You do have to be careful to make sure that you line them up just right at this point. You can go two ways here though. Because you will most likely be stiching this together you can use rubber cement because if you need to you can still adjust the two pieces after contact. Or, contact cement, that is almost an instant and permanent bond however, so BE CAREFUL, and like was said earlier, put the glue on both pieces and let stand. I don't wait long, only until the glue is tacky. Also, I start in the middle at the fold, then I do one side at a time. This helps to make sure everything is lined up. For more pictures you can visit my website at www.RisingSunLeatherCo.com Hope this helps and good luck, Joey This is what I did I cut the holster out flesh side out! so is it possible to glue a piece to this and end up with a lined holster. If so how do I do this all help will be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks Hauss It might help to know the mess up is 7/8 oz the other will be 4/5 oz vegatan Thanks Again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nooj Report post Posted March 23, 2011 I did the same thing when I cut out the leather for my first holster, lol. I had a big double shoulder- so I just cut another piece out (the right way), and used the mistake for practice, etc. I think you've got the right idea though, if you want to still use that piece of leather for the holster; bond the flesh sides together to form a holster that is slick outside and in. I ran into a lot of "I should've"s when making my first one (do yourself a favor and put a notepad by the workbench to make a list of do's and dont's... I made a mental list and lost some of it, lol). Good luck :-) Nooj Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katsass Report post Posted March 23, 2011 This is what I did I cut the holster out flesh side out! so is it possible to glue a piece to this and end up with a lined holster. If so how do I do this all help will be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks Hauss It might help to know the mess up is 7/8 oz the other will be 4/5 oz vegatan Thanks Again! FWIW from a grumpy old man. I make almost all of my holsters from double layered leather. Depending upon how large the gun is, the 7/8 oz may not be too thick for you to salvage a pretty good rig. I use Weldwood contact cement to bond the flesh sides of the leather together, then proceed as with a single thickness. Stitching can be problematic for one unaccustomed to it, but it can be done. You will not be able to get sharp 'boning', however, with good hand forming and proper drying you will find that you have created a very solid and firm holster. Much more so that any single thick holster...IMHO. A couple of holsters made from double layer work ups........both use 4/5 as the lightest and up to 7/8 as an outer shell. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hauss Report post Posted March 25, 2011 Hi I would like to thank all of you that gave me advise to fix the mistake I made. It turns out I not only cut it out wrong side out I cut it to small so I will try again after and I mean after I read the books by Al Stohlman first again thanks to All Hauss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
