vahillbilly Report post Posted April 4, 2011 I have been making holsters for a couple of years now, and my dad, who recently retired, has asked about helping us begin making gun belts. I have seen several posts on thickness in the past, but can't get the search to go back far enough to find them. I know that the standard for a 1 1/2" belt is about 1/4" thick, but I am interested in making some a little thinner for IWB carry of smaller firearms. Also, does anyone have experience making 1 1/4" or even 1" double layer belts? Thanks Sam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
particle Report post Posted April 4, 2011 From the past threads, most will say 1/4" (two layers of 8-9oz) is border-line too thick. Depending on who you ask, you'll get something along the following: (2) 6-7oz 8-9oz backed with 5oz 9-10oz backed with 2-3oz I posted a thread a while back asking this and got loads of responses - search my threads and you should find it fairly quickly. Regarding the narrower belts - I made my 6yr old son a double-layered belt. It was either 1" or 1.25". I skived the blanks down much thinner, but it went together just like the thicker/wider belts. The finished thickness is probably between 1/8" and 3/16". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vahillbilly Report post Posted April 4, 2011 Particle, Thanks for the reply. I think the thread I saw that had a lot of replies was further back than I have been able to go. It seems like lobo had a lot of good advice in that one. I was able to find the one that involved much conversation about the Boss stitcher. By the way, love your holsters. Sam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
