Hi And A First Attempt To Cretique

[iammarkjones]

Well I read everything I could here and jumped in. I have always wanted to try working with leather and recently had an excuse, this is a holster for my flashlight I use at work. This is the first thing I've made so and advise would be helpful.

[mrdabeetle]

Looks Great!

[1911 Operator]

Mark,

Congrats on your first project. Just my observations, not criticism. Over stitch wheels work great after you are done stitching to straighten, and make the stitching look uniform. Just run the wheel over your stitching and apply pressure. A edge beveling tool will help you round the edge before you apply your dye or edge covering material. I'm not a long timer, but most of them on here, an I follow their example don't use a "edge Coat" material. Just dye it and Burnish it properly. I bevel the edge, then sand the leather with sand paper to even out the surface, and the grain length. then Dye and Burnish.

The only other thing I thought about after that was design related. A pass though slot on the back might cut down on how much hand stitching you have to do, and how much room on your belt it takes up.

All in all a great first project, it looks like it does what it is supposed to , so it'a definite WIN!