Finally Finished My Ruger Lcr Holster

[Haystacker]

Nooj - sorry I am so slow getting to this. This is one cool looking holster. Good job.

[gringobill]

I started this holster back in 2010, but due to working 7 days a week and then a motorcycle wreck, it was on hold for a while.

I airbrushed the dye months ago, and the black around the edges faded out so I decided to respray it. I must've had some wax or something in a couple places because there are some light spots that just wouldn't accept the dye. It was much more even the first time I dyed it :-/

It's all hand stitched- I used tandy's "waxed braided nylon cord" on the reinforcement piece, and brown 277 bonded nylon around the trigger side. That braided cord is a beast to stitch with! Keep the pliers handy.

Anyways- just wanted to share. Feel free to tell me what I did wrong or can improve :-)

Thanks for looking!

Nooj

*The first pic is when I had airbrushed it the first time. You can see how different the final product looked, after respraying it.

Dang good lookin" and it looks like it's hell for stout, doubt you'll ever wear it out!

Bill

[Nooj]

Hey, thanks for all the complements yall! I don't get notifications when someone comments on my thread- so I've just now seen the comments. Sorry for the delay!

BigK- It was a bit of trial and error getting the shape right. I use either a thin folder or cardboard from a case of beer/soda and traced out the pistol as close to actual size as I could get. I wanted the top of the holster to follow the curve on that grip, so I had to draw the grips inside my outline. I started with just the single side of the pattern (left side), and after I got the shape close to what I wanted, cut it out and trace it onto a new piece of cardboard- flip it and trace the right side. Then I have the whole fold-over pattern. I hope that made sense, lol. If not, I can try to put some pics with captions to explain what I meant.

The reinforcment piece/ belt slot was drawn up based on the main pattern... I just kinda winged it- not much of a technique.

Big O- I stitched it before molding. I poked through my pattern to get the endpoints and the bend of the curves, then kept tracing out the stitchline lightly with a stylus until I felt it matched the trigger guard just right :-) Took lots of smoothing and retracing to get it right, and it was a tight fit when I went to mold!

Thanks again for looking everyone, and for the kind words.

Nooj