Members Colt Hammerless Posted February 23, 2012 Members Report Posted February 23, 2012 I have a snap loop OWB mag pouch and was just thinking of converting it to IWB in the exact manner you have there. I wasn't sure if it would ride too high though. There's not much "meat" hanging below the belt on a mag pouch. Then again, there's not much weight above the belt either. Good to see it works well on a holster. Your workmanship is second to none! The finish you use is nice and mellow, I really like it. What are using? Colt Hammerless Quote
Members rgepting Posted February 24, 2012 Members Report Posted February 24, 2012 Great job on the holster. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge. Quote
Members jlaudio29 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Thank you all for the compliments, much appreciated. Colt - When in IWB mode, the weapon and mag pouch would ride a little higher, not much though. This design was made with the intention of MOSTLY OWB use, and the ability to convert to IWB when necessary, i do not recommend this to my customers that want to do MOSTLY IWB and sometimes OWB. So for someone to have a little more high ride for a small period of time is not a huge deal. As far as the finish, i mix Super shene 50/50 with water, and put a couple coats on until i reach the desired gloss level. which i aim for a semi-gloss. You can also use a satin sheen, and then afterwards apply a light coating of Kiwi Natural shoe polish and it buffs out to a nice semi-gloss. Here is a pic of my recent work. Its a Sig tacops 1911 reinforced throat with the IWB/OWB conversion. The finish on it is a satin with the kiwi polish done. rgepting - thanks i try to share whenever i can and am always available for questions Edited February 25, 2012 by jlaudio29 Quote
Members glockanator Posted February 25, 2012 Members Report Posted February 25, 2012 Can you show a picture of the holster front and back with out the straps on? I am racking my brain on how they attach. Quote
Members Colt Hammerless Posted February 26, 2012 Members Report Posted February 26, 2012 That's really nice work jlaudio29. That's a good concept to have the ability to switch to IWB if needed with just a change of the straps. I really like the mag pouch too. Also, thanks for the info on the finish. Colt Hammerless Quote
Members glockanator Posted February 28, 2012 Members Report Posted February 28, 2012 How do the owb straps attach? Quote
Members sgb Posted March 3, 2012 Members Report Posted March 3, 2012 VERY nice work Quote "It's easier to avoid conflict than it is to survive it" - SGB
Members ouchmyfinger Posted March 10, 2012 Members Report Posted March 10, 2012 what did you use to reinforce the throat? i took some flat metal bar from home depot and hacksawed a piece off and bent it around a pipe and took it to the bench grinder and rounded and smoothed the edges and can't figure out how i could ever stitch it in thanks Quote
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