Holster Stitch Lines

[markush]

Thanks so much for posting this. It's precisely the kind of information I was looking for.

Can you clarify a couple of things for me?

-- This appears to be for an IWB holster. Are the top and bottom pieces the same size? On mine, the top is substantially larger, so that the back stays flat.

-- So do you make up a new template every time you make a holster, or do you get more than one use out of each?

Thanks for all of the help!

tk

It is actually a copy of the Milt Sparks Axiom which is an OWB. Yes the front a rear are the same except for the little bit of a sweat shield on the rear piece. As long as it's the same gun I can re-use that template. But with a different gun almost everything would change so it would be a new template. I'm just making holsters for myself so a new template for the few guns I have is not a big deal. I know nothing about putting together a flat backed, molded front holster so I really can't help there, sorry.

[randypants]

Randy,

So then your bottom stitches are on the front face of your holster? Or do I misunderstand?

tk

mark and punch your holes from the back side, then use a free stitch groover to connect the dots. a ruler will help with this on the straight lines. your top and bottom stitch(front and back) should look exactly the same if you're doing a saddle stitch.

also, you could leave out the groove all together. if you do it right, it can look good.

Randy

[NoahL]

I've played around with it but now I use particle's method of measuring and using half the thickness of the gun, plus the thickness of the leather, then I set a compass to that measurement and trace around the gun. Tends to work out pretty well, with only a little adjusting.