Hello From Indiana

[jkwparrott]

Hello everyone. Many years ago (many, many, many years ago) when I was in High School our shop teacher got several leather kits from Tandy and a bunch of tools to teach us leather tooling. I loved it! I made several things which I still have after all these years. I graduated from High School in 1979, so you know it's been a while. Recently I have gotten interested in competitive pistol shooting and decided I needed a good holster. I have yet to find one I really like and they are expensive to buy just to find that you don't care for them. I remembered my leather working and decided that I could probably make one. I checked out the Tandy web site and found the beginner's set which is usually priced at almost $180 was on sale for $69 or so. I couldn't pass it up at that price! I have been practicing with the kits that came with the set and am now ready to move on to my first holster. I have decided on an Avenger style holster and have the pattern ready to go. So wish me luck and I will post some photos when it's done.

[$$hobby]

welcome.

all hobbies start somewhere. good luck in your holster. if you get interested there are seveal stholman books on making holsters from scratch.

just a hint. Remember to mark your patterens which side is which and which side is up on the leather. iF not, you will end up making some lefty holsters.

[Pounder]

Hello everyone. Many years ago (many, many, many years ago) when I was in High School our shop teacher got several leather kits from Tandy and a bunch of tools to teach us leather tooling. I loved it! I made several things which I still have after all these years. I graduated from High School in 1979, so you know it's been a while. Recently I have gotten interested in competitive pistol shooting and decided I needed a good holster. I have yet to find one I really like and they are expensive to buy just to find that you don't care for them. I remembered my leather working and decided that I could probably make one. I checked out the Tandy web site and found the beginner's set which is usually priced at almost $180 was on sale for $69 or so. I couldn't pass it up at that price! I have been practicing with the kits that came with the set and am now ready to move on to my first holster. I have decided on an Avenger style holster and have the pattern ready to go. So wish me luck and I will post some photos when it's done.

Hello from a fellow Hoosier and welcome to the best leather information site you can find on the internet. Glad to see you are kindling the old flame with leather look forward to seeing the finished project.

Pounder

[benlilly1]

Welcome...from another Hoosier up north! Good luck on your project. We'll be waiting for photos.

[bruce johnson]

Welcome from a former Hoosier from Logansport, graduated Purdue.