Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted October 31, 2012 Contributing Member Report Posted October 31, 2012 Incidentally, I'm about 3/4 of the way done with a crossdraw rig for a Judge 6"...I'm using horse w/ 4oz cow as a liner. I hope I can get that much marbling out of mine. The real challenge was making a belt for a 48" waist....the horse butts aren't that long! Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members renegadelizard Posted October 31, 2012 Members Report Posted October 31, 2012 Awesome...the grain is incredible...it looks almost like snakewood...great color choice for that...how difficult was it to mold and bone that horsehide?...i can never get it wet enough to really get it in the nooks and crannies.... Quote Havoc Holsters
Moderator immiketoo Posted October 31, 2012 Moderator Report Posted October 31, 2012 Wow. Quote Learnleather.com
Members JRCHolsters Posted October 31, 2012 Author Members Report Posted October 31, 2012 Incidentally, I'm about 3/4 of the way done with a crossdraw rig for a Judge 6"...I'm using horse w/ 4oz cow as a liner. I hope I can get that much marbling out of mine. The real challenge was making a belt for a 48" waist....the horse butts aren't that long! I find about half of the hides I get have great marbling. I also try to order about 30% of the hides as long as I can get. Usually takes a lot of searching to find what I need belt wise. Somehow I have managed to do a couple of 50" belts, but luckily that is not the norm. Quote J.R. Customs Holsters
Members JRCHolsters Posted October 31, 2012 Author Members Report Posted October 31, 2012 Awesome...the grain is incredible...it looks almost like snakewood...great color choice for that...how difficult was it to mold and bone that horsehide?...i can never get it wet enough to really get it in the nooks and crannies.... Thanks! I find that you really have to get Horsehide soaked to mold it. Probably have to soak it 2-3 times longer than regular leather. I also only get hard rolled hides, so that make for particulary dense fibers. The one thing I can say from my experience, you can get pretty aggresive with horsehide and not get the same burnishing you would get with cowhide. Even if you do, with all of the marbling and color variation, it isn't quite as noticable. Also, I do a light dye before I mold the holsters, then I do a second coat after the molded holster is dry. This gives a spectacular depth of color, especially if your mixing colors like Cordovan and Burgundy. Hope this helps you out. Quote J.R. Customs Holsters
Members renegadelizard Posted October 31, 2012 Members Report Posted October 31, 2012 Thanks J.R....good tip with the dye... Quote Havoc Holsters
Members Redrock64 Posted October 31, 2012 Members Report Posted October 31, 2012 Wow Love the grain in the horse hide, VERY GOOD WORK! Quote Don Mortimer Redrock dmortimer64@gmail.com
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