Cowboy Couture Holster

[MattW]

The carving pattern is supposed to emulate firearm engraving.

Edited September 5, 2008 by MattW

[ArtS]

Beautiful job. That really looks good and old fashioned. Where did you get that boarder tool? I like it.

ArtS

[sodapop]

i agree with art there...its got that cool classic flavor to it

darryl

[MattW]

Border stamp is a Bob Beard Ram's curl

[Hilly]

Love the scroll work! Thanks for posting.

Hilly

[K-Man]

Very nice job, Matt.

[Rhome]

Some of the nicest work I've seen in a long time !

[abn]

Outstanding!

[JohnnyDingus]

Beautiful job Matt. What tool are you using to create the lines on the stems?

vince

[skipj]

Looks great Mat. I too am curious about the parallel lines on the stems.

Skip

[Tina]

Absolutly beautiful, very nice set.

I love the carving, very nice and clean...Did you do the stiching by hand?

[MattW]

Tool used on stems is an unmarked antique tool similar to a hair blade for a swivel knife.

I bought a hair blade for my swivel knife but i found that the antique tool does a better job.

Probably going to have to get my tool maker to make a hair blade. I still want a little more definition.

Tina,

I use an Artisan Toro 4000 for ALL of my stitching. (Yes, I know it would be more impresive if I stitched by hand but I have to stitch a lot!)

[Tina]

Tool used on stems is an unmarked antique tool similar to a hair blade for a swivel knife.

I bought a hair blade for my swivel knife but i found that the antique tool does a better job.

Probably going to have to get my tool maker to make a hair blade. I still want a little more definition.

Tina,

I use an Artisan Toro 4000 for ALL of my stitching. (Yes, I know it would be more impresive if I stitched by hand but I have to stitch a lot!)

I tell you what, I wish I had a mashine too My fingers is getting hard stuff on them *Grrrrr*

[MADMAX22]

Great looking work.

Did you make the pattern for the tooling work or did you get a pattern from somewhere. THat looks really good.

[BruceGibson]

That's amazing, Matt.

[MattW]

The carving pattern is my own. I studied how scroll patterns are designed, then practiced until I had something I liked.

Thanks

[BruceGibson]

The carving pattern is my own. I studied how scroll patterns are designed, then practiced until I had something I liked.

Thanks

That's where the magic--and the originality happens. In my opinion.

I would have never thought about something like that--it's a cool take on something that's engraved on guns all over the place. Hidden in plain sight, so to speak.

JB's lucky to have you on board. You can't teach that stuff.

Edited September 9, 2008 by BruceGibson

[MattW]

Thanks Bruce.

[LNLeather]

HI

I know this is an old post,

but I think your work is Truly Outstanding!

[BConklin]

Well I'm happy you brought it back up to the top, Cheryl. That's some amazing work.

Edited February 3, 2011 by BConklin

[MattW]

Thanks guys.

[Stephan Danner]

A truly wonderful piece of art - I especially like how you worked the borderlines and the fine details, i.e. the hairblade-cuts in the stems.

Thank you for sharing!

[gregintenn]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rhide]

Thanks from me too Cheryl,for bringing this back up. I missed it before. This is some very impressive work!