prison pistol case

[pete]

For 2 years now I have visited and marveled at the pistol case that a convict made for Kevin at Springfield Leather in Missouri. I finally remembered to take a camera with me today and took some pictures. The incredible thing about this piece is that the leather is 7/8 oz and unlike Peter Main and others- the leaves are NOT glued to the top. The reason that I say this is that you can STICK YOU LITTLE FINGER UNDER THE UNDERCUTS! I have no idea how he did this as I didn't think that you could stretch leather this high. I'm sick that my camera ran out of battery as the next few pictures that I was going to take wold have shown my hand on it to show exactly how deep the undercuts are.

He must have had a lot of time on his hands..... 15-20 I think.

This depth of tooling rivals anything that I have seen from Al Stohlman, Peter Main, etc. This man is a master

[pete]

I forgot to mention that you can hold the case horizontally and see all the way under the leaves!!!!!!

[Luke Hatley]

PETE, that is a fabolious piece of leather work, or i could say

Leather Art. what color did you use and what is that border design

looks like leaves..

[Beaverslayer]

That is beautiful. I was always amazed at the amount of talent that came out of inmates in prison. I think it has a lot to do with all the time you have on your hands.

Ken

[pete]

PETE, that is a fabolious piece of leather work, or i could say

Leather Art. what color did you use and what is that border design

looks like leaves..

Luke- I didn't do this piece. A prisoner did. It is at Springfield Leather on the wall.

pete

[Wolf]

This is a fantastic piece of leather art!

Wolf

[Rawhide]

Fantastic work. It's amazing what people can accomplish when they direct their energy in a positive path.

Also Pete, you would be amazed at how far leather will stretch. If you look for work by Robb Barr, you'll find that some of his work is stretch 4, 5, maybe 6 inches from the flat plane.

I had the chance to see some of his work first hand, and believe me, leather can stretch A LOT!!!

Marlon

[kagekeeper]

Speaking as an officer in the corrections field for many years, I can attest to the abundance of talent and skills that lots of them have, but do NOTHING w/ it because of all the "distractions" i will call it on the outside.

[Jordan]

A question if I may, Is the design 1 piece of leather folded over with a zipper around the perimeter or is it 3 pieces with a zipper sewn into the 3rd piece around the perimeter? I am trying out some patterns. One is sort of a kidney bean shape with a top, bottom and a strip with a zipper around the butt end so it would not fold all the way open rather you would draw the pistol out of it, and the other would be kind of a rounded triangle shape folded over with a zipper closure most of the way around it that would open almost flat. Also I am thinking of a batting and flannel lining. Any suggestions?

[pete]

It is one piece of leather.If you want I can take more fotos of it next time I go to Springfield. I'll take close-ups of the inside and zipper attachment.

pete