humperdingle Report post Posted October 23, 2013 Not much call for handgun holsters in the UK apart from for CO2 or airsoft but thought i'd give it a try anyway. The leather used is 4.5mm-5mm... Total thickness around the edge around 9.5mm. It's not great, but reasonably happy for a 1st. The leather was way too thick to start any detail boning (or is it?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted October 23, 2013 Looks good. 4.5 - 5mm is really thick. Its equal to 10-12 oz leather. Id stick with 3 - 3.5mm 7-9 oz for pancake holsters. 3.5 mm can be detailed Im not sure it would be possible to get and real detail out of 4.5 -5mm leather. The stitch line on the trigger guard looks pretty good considering the thickness of the leather. Id say for a first one you did very well. Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J Hayes Report post Posted October 24, 2013 Looks real nice. The only thing you may want to change is to not have the gun so deep. Bring it up a bit to give more clearance to the grip, so you can get a full firing grip as you unholster. I like the color too. Jeremy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humperdingle Report post Posted October 24, 2013 Thanks - I couldn't think what else to use such thick leather for! Yes, the colour is nice - I got a box full of offcuts - look to be maybe from the back, maybe the neck - which were an ideal shape and size for a pancake holster. The gun does draw fairly well but, not owning the real thing, I didn't consider the full grip issue. I'd say i'll do that on the next holster but there isn't much call for them here! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
