A Couple Of Recent Builds

[Ran]

Supercub...on the straps, I simply make a 'hard' line (I use a groover) part way up the straps and change colors such that it can be seen only from the back. I don't have a pic of the back loaded up, but maybe I can snap one today and post.

Dwight....YES, -20F as I type this post at 4:20AM on Monday!...

Vaalpens...I agree regarding the 1911 profile lending itself well to a tightly boned holster. I've built many similar holsters for other firearms and they don't always provide the same aesthetics

Thanks for the kind remarks, folks!

Edited December 16, 2013 by Ran

[vaalpens]

Vaalpens...I agree regarding the 1911 profile lending itself well to a tightly boned holster. I've built many similar holsters for other firearms and they don't always provide the same aesthetics

Thanks for the kind remarks, folks!

I used to buy guns with the same action and about the same size and feel so that I can use any one of them for SD without any problems. Now that I am making holsters I am actually looking at guns not just how they would go with my other guns, but also if it would lend itself to a more elegant or old school type holster. I don't have a 1911, but I am actually now thinking of buying a 1911 just so I can design a holster around it. Leather working is getting expensive now, but I'm not complaining if in the process I can add to my gun variety.

[Ran]

I hear ya there, Vaalpens. I LOVE my 1911s. And, like you say, building holsters makes a guy think he needs more pistols!...