Personal 1911 Set Up

[Fredo]

Or "The Cobbler Has No Shoes"

You all know how it is, you never seem to have time for your own projects. On and off I guess this has been set aside for about a year now. Not quite done and the belt is one I made about 3 yrs ago.

1911 full size, hand stitched holster and belt with liner and stiffiner.

Edited June 5, 2014 by Fredo

[jbossartcustomgunleather]

Looks great! Congrats!

I know how you feel, I make nice holsters and in the mail they go! I still don't have anything nice for my own pistols.

[Colt Hammerless]

That's really nice! Hand stitched a belt 3 years ago huh? Do your hands still hurt from it? :-)

I know exactly what you guys mean. In fact I use the same cobbler line when telling people about my own lack of really nice gear. Every time I send something out the door that's made for a gun that I also have, I sigh, and say "Man, I wish I had something this nice." Then in the box it goes.

Paul

[jbossartcustomgunleather]

"Man, I wish I had something this nice."

That is exactly what goes through my mind, seriously!

[harley45]

I can understand this post fully!

[Colt W Knight]

I own 5 pistols, and I don't have a real holster for any of them.

Nice work.

[SteelcityK9Cop]

All my holsters come from the "Ooops Box".

[TexasJack]

My personal stuff is usually the prototype version - I'll try something to see how well it turns out. Then I make a nice one and that one winds up going to someone else. So the sheaths, phone holders, and holsters that are mine have glue marks, missing stitches, moved stitches, mis-matched stamping, etc.