Holster Patterns

[wayner]

lol, he’s far from a Dummy. That man has taught me so much about leather work I am forever in his Debt. 

[JLSleather]

well, that seems extreme 

but I maybe should get some these "NOT 5050" patterns digitalatized ...

 

[remotelarry]

17 minutes ago, JLSleather said:

well, that seems extreme 

but I maybe should get some these "NOT 5050" patterns digitalatized ...

 

Yes, please.

[JLSleather]

1 hour ago, remotelarry said:

Yes, please.

uh... okay.

Any interest in tooling designs or instruction?  Guessing if I upload a bit different style of holster I'll have to also change the directions a tad .  That would take considerably longer, so ...

This one shows a G27, tooled, monochrome colored, with safety thumb break strap and full lining.  Tools used were added to the pic for a conversation round here somewhere a while back.

 

[Steelart999]

I like that overall design.  I tend to want to use the natural patterns of exotics on the items I'm making, but, that said I've ended up buying a variety of texturing punches over the years ... without actually learning to use them properly.  So, tooling designs and instruction would be a great addition for me.

[JLSleather]

15 minutes ago, Steelart999 said:

tend to want to use the natural patterns of exotics on the items I'm making,

I generally like to "mix em up" with various exotic ACCENTS.  I have made full snakeskin belts, but prefer to recess it or inlay it so the scales don't flake. Just one example of some issues that can arise with exotics.  Somewhere along the line "prints' became widely used, but I aint really a fan there.  Gona use fake gator, might as well use fake cow.

IN the gallery some pics of various 'stuff' got added time to time,  like such as ...

Python

 

 

Teju lizard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ostrich leg

[Steelart999]

When you attach thin exotics to the 7/8 leather, do you glue the entire surface or just the area inside the stitch line?  How to you edge finish the thin exotic leathers?

Thanks

[DieselTech]

On 2/4/2024 at 10:15 AM, JLSleather said:

I generally like to "mix em up" with various exotic ACCENTS.  I have made full snakeskin belts, but prefer to recess it or inlay it so the scales don't flake. Just one example of some issues that can arise with exotics.  Somewhere along the line "prints' became widely used, but I aint really a fan there.  Gona use fake gator, might as well use fake cow.

IN the gallery some pics of various 'stuff' got added time to time,  like such as ...

Python

 

 

Teju lizard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ostrich leg

I'm curious how hard that teju lizard was to work with? Is it kinda scaly & hard to punch your stitching punches thru. 

Thanks. 

[JLSleather]

On 2/7/2024 at 7:10 AM, Steelart999 said:

When you attach thin exotics to the 7/8 leather, do you glue the entire surface or just the area inside the stitch line?  How to you edge finish the thin exotic leathers?

Thanks

not sure i'm gittin yer question here.if it's under the exotic, it's glued completely.  done differently one project to the next sometimes.  In these examples, the pocket holster lizard panel was glued to the flesh side of a cowhide, and then together glued and sewn to the main body.  That the question or somethin' else?

On 2/7/2024 at 9:40 AM, DieselTech said:

I'm curious how hard that teju lizard was to work with? Is it kinda scaly & hard to punch your stitching punches thru. 

Thanks. 

I haven't had any issues with it at all.  The small size of the scales lets it bend a pretty tight curve.  It's machine sewn, so maybe that makes a difference?  I do not like hole punches - too much chance for them to walk on you, or angle the wrong way coming out the back, or tear the leather on the way out (all of which I have had happen in the past).

So, either machine stitch, or I have been known to put a machine needle in a drill press and "poke" the holes.  SOME exotics you can get away with marking with an overstitch wheel and then using an awl, but not too many (exotics) work that well like that.

But teju isn't armadillo  so it aint too bad.  It doesn't "burnish" in the condition shown, so I taper it to almost feather edges on the back side before gluing.

[Steelart999]

16 hours ago, JLSleather said:

not sure i'm gittin yer question here.if it's under the exotic, it's glued completely.  done differently one project to the next sometimes.  In these examples, the pocket holster lizard panel was glued to the flesh side of a cowhide, and then together glued and sewn to the main body.  That the question or somethin' else?

Again, newbie here, but I'd read/watched vids where glue between two layers was not/should not be applied along the stitch line in order to avoid pulling the glue up into the stitch line.  And, to avoid gumming up the sewing machine.  That was what I was attempting to ask about.  It seems that you in fact do apply glue to the entire mating surfaces .