Recent Projects Off My Bench

[stu925]

I've been off from my real job for about 12 days so I could get some deer hunting in. Of course I couldn't get in the woods every day but I've been making every attempt at it. In between I've been doing some leather projects on my list. First up is a Holster for a J frame Model 60 S&W. It's for a buddies wife and her gun has a grip laser mounted on it. I had to clearance the leather a bit for the laser after the holster was done but honestly you can't even tell the difference. The gun in the holster is my M36 not her 60. She had no color preference for the holster so since I had the Saddle Tan out, that's what she got. I really like this color too.






Next up, one of my hunting partners (not the same as above) was complaining about the factory sheath of his Buck 105. The knife rattles around in the sheath and for some reason Buck chose to put some sort of a plastic liner in there where the spine of the knife rides. So I took it upon myself to make him a new sheath for his 105. I own the same knife (as I'm sure a lot of you do also) but mine is an older production knife from the 60's or 70's and thus mine came with a quality leather sheath. I decided to base the new sheath loosely off of my old one and this is what I came up with.





I thought I had a picture of the back of the sheath but apparently I didn't take one. I'll have to rectify that before I give him his new sheath. He actually didn't know about the sheath until I sent him a text telling him "I think this is yours. I'd like to keep it but those aren't my initials." I was initially going to carve the deer skull into the leather but it's only 1.5x1.5" and I was having a lot of trouble controlling the swivel knife on a piece that small when I was practicing. So I decided an embossed look might be the way to go, I kind of like the fact that it's not quite so prominent. The embossing reminds me of the ghost flames effect seen on many custom paint jobs.

Lastly is a holster for a KelTec P-11. I did a bunch of research on this to start with and what I found is that there isn't a bluegun for a P-11 but all the P-11 holsters made are listed as Ruger LC9 holsters so I ordered me up an LC9 bluegun and went to work. This holster rides about as high as you could possibly ask of any belt holster although if I were going to do another one I might cut the ears down on it as they look a little long for my liking. They should however provide a nice stable rig with little movement.

[jlrowe]

Looks great! nice quality work.

[Timd]

Good lookin' stuff right there!