Horsehide Pancake And Mag Pouch With Elephant

[mrfixit]

This holster and mag pouch is over 4 years old as you see it today. I made it back then and just never posted any photos of it. This is and has been my daily wear for all that time. I am an arson investigator, so this has been worn 40+ hours a week for 4 years.

This holster has held up well, I like the horsehide. the finish is natural for the horsehide, and the elephant was some scraps from a Tandy shop in Lubbuck Texas. I've been back several times in the last 4 years and they haven't had any exotic scraps again. At the time I grabbed the elephant, I also got a bit of Ostrich and Shark.

I post this because I have another weapon I plan to begin carrying for duty. Some would say the 1911 is an old design, so I'm updating to the more modern Browning/FN Hi Power. I hope you can hear the sarcasm in my typing since the Hi Power was put into service in 1935.

Be that as it may, I like this holster design and found out the pattern for a 1911 will fit the Hi power very well. Jeff Hays was kind enough to let me use his pattern for this holster, I made very small changes to the outline. I will be using a magazine pouch pattern from JLS Leathers and will be modifying it slightly as well.

I would be glad to answer questions about this, and I plan on a 'step by step' on the Hi Power project in another post.

[tclaridge]

That's cool, looks great after years of real service! Classy and tough looking setup-- I like it a lot.

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