I Would Like To Make A Pair Of Glock 19 Hosters In Crocodile, Owb.

[SawGunner12B]

I have never worked in crocodile before.

Can you guys provide me with any tips for doing so?

Is there an OWB pattern that lends it's self particularly to working with crocodile?

Also... One thing that I am very concerned with is getting the edges right...

Any and ALL advice is very much welcomed!

[katsass]

FWIW: I have never found that attempts to use an 'exotic' leather as the primary or only leather for a holster works out very well. To me they never look 'finished and always seem to lack a proper appearance. Especially the edges never can be finished to look correct. My suggestion would be to inlay your project with the 'croc', gator, ostrich shin' or snake and allow it to really define your project and make it more distinctive. Frankly very few overlay pieces that I have seen where the exotic is used actually turn out as I would wish. As an example here is a holster for a 1911 'long slide' I did a while ago using ostrich shin inlayed into a dark contrasting piece of 4/5oz shoulder leather. I think that you would be much more satisfied using your exotic in this way. Of course the inlay piece set in the 4/5oz contrasting leather is backed with another piece of 4/5oz bonded to it -- that way the combination equals to be about a piece of 8/10oz you're working with. Mike P.S. Inlays do require a pot load of extra stitching as compared to an a standard holster.

Edited January 31, 2016 by katsass