A simple basketweave holster

[LederRudi]

8 hours ago, plinkercases said:

Interesting choice not to use a cammo to boarder your weave.... very straight forward... I may try this approach if the right piece presents itself.

And beautiful finish on it. Well worth the time even if only you know the time!

Yeah, as uncompromising as the german purity law...mallet, stamp and leather, nothing else!

I like that holster a lot (the other two no less). And, yes, the color is beautiful!

[Toney]

Very nice

[OLDNSLOW]

I meant to ask are you air brushing or using a dauber?

Thanks

Ron 

[klaykrusher]

I like these a lot!  Very nice Boriqua!  Gonna have to experiment with your dyeing process....

[Boriqua]

15 hours ago, OLDNSLOW said:

I meant to ask are you air brushing or using a dauber?

Thanks

Ron 

Hey Ron

The dye for this gig was applied with an airbrush. I probably use my airbrush 98% of the time now.

[OLDNSLOW]

Thanks, I keep going back and fourth between air brush and dauber when doing my coloring as I only have the harbor freight brush currently.

[Boriqua]

1 minute ago, OLDNSLOW said:

Thanks, I keep going back and fourth between air brush and dauber when doing my coloring as I only have the harbor freight brush currently.

The harbor freight works fine and I still use mine sometimes but it has mostly become my wifes so she leaves my iwata alone. I used my harbor freight exclusively for a couple of years.

I often use a combination of air brush and dauber on the same project. I find that i can get streaky results with the dauber alone so if I want to lay down alot of color quickly, like maybe the black on the back of a holster, I will spray it first fairly wet which seems to open up the pores and gives a nice smooth start and then I immediately go in with the dauber and lay down some dye. I find that I get a much nicer result than when I use the dauber alone. I havent done any scientific testing as too what happens but I know I get a much cleaner, faster solid color when I do it that way.

[OLDNSLOW]

Thanks for the info I will have to try that.

[splinters]

Well done Boriqua and thanks for taking the time to post this.

P.S. Very interesting that the basket weave is bordered by the stitching. Looks very good IMO.

Edited June 24, 2016 by splinters

[JLSleather]

You know, a 'real' tradesman would lined up the basketweave with the fat wrinkles

I'm jus' playin -- that looks GOOD