Members Dwight Posted June 13, 2016 Members Report Posted June 13, 2016 Been a while since I did one of these, . . . was kind of a fun project when it was all said and done. For ammo, . . . pouch on the off side holds a speed strip. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members Double Daddy Posted June 16, 2016 Members Report Posted June 16, 2016 Very nice, Dwight! I like that design... Quote Have a great day! Chris
Members Dwight Posted June 17, 2016 Author Members Report Posted June 17, 2016 Thanks, Double Daddy, . . . it's a compilation of several different designs, . . . took some of my ideas, . . . added some others to them, . . . made this for a local guy who really loves his little SP101. I'm a 1911 guy, . . . I was real happy the way it all turned out. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members dikman Posted June 17, 2016 Members Report Posted June 17, 2016 Looks like a lot of work, Dwight. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Dwight Posted June 17, 2016 Author Members Report Posted June 17, 2016 Actually it is a lot of work, . . . not only the leather work, . . . but the kydex fittings also are hand made. I couldn't find any supplier, . . . so I up and bought a sheet of the stuff, . . . found out it is not THAT hard to manipulate if you take your time. The pieces where the shoulder straps slide through and all the keepers are black kydex. The owner also had not given any thought to extra ammo, . . . did a zip strip on the off side with 6 rounds. He really liked that. I'm thinking there will be one of these in my future for my little Springfield .45 Micro 3 inch barrel. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members stu925 Posted June 27, 2016 Members Report Posted June 27, 2016 The kydex is a great idea, the ones I've built I used leather for the back piece and some brass square rings which worked pretty well. Nice job Dwight, looks great. Stu Quote
bikermutt07 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Posted June 28, 2016 That looks great. So, kydex is strong enough to use little triangles like that? I didn't know it was that tough. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Dwight Posted June 28, 2016 Author Members Report Posted June 28, 2016 1 hour ago, bikermutt07 said: That looks great. So, kydex is strong enough to use little triangles like that? I didn't know it was that tough. I bought a couple of pieces from Tandy, . . . like maybe 12 x 24, . . . for something like 20 bucks, . . . figured I'd play with it doing some things. Looked at other holsters, . . . they used what has to be a close cousin to kydex, . . . so I tried it out on some stuff, . . . this is the first one exactly like this. I tried to pull the triangles apart, . . . nothing happening there. And the holes came right out with a punch, . . . were kinda ragged, . . . had to dress them with a sharp pointed knife. Edges dress out real quick on a belt sander. AND it is DIRTY when using a belt sander. I'd have to have a separate sander and location if I really did a big bunch of that. Have fun, . . . invent, . . . that is part of the lure to me of leather work. Thanks for the good words, . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members SLP Posted June 28, 2016 Members Report Posted June 28, 2016 That's very clean, Dwight! Your work is always inspirational. When I first got started I really wanted to make a shoulder rig. Haven't got around to it yet, though I haven't been in the game very long. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Steve Patterson Quote
Members Dwight Posted June 28, 2016 Author Members Report Posted June 28, 2016 16 hours ago, SLP said: That's very clean, Dwight! Your work is always inspirational. When I first got started I really wanted to make a shoulder rig. Haven't got around to it yet, though I haven't been in the game very long. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Steve Patterson If you decide to give it a whirl, . . . send me a PM, . . . we'll get together and I'll show you the other things you need to make. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
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