1911 Commander Snap on Pancake Holster with Shark trim

[Bolt Vanderhuge]

I just finished this holster and thought I would share. I have been working to get this boning thing down and I think I finally got it. Still working thru some dye learning curves but that seems to change from one color to the next.

The holster is a snap on pancake with 25* cant for Commander size 1911s. Yes it is a clone of the MS Axiom and TT Gunleather DDOO. The shark trim was chocolate brown before being sealed but now looks black. It works for me though so not a big deal. I used 8/9 leather for this. The seal coat is Tandy's Pro clear gloss. Hand stitched.

 

 

[BlakesBlades]

Nice Job.

[cowboyedout]

45 minutes ago, BlakesBlades said:

Nice Job.

Nice job

[mustangman2]

Very nice 

[snubbyfan]

Very nice.

[JLSleather]

 that looks purdy good!

 

[OLDNSLOW]

I wanna know what weight the front half of leather is?  And are you vacuum molding or all by hand?

Thanks

[Bolt Vanderhuge]

Thank you all.

[Bolt Vanderhuge]

2 hours ago, OLDNSLOW said:

I wanna know what weight the front half of leather is?  And are you vacuum molding or all by hand?

Thanks

Both the front and the back are 8/9 Herman Oak. The accent is 2/3 HO with roughly 2/3 shark on top of it. Straps were thinned 8/9 and then the same 2/3 shark. Not sure how thin I got the straps down to but I did not take much off. Probably only about the same as 2/3.

All molding is by hand. Starting from dry I just use a spray bottle to evenly spry the front, back and then the inside. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes and insert the gun. From there it was easy to use my thumbs to get the rough detail and then my detail crease tool for the fine detail lines. Took about 40 minutes from dry to the start of letting it dry out. Both sides are actually detailed. I am gonna try to take some better pics of it tomorrow and add them here.

[usmc0341]

Very nice! I'd like to see pictures of the back