Holster VIDEOs 'n' stuff

[immiketoo]

Here's one I like.  No words, no grandstanding and yet easy to see whats happening all the way through.  As for what that was, just a guy making an observation.  
 

 

[JLSleather]

See - simple   Let's add that one, then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFsXw3gabqk   A guy who never made a holster could see how JUST from this one video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLXPUcdN9_E  No words, no grandstanding and yet easy to see whats happening all the way through

 

[JLSleather]

Nope - not seein' anything about "curved" holsters 'cept for some kydex stuff (and most of that is trying to advertise something  )

Anybody else got a tip?  Keep in mind, it need not involve a making a pattern, or even using a pattern at all

Realistically,.. after all this poo you jus' know if I gotta make that video, I'm gonna make it about a 12-part series

 

Edited July 15, 2017 by JLSleather

[wayner]

IMMIKETO i for one have watched many videos and the biggest problem with that is no one does it the same way , so if your learning and someone from this site says watch a video  you think ok thats how its done then you find another video and its done differently so then you get confused . And then there are a LOT of people on this site that if you ask them questions they tell you to go watch this video or go read this book. Now not everyone i have made several friends that have helped me a lot but with every group of people you have your @@s hats . 

[JLSleather]

1 hour ago, wayner said:

no one does it the same way

Yikes, don't get 'em started about the way it's done   ... we'll have somebody telling us he knows that subject has already been done a bazzillion times, BUT ...here's another one     It must be mandatory to say "this is the way I do it.. might not be the only way.. and there's a thousand videos about this already, BUT here's another one...".  Must be in the script

But I didn't start out to make this a "bash videos you don't think are worth the electricity to make em" topic -- but rather, IF you have a video you found USEFUL how 'bout share it with the rest of us and save us the hours of searching (yes, I know there are some so petty that they figure nobody helped them find them, so they aren't helping the next guy either-- nothing I can do for those people).

After a day and a half, ONE video added to the first one I posted.  And it has "no words" (I'm quoting here).

No matter.  Sometimes no answer IS an answer.  Maybe I'll check back in a few days ...

To my shame, though..  I need to go comment favorably on Andrews' video -- in all the times I've mentioned, commented on, and referred people to Andrews' video -- I have never commented on his site, or so much as thanked the guy for making it much less making it available FREE. 

[JLSleather]

There, tha's now been done.  'Course, when I click on the video, it starts.  Which reminds me again WHY that's a video I recommend.  Hank 'n' Sam :

show the actual process, explain what they are doing and much of why it's done, mentions specific materials and tools, includes no pirated pattern or music  -

IN 33 minutes, a guy is told and / or shown ...

• wickett & craig leather,
• barge cement,
• stitch groover and its use,
• different size edgers,
• dead blow hammer,
• sanding edges to even 'em up,
• duncans 'dummy guns' (and bless their heart they refer the name and location of the maker),
• brief discussion of why he makes these "molded to the outside" (curved),
• wet molding and use of a dowel for a site channel, 
• forming with a shop press,
• discussion and showing of "boning" the holster,
• during the 'boning", you can clearly see that the stitching is AT the weapon.. not 1/4" or 1/2" away (except at the tension screw, which is also covered step by step later),
• edge coat (what it is and how to use it),
• use of wool daubers,
• neatsfoot oil,
• resolene finish (including a view of the manufacturer's bottle and a discussion and view of how he uses it),
• tensioning screws / spacers.

And did I mention free?

 

[immiketoo]

4 hours ago, wayner said:

IMMIKETO i for one have watched many videos and the biggest problem with that is no one does it the same way , so if your learning and someone from this site says watch a video  you think ok thats how its done then you find another video and its done differently so then you get confused . And then there are a LOT of people on this site that if you ask them questions they tell you to go watch this video or go read this book. Now not everyone i have made several friends that have helped me a lot but with every group of people you have your @@s hats . 

This is very true.  Thats kind of the beauty of leather work though.  There isn't only one right way to do most things.  Not ALL things.  Usually, you have to find what works for you with your vision, artistic ability and the tools and equipment.  Anyone who says theres only one way of doing things likely hasn't learned anything in a LONG time.  You can see this in some of the free video content on the web.  

The one thing that I find severely lacking in this field is that most people are afraid to experiment on their own to gain experience.  They want an answer, or a pattern or a sure fire way to make a single product.  What Jeff is getting at, is being able to take your skills one step further and learn to develop a pattern from a gun.  That doesn't eliminate the validity of reading this book or watching that video, but it does seem a bit impersonal.  I't doesn't mean that they're ass hats, although SOME are.  Nothing you can do about that.

The thing is, that we all learn in different ways.  Some can read and interpret with more efficiency than others.  Some need to have their hands on, and still others like to watch someone doing it, hence the video era.  Free is like anything else, you get what you pay for.  Quality instruction by knowledgable professionals is worth money.  
 

[JLSleather]

1 hour ago, immiketoo said:

Free is like anything else, you get what you pay for.  Quality instruction by knowledgable professionals is worth money.

Okay, silly me -- I'll 'bite'.

I've clearly made a mistake... since charging money for something makes it "worth" more, all you folks been downloading those free patterns send me 10¢ each.  Not that I'm determined to bilk you outta the dime, but it will make the patterns "worth more"

Okay, there's my light-hearted attempt at humor.  Now.. can we get back on the point of actually assisting other leather crafters, or is that just not going to happen here on LW?  I mean, if I've misunderstood and that's not the idea - just say so - I'll understand

1 hour ago, immiketoo said:

What Jeff is getting at, is being able to take your skills one step further and learn to develop a pattern from a gun

Actually, Mike - that's not necessarily what I'm talking about (though a guy could include that).  I'm talking about leather holsters.  Could be pattern making, could be pattern using, could be making holsters without a pattern, whatever.

In fact, I don't remember suggesting that it matters if it's free or paid. ↓

On 7/13/2017 at 7:13 PM, JLSleather said:

I don't care who did the video, or when -- only that it adds relevant information that isn't covered in a bunch of other places.  Something unique.  Could be yours or someone else's.  By seeing what is covered, we should then know what is not covered, yes?

 

[JLSleather]

HEY.. do we wanna know FUNNY?

In my WHYtube search, there's a playlist - containing 51 videos - by someone named Jack Patience.  After 51 of those videos, a fella has EARNED the name Patience

 

[immiketoo]

2 minutes ago, JLSleather said:

HEY.. do we wanna know FUNNY?

In my WHYtube search, there's a playlist - containing 51 videos - by someone named Jack Patience.  After 51 of those videos, a fella has EARNED the name Patience

 

You sure its not George?

 

2 hours ago, JLSleather said:

 

And did I mention free?

 

Sorry this was sort of emphasized so it seems you did mention it.  Pardon my confusion if you didn't mean to.