Members Dragonfly42 Posted October 5, 2017 Members Report Posted October 5, 2017 Huge thank you to the excellent PDF on holster building on this site!!! Made my first holster for my new toy. About 8 hours total. Still need to add the hammer loop Quote
Members Stetson912 Posted October 5, 2017 Members Report Posted October 5, 2017 Nice! How did you dye and finish? Quote
Members Dragonfly42 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Members Report Posted October 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, Stetson912 said: Nice! How did you dye and finish? Saddle tan antique then airbrush faded show brown. Then paint black background and black border with a paintbrush then resolene Quote
Members battlemunky Posted October 5, 2017 Members Report Posted October 5, 2017 I really dig that work. It looks great and meets the awesomeness of the gun. The complete one another. Quote
Members plinkercases Posted October 6, 2017 Members Report Posted October 6, 2017 Really nice first holster... you can't stop at one ! Quote
Members Dragonfly42 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Members Report Posted October 6, 2017 35 minutes ago, plinkercases said: Really nice first holster... you can't stop at one ! Hahahaha but I only have one gun!! Although I do think I need the sheriff version with the shorter barrel to learn how to make a cross draw Quote
Members Stetson912 Posted October 6, 2017 Members Report Posted October 6, 2017 Haha, cross draw is just a right handed holster with backwards cant worn on the left side. Haha. Ok ok, in all fairness I'm sure there is more to it than that lol What you do is make the holster for the gun you want. That way you can say to the missus that you have to get the gun to put in it now Quote
Members Dragonfly42 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Members Report Posted October 6, 2017 14 minutes ago, Stetson912 said: Haha, cross draw is just a right handed holster with backwards cant worn on the left side. Haha. Ok ok, in all fairness I'm sure there is more to it than that lol What you do is make the holster for the gun you want. That way you can say to the missus that you have to get the gun to put in it now It's the whole angled thing that has me messed up. These things are heavy. How and why does it stay at an angle! Quote
Members Stetson912 Posted October 6, 2017 Members Report Posted October 6, 2017 When you make the skirt you make it at an angle so it hangs on the belt that way. It's not a huge angle just enough so you can get a good grip on the draw. I couldn't find a good example of the backside of a cross draw bit this image kind of describes it. When you do it you'll want a full skirt probably but you see where it folds to create the belt loop it's angled. This causes the cant on the belt. The gun is more secure than you may think too. A bit counter intuitive in a zero retention holster like they use in saa.they are typically work at the 10-11 position too so an extreme angle isn't usually required. Just some thoughts. If you look around for will Ghormley or slickbald patterns, I'm sure one or both have crossdraw patterns Quote
Members OldLog Posted November 3, 2017 Members Report Posted November 3, 2017 Really great job. I need some idea like this for my 1860 Army Quote
Members Dragonfly42 Posted November 3, 2017 Author Members Report Posted November 3, 2017 1 hour ago, OldLog said: Really great job. I need some idea like this for my 1860 Army I followed the tutorial on this site and measured it specific to the gun Quote
Members NeilMac Posted November 7, 2017 Members Report Posted November 7, 2017 Great looking detail, nice work. Quote
Members SpaceRanger42 Posted November 7, 2017 Members Report Posted November 7, 2017 Dammit, now I want to redux my holsters . . . Great work! Quote
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