Another Holster

[keithdubya]

That looks great, how did you superimpose the state of Texas on the leather?  I'm up in Arlington by the way.

 

Thanks,

Keithdubya

 

[alpha2]

Safely clears the mag release, and plenty of grip available! I'd say you have a winner there. Lonestar state bit is icing on the cake. 

Jeff

[brmax]

Ya thats really nice work there. 

 

 

Good day

Floyd

[olfart]

Thanks much for the positive reviews!  The Texas image was done with a stencil I made, then laid it on the flat leather (before wet forming) and used the airbrush to fill in the image.  Next time I'll try to figure a way to attach the stencil to the leather instead of just letting it lie flat of its own accord.  The airbrush tends to lift it, letting some color get under the stencil.

[RegisD]

Good one!  I like the State of Texas, great idea! 

[olfart]

Thanks for the kind words, RegisD!

[bullmoosepaddles]

Good work. I am screwing up the courage to have a go at my air brush. I wish I could find the courage I had in my youth. In those days it seemed I try anything. I often made it happen. Now I doubt myself so often. Never quite figured out when that happened. 

Anyway. Good job and thank you for sharing.    

[olfart]

Keep in mind as Alpha2 said, you can practice airbrush on anything, even yesterday's newspaper, so you don't mess up leather for practice.  If you've ever used a spray gun for painting, it's not that hard to finger out. 

Try it! You'll like it!

[JLSleather]

On 7/18/2018 at 10:07 PM, olfart said:

Next time I'll try to figure a way to attach the stencil to the leather

Rubber cement.  Same cheap stuff you use to temp attach parts for sewing / lacing.  

On 7/18/2018 at 6:51 PM, alpha2 said:

Safely clears the mag release, and plenty of grip available! I'd say you have a winner there. Lonestar state bit is icing on the cake. 

Yep, exactly that right there.  Stitchin' looks good too.  Now if it wasn't backwards ...

 

[olfart]

Thanks for the nice comments, JLSleather!  Yeah, my lefty friend is also my preacher, and he can be a little backwards sometimes.    His birthday is this week, so we'll have the big unveiling in a couple of days.

As for the stencil, I've just ordered a roll of frisket.  Way back in the previous century I used red frisket for masking b/w negatives to block out backgrounds.