P-7 holster

[Samalan]

outer veg tan 7 to 8 inner 4 to 5 veg tan bonded with contact cement 277 nylon thread  black dye finish resolene 50 50 water . Note the grip safety on the front of grip its a strange one . 

[JazzBass]

Nice work  

I always liked the P7, although it is a rather complicated design. The grip safety is actually a "squeeze cocker", and will also drop the slide on a new mag.

What's nice about it, is that the bore centerline sits lower in the hand than any other auto I've seen, but the delayed blowback design (by way of a piston under the barrel), can get REALLY hot when firing a lot of rounds.

[Lobo]

Nice looking work there.

The H&K P7 (PSP and M8) offer some challenges for the holster maker. Overall very short length, weight heavily concentrated in the grip-frame area, and that squeeze-cocking mechanism on the front grip-strap. Any holster design that contains enough of the pistol to provide reasonable security can too easily obstruct ease of draw (accessibility), and high-ride designs can too easily allow the weight to cause the holstered handgun to tip out away from the body (compromising both security and concealability).

You seem to have overcome those challenges quite well.

Best regards.

[JLSleather]

So that's like 13 oz leather?  That sounds heavy for that size, but I do like the design.

[T191032]

Very nice.

[Samalan]

On 12/21/2018 at 12:22 PM, Lobo said:

Nice looking work there.

The H&K P7 (PSP and M8) offer some challenges for the holster maker. Overall very short length, weight heavily concentrated in the grip-frame area, and that squeeze-cocking mechanism on the front grip-strap. Any holster design that contains enough of the pistol to provide reasonable security can too easily obstruct ease of draw (accessibility), and high-ride designs can too easily allow the weight to cause the holstered handgun to tip out away from the body (compromising both security and concealability).

You seem to have overcome those challenges quite well.

Best regards.       Lobo you are right on it was a challenge but fun, thank you for your comments.

 

On 12/21/2018 at 2:04 PM, JLSleather said:

So that's like 13 oz leather?  That sounds heavy for that size, but I do like the design.

          JLSleather Thank you for your comments , it sounds heavy but it seams not to be, this holster is three years old the man wears it  every day the 2 layer bonded and compressed hold like iron.