bjornk Report post Posted April 8, 2019 Here´s a little thing i made during the weekend, a civil war-type holster for my gf´s little swedish percussionpistol. She wanted it to look this way so its a bit hardened with beeswax.. Im pretty happy how it turned out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rohn Report post Posted April 8, 2019 That looks very nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SickMick Report post Posted April 9, 2019 It looks like it'll do the job very well. You're happy and she's happy....what could be better than that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjornk Report post Posted April 9, 2019 Thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted April 9, 2019 Very nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted April 9, 2019 Looks most excellent Did you do a bit of wet-moulding around the stock/barrel part? Moulding the outer part of the holster after assembly? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjornk Report post Posted April 10, 2019 15 hours ago, fredk said: Looks most excellent Did you do a bit of wet-moulding around the stock/barrel part? Moulding the outer part of the holster after assembly? Thank you Honestly no - i didnt. I just shaped it slightly while the beeswax were cooling down after i warmed it in and that worked pretty good too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noobleather Report post Posted April 10, 2019 I good effort there! Thanks for sharing the picture Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Report post Posted April 11, 2019 Love this style of holster! Will the beeswax help with durability & rain resistance in the field? (Seems intuitive that it would ...). I’ve never had any issue with a leather holster that I allowed to dry out after it got wet & reapplied neatsfoot oil to. Also, anyone know if tooling or carving would look ok under a heavy coat of beeswax? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjornk Report post Posted April 12, 2019 Viking, I would say that it does, when used hard the hardening softens up sometimes but its easy to reheat and add more beeswax. About rainresistance i would say that it works too - i carried a similar holster during a full day of very rainy reenactment and it worked really well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
