First IWB Holster

[Hildebrand]

This is my first try at an IWB holster.  Thank you to JLS leather for the pattern, this is a Kimber Micro in his Springfield Micro pattern.  If I make it again for this gun I need to sweep the top of the front and back down a shade to completely clear the magazine release and squeeze the stitch line in at the very top a touch.  I have a few issues with the sewing, I am starting to get on the same page as my CB 4500 but sometimes I still end up with a stitch where I didn't intend for it to land.  Same with the presser foot marks.  Any critiques or pointers welcome.

Todd

[JLSleather]

Yer slots are a bit narrow.

You could leave a bit more room under the grip without hurting anything. Some of that would be helped just by 'suckin in" the stitch line where you talked about.

And yeah - those footprints are deep.  Put a piece of light leather (3/4-ish) under the presser foot... prollem solved (and no going back to smooth later). 

In this vid, I actually used wet leather to make the marks even worse.  The piece under the foot eliminates the marks (and I have the foot cranked down pretty good).

Edited April 29, 2019 by JLSleather