Uh.. can we talk about the elephant in the room?@!

[JLSleather]

Curved panel holster for the Bond Arms Bullpup 9, by request in chocolate brown and brown elephant hide.  Dark brown nylon thread a la CowboyBob (link below).

[garypl]

That’s a nice looking holster Jeff!  Is elephant hide much more difficult to work with than thick veg tan, when used for stiffener?

Gary

[JLSleather]

Uh, yah... elephant is a bit of a pain.  Knife needs to be WAY sharp to cut cleanly, or the elephant tries to flex out of the way.  Great LOOK, and DURABLE stuff, but just requires a little patience to use.  The veg tan cow is easy to use.

[Firewalker]

Jeff that is a dang fine looking holster.  Nice work!

[BlakesBlades]

Very nice!

[Rhale]

Great looking holster!  The elephant hide will outlast the gun,  toughest hide I know of other than maybe shark.

[bikermutt07]

Really nice, Jeff.

[JLSleather]

'Preciatecha  fellas   Oh, I didn't get picks of that part of it, but the back panel of this was lined with tooling leather after it was dyed.  

 

Edited June 28, 2019 by JLSleather

[ABHandmade]

Wonderful work, Jeff. It looks very cool!

 

[JLSleather]

Thanks   I really like to TOOL leather too, but often holsters are made to be concealed ....

[Reegesc]

Very nice!

[JLSleather]

Hey, I 'get' it.  Some folks not big on chocolate elephant.  For those, may I suggest a cherry shark

[Rhale]

Beautiful,  and with two of the toughest hides in existence in my opinion

[JLSleather]

Yup, purdy tough.  Shark certainly easier to work with (and less money).

[AA3JW]

Both are really sweet looking.