Cross draw holster & cartridge belt

[Professor]

A beautiful job.

[Forester]

Josh I really like your work, tooled or non tooled. What colour Fiebings dye did you use? 

[Josh Ashman]

Thanks Professor & Forester!

As for the color of the Fiebings, I may cause concern for some by admitting that its really a mix of various things and years of adding what I had on hand. I had an empty Folgers coffee can that started as a 50/50 mix of plain old iso alcohol and Fiebings pro oil, probably in dark brown, but to be honest I don't 100% recall, it could have been light brown too. After it was nearly empty I dumped it and all the other half empty "brownish" dye containers I had on hand into an empty gallon ice cream pail. Then I dumped all the half empty bottles of iso alcohol I had sitting around into that. I know there was some walnut and some medium brown, there were several other bottles as well. I have a separate tub that has a similar mixture of British Tan in it, so I don't think there is any of that in my "brown" tub. Anyway, I'm about to the bottom of my "brown" ice cream pail of dye mix now and plan on a fresh start soon. sorry I can't give a "repeatable" mix. If I could I certainly would!

All the best,

Josh

[Double Daddy]

42 minutes ago, Josh Ashman said:

 

As for the color of the Fiebings, I may cause concern for some by admitting that its really a mix of various things and years of adding what I had on hand. 

 

No concern at all, Josh...sometimes in this craft, chaos and a little "this 'n that" works to our benefit...as in the case of your dyeing method here. Superb work as always, sir! Thanks for the 'behind the scenes" pics, as well...I saw this sharp lookin' simple rig when you posted it on FB earlier and was wondering if there might be a little more shown to us over here...most appreciated!

[Josh Ashman]

Thanks Chris! I'm afraid "chaos" is entirely too descriptive of my dying process and sadly, my work area lately! Someday I'll clean up my mess. Not this day, but someday  

All the best!

Josh

[thefallguy]

Good job! I like the clean look of a simple and well made holster/gun belt. What kind of creaser did you use on those? The double lines look really nice.

 

[Vikefan]

Josh Ashman,

What kind of sewing machine do you use?  I'm looking at the Cowboy 3200 or maybe the Techsew 2750 (plain).

Great work! Very Clean.

Vikefan

[Josh Ashman]

15 hours ago, thefallguy said:

Good job! I like the clean look of a simple and well made holster/gun belt. What kind of creaser did you use on those? The double lines look really nice.

 

Thanks FallGuy! I just use a Tandy wing divider. I've had it a little over 10 years, so it's certainly "older" but no so old as to be a different quality than the ones they sell today. At least I doubt it is any different. I've bought Osborne creasers and what Weaver says is a nice beader as well as a fancier Horse Shoe Brand divider but I don't seem to use any of them as well as the simple Tandy dividers. I set them to whatever width I want for the 1st crease and run one side along the edge of the leather, then adjust and do it again. I make the creases while the leather is still fairly wet from casing. Wetter than you would have it for stamping but not by much. 

Best, Josh

[Josh Ashman]

11 hours ago, Vikefan said:

Josh Ashman,

What kind of sewing machine do you use?  I'm looking at the Cowboy 3200 or maybe the Techsew 2750 (plain).

Great work! Very Clean.

Vikefan

Thanks Vikefan! I use a Cobra Class 4 I picked up from Springfield Leather. I don't have a single bad thing to say about it. At the same rime I will admit that it's the only leather sewing machine I've ever used, so there may be better ones out there and I just don't know what I'm missing. 

Best, Josh

[particle]

That's a great looking rig, Josh! Love the color.