Carved 1911 Pancake Holster

[MLGilbert]

Hey everyone! Been a while since I posted, but in the meantime I got an order for a 1911 pancake holster, first one I’ve made! This was also my first time trying any sort of thumb break, so I made my own stiffener and heat treated it, and it work just like it should. I’d like to hear any feedback y’all have! 

Cheers,

Morgan

[sideforce]

Nice

[dakotawolf]

Looks good!  I would be interested to see how you did your thumb break and what you used for the stiffener.   

[AzShooter]

Captivating holster.

[SLP]

Call JRM Stiffeners and ask to buy 100.  The owner and his wife are very nice. It's about $15 for 100. They will accommodate you.

http://www.jrmclips.com/thumb-break-stiffeners.html

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Edited May 11, 2020 by SLP

[chiefjason]

And while you are at it grab some plastic snap in protectors for the inside of the snap.  Metal on metal is no good.  But for the life of me I can't find them now.

 

http://www.bluegunstore.com/clearplasticsnapprotector-line24size-2.aspx

[Scootch]

Very nice looking holster.  Your bar grounding looks great.  I like the pistol too!

Scootch

[MLGilbert]

Thanks everyone!

On 5/10/2020 at 10:23 AM, dakotawolf said:

Looks good!  I would be interested to see how you did your thumb break and what you used for the stiffener.   

Unfortunately I didn't take any detail photos before sending it out, but I sandwiched the stiffener between the body and a piece of 4-5 oz on the hip side. I made the stiffener out of some sheet steel I had laying around. I managed to recess the female part of the snap into the 7-8 oz body so it's pretty low profile, and then stiched around it and riveted the stiffener in place. 

On 5/11/2020 at 11:22 AM, chiefjason said:

And while you are at it grab some plastic snap in protectors for the inside of the snap.  Metal on metal is no good.

I thought about it but didn't want to put plastic on the holster - I ended up laminating a thin piece of leather over the inside of the snap and feathered it out so it's pretty seamless. Protects the gun just fine and I think looks better than the plastic.

[BruceGibson]

Nice job!

[chuck123wapati]

I like that tooling!