My Roy Rogers version

[Thescandall]

1 hour ago, dikman said:

Those grips are eye-catching.

i just love them.  had a guy Sach Peterson make them for me.. he made the ones on my other pistol too,  north american Elk

[AzShooter]

Very nice holster.  I like the stitching.  Color looks real good too.

 

[Thescandall]

well its coming along now.  still need to make and attach the buckle and strap.

i want to sew a pattern in the blank above the gun.  im thinking a double helix like a DNA strand or something.  cuz as many times as i bled and tried to keep the ultimate stain from happening, i think it would be appropriate.

[gregintenn]

That’s looking great thus far! Keep us posted.

[AzShooter]

Can't wait until it's done.  You are moving along marvelously.

[Thescandall]

I finished it. Buckle and strap are done. I’m really getting used to this machine sewing. There are some limitations still but the 5100 is starting to grow on me. I actually set the speed a little faster too. Lol. 1 stitch a second was getting old.  

[Lobo]

5 hours ago, Thescandall said:

I finished it. Buckle and strap are done. I’m really getting used to this machine sewing. There are some limitations still but the 5100 is starting to grow on me. I actually set the speed a little faster too. Lol. 1 stitch a second was getting old.  

One stitch per second is like "light speed" for those of us who hand-stitched everything for many years. I remember spending hours at a time stitching up a few holsters at a time, tearing the skin off my fingers followed by aches and pains in my hands, wrists, and arms.

The day I received my Cobra Class 4 stitching machine was a wonderful day. Work that used to take the better part of an hour could be done in a few minutes, minus all the aches and pains, waking up in the morning with claws for hands that couldn't hold a coffee cup. Carpal tunnel surgeries. Cubital tunnel surgeries. Permanent damage to the ulnar nerves in both arms. Anti-inflammatory medications as a daily regimen.

Prior to my retirement in 2015 I was filling 40 orders every week. Totally impossible without a power stitching machine. Still have to force my fingers to get any function during the first hour or two every day.

43 years in the business, 35 part-time and 8 full-time. Made a lot of money and retired very comfortably, but I'm still paying the price for that now.

[AzShooter]

Wow, you did a fantastic job.

I wish I had a machine.  Today I made a wallet with all hand stitching and it took me 3 hours.

[Thescandall]

11 hours ago, Lobo said:

One stitch per second is like "light speed" for those of us who hand-stitched everything for many years. I remember spending hours at a time stitching up a few holsters at a time, tearing the skin off my fingers followed by aches and pains in my hands, wrists, and arms.

The day I received my Cobra Class 4 stitching machine was a wonderful day. Work that used to take the better part of an hour could be done in a few minutes, minus all the aches and pains, waking up in the morning with claws for hands that couldn't hold a coffee cup. Carpal tunnel surgeries. Cubital tunnel surgeries. Permanent damage to the ulnar nerves in both arms. Anti-inflammatory medications as a daily regimen.

Prior to my retirement in 2015 I was filling 40 orders every week. Totally impossible without a power stitching machine. Still have to force my fingers to get any function during the first hour or two every day.

43 years in the business, 35 part-time and 8 full-time. Made a lot of money and retired very comfortably, but I'm still paying the price for that now.

 

8 minutes ago, AzShooter said:

Wow, you did a fantastic job.

I wish I had a machine.  Today I made a wallet with all hand stitching and it took me 3 hours.

I looked for a machine for almost 2 years.  Same as lobo my hand stitching was becoming a PAIN.   

  I saw plenty of substandard machines that would would limit me, nothing that would do almost everything I needed.  

One day on a whim I went back to the same place I had been to at least 6 times and there it was. Used!!!! They had just got it in and I knew it would be mine.  Cheap!!,