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Here is my latest pair of holsters. They will be numbers 6 and 7 for me and my first attempt at floral tooling and carving.
I can see how this can get in your blood. Very time consuming and therapeutic.
I am testing a couple different dies now. Canyon Tan from Tandy and Fiebings Oil die in Saddle Tan. We will see how they do on scraps before coloring these.
It may just be a thing to keep me active when I retire in another year or so. For now I am so slow I don`t think I could make minimum wage and keep them competitive in price. We will see.
Beautiful work!! I am going to start dabbling with making holsters to see if I'm any good at it. How long did it take you to get where you could do that?
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I have made 5 holsters since I got interested in CAS back in the spring.
The first were like these.
the ones I posted for this thread are numbers 6 and 7 and are the first I ever carved. If you look here you will see how I learned. I think anyone who can work with tools and has some imagination can do it. Give it a try and have fun. http://www.willghormley-maker.com/MakingHOGRig.html http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index. ... ,57.0.html
Hand stitching is just plain fun and after the first couple I find the carving and tooling to be a lot of fun too. Be prepared to spend some time.
Those are all nice. Thanks for the links, they will help a lot. If I can make my first ones half as good as your first three I will consider them a success.
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen" - Samuel Adams
Scroll down the the bottom of the page and click on leathercraft videos. Lots of help there.
The most help came from the leather group here. http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?board=57.0
Look in FAQ area under hand stitching.
It is very easy to do and lots of fun. I use the two needle method with 5 strand linen thread and #0 harness needles available from Tandy. A small stitching awl or drill the holes with a Dremel tool and 1/16 drill bit or better yet a #55 drill and reform the holes with your stitching awl to make the sewing easy. Wax the thread with Bees wax.
Have fun!
+1 on the very nice. I love the floral design. Keep at it. You have a talent. I do a little woodworking and it is very satisfying to create something with your hands. God Bless.
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+1 on the very nice. I love the floral design. Keep at it. You have a talent. I do a little woodworking and it is very satisfying to create something with your hands. God Bless.
Member : NRA
Oklahoma Rifle Assoc.
NPPAS
TRUISM: if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. So, my advice is: Buy more guns!
Very impressive!! I hope you will please be sure to show us the finished product!!
John
"Pistols do not win wars, but they save the lives of the men who do. The noble 1911 is a mechanical marvel, whose ruggedness, dependability & ferocious power have comforted four issues of GIs and which, unlike any other instrument you can name, is as much superior to its rivals today as it was in 1917."
-Col. Jeff Cooper, 1968
