Thanks, to all, for the kind remarks !
I've had leather-working tools, laying around my workshop, since the -70's, and a late friend gave me a side of treated cowhide about then too, that's almost depleted.
The edge stitching on the holster is machine done, but I did the flap by hand with a curved saddler's needle, because I had this dumb idea about a strap pouch holster (which simply folds to form the belt loop) - which turned out sour on a short barreled shootin' iron.
Sooooooo, I cut off half of the back flap and the loop area, trimmed it to a taper and sewed the tip to the closed holster body.
The coloring is a combination of shoe polishes, overlaid/buffed - brown/cordovan/oxblood.
I like a retaining thong on the hammer, ILO a strap - so that's simply threaded through a hole punched in the rear top wall and knotted in back, after I first measured the right length for this gun in this holster.
I'm debating add a tie-down thong, braided into what looks like a hangman's noose, and hung from the bottom.
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