deanscamaro
45 Cal.
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- Mar 13, 2008
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Well, I ventured into some new areas, with help from Swampy. Here was the criteria I was going after:
1. Make my own pattern
2. Do one out of oil tanned leather; i.e. a soft holster
3. Make it look older
4. Use some spots
5. Make it a Slim Jim style
Assessment:
1. Even taking Swampy's advice for the amount of space to allow around the gun tracing, it still ended up a little tight. In the future, Swampy, I will allow 1". I am going to put a leg tie on it and I think it will draw alright :idunno:
2. I do like the oil tanned leather. I used an over-layer of burgundy colored leather on brown. I like the contrast. :grin:
2. I also like the use of spots. :grin:
3. I had a custom signature branding iron made at the SASS Winter Range and it turned out too large, as you can see. Have to get another. :barf:
4. Using a little neatsfoot oil on the brown leather helped darken it and make it look used. :hmm:
5 I put a slight forward tilt to the 2 1/2" belt look. :grin:
I have a lot of things I need to improve on, but I am pretty satisfied with it. I have too many 1851 Navy holsters and need to figure out what to do with them. I only have one revolver, so all holsters get made to that. :rotf: :rotf:
1. Make my own pattern
2. Do one out of oil tanned leather; i.e. a soft holster
3. Make it look older
4. Use some spots
5. Make it a Slim Jim style
Assessment:
1. Even taking Swampy's advice for the amount of space to allow around the gun tracing, it still ended up a little tight. In the future, Swampy, I will allow 1". I am going to put a leg tie on it and I think it will draw alright :idunno:
2. I do like the oil tanned leather. I used an over-layer of burgundy colored leather on brown. I like the contrast. :grin:
2. I also like the use of spots. :grin:
3. I had a custom signature branding iron made at the SASS Winter Range and it turned out too large, as you can see. Have to get another. :barf:
4. Using a little neatsfoot oil on the brown leather helped darken it and make it look used. :hmm:
5 I put a slight forward tilt to the 2 1/2" belt look. :grin:
I have a lot of things I need to improve on, but I am pretty satisfied with it. I have too many 1851 Navy holsters and need to figure out what to do with them. I only have one revolver, so all holsters get made to that. :rotf: :rotf: