Weekend Holster project.

[JAB]

Years ago, I used to make motorcycle seats...

Whew! It is good to know that you had previous (and pretty in depth, obviously) experience with working leather. I have made a few holsters that are quite functional and I thought a couple of them were not too terrible to look at but yours are things of beauty. At first, I was under the impression that those first holsters were your first attempts at leather work, period. I was ready to go home and toss my few leather tools in the trash, burn the leather I have waiting for future projects then kick my wife and yell at the dog. (Okay, so maybe that last bit should be vice versa.)

I will stop post whoring now.

Please don't. That finished one with the overlay at the mouth of the holster is simply a thing of beauty. I love leather holsters (and belts, etc.) that incorporate a color or shade contrast into the design scheme. I like that the brown leather of the holster has some variance in tone then you have the contrast of the darker overlay - plus the reinforcement/overlay piece has a really nice shape to it.

Edited January 28, 2011 by JAB

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I was ready to go home and toss my few leather tools in the trash, burn the leather I have waiting for future projects then kick my wife and yell at the dog. (Okay, so maybe that last bit should be vice versa.)

Hilarious. Thanks for the comments. I just enjoy making them, and they dont come out half bad for a self taught guy. I'll keep practicing. I've been shopping for some "exotic" scraps to trim with (alligator, elephant, shark, ostrich etc.) I think those look pretty cool.

Plain old Black. I might do a fancy one this weekend.

Edited January 29, 2011 by Show

[Guest eyebedam]

Had nothing to do this weekend and had some old leather in the attic. I learned alot from this first one, what to do and what not to do. Still have some finishing touches to put on this one but figured I'd post some pics while I take a break. The next one should be better. I dont think the pros have anything to worry about, but i had fun making it.

My friend that is simply amazing. Do you think you could posibly scale down the artwork for a pocket .380 sized holster?

[adam42]

For a self trained rookie you do very nice work. I had given some thought to trying to build me one because I couldn't find anything that really caught my eye that I could afford. Very good!