Well, I learned a couple of things making this one.
There is an Internal Import Ban (Endangered Specie) on any African Elephant Ivory or Elephant animal by~product unless C.I.T.E.S. approved.
This particular Elephant leather is C.I.T.E.S. Tagged.
I've worked with leather for a long time but, never laced
a holster together before. I've hand saddle stitched them but, never laced one.
So...I decided to lace through the corner & maximum stress points two and even three times which I discovered is
totally unnecessary with the kangaroo lace.
So the next one will go much easier.
I actually tried to make this one using the barest minimum of "leather tools"
The tools were VERY basic and simple & inexpensive.
The Grade A+ Kangaroo lace was pretty expensive for a spool at $35.00 for 60 yards but, that is a LOT of lace.
A lacing needle
Utility knife.
X~acto Knife.
2 hand hole punches.
1 larger round hole punch for the ends of the belt slots.
Barges Contact Cement.
Mallet
Leather dye (for the wild boar) & edge dressing.
Very Simple, Basic, Stuff.
It took me about 6 hours - the next one will go a bit quicker. Some of that time was drawing up the pattern.
Ebay is a good place to shop for exotic leather. I've had most of my weird and more bizarre leather for quite a few years.
I press molded this holster directly to my gun and not a dummy gun since I don't have any dummy guns.
The holster is assembled then dunked in water...I put my S&W revolver (covered in thin plastic wrap) into the holster and then just press fit it....carefully removed the firearm & allowed the holster to dry.