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So I finally did it. After waiting for more than a few days for the pocket holster I ordered to arrive I spent a few hours in the basement with some hand tools and scrap leather.

This is what I got out of it.



I started on the simple side and as you can see my stitches are not the best, I also had to add a bit of stitching at the barrell end to tighten things up a bit (the box with an X in it was not in the plan). Overall I am pretty happy with it... Total cost was about $6 and that leaves me enough leather to do about a dozen more... I carried this all weekend and it works well, Mowed the lawn and even took a nap on the sofa, the side arm stayed put!







Of course being me, I can never leave "well enough" alone... so here is the next gen... (tried to correct the mistakes from the frist one)

This one is made out of tooling leather vs. the suede used above...same shape and design though..


You can see the advantages to TOOLING LEATHER....moldability... Still very wet...


I have since removed the pistol and have it drying in the basement now... as you can see, I am starting to get more into it. I picked up a overstitch embosser to space my stitches better and also an edge groover to put the stitches sub flush... Once it drys out I will seal it and get the edges burnished a bit better...

What do you think? Critique welcome....

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jarhead79

I like it. To be perfectly honest the "X-box" gives it a nice touch. Good work on the molding, also.

Nate

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artemis28

Nice job! The only thing I would suggest is a hook on the next tooling leather version because the leather is smoother and may not stay put as well as the "rougher" suede. OMO.

Siafu

When working with the leather did you need to apply some sort of chemical to get the molding to occur? Or was the leather simply saturated with water? Nice effort. I would like to try this with my Ruger LCP.

crzy4guns

Great job, you just may have a future in the holster business.

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rdoggsilva

Looks good, I also like the X box look. Also agree with the hook.

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NCHornet

Just what we need another holstermaker, as if my decision wasn't hard enough already!! lol!!!
I think you done good for a first timer. I can't give advice, unless it was made out of wood so I will leave that for the leather pro's.

NCH

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jerm1109

Looks really nice. Impressive!!

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TXBulldawg

I like 'em both! Good job!

retsupt99

I'm impressed...and I'm picky! Nice work!

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