07-28-2020, 11:54 PM | #1 |
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Have you ever tried to make your own leather holster?
If so, what kind of sewing machine / tool do you recommend?
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07-28-2020, 11:58 PM | #2 |
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I have one my cousin made for me. I bought the leather and a set of barbed wire border stamps to give to him as payment.
Anyway, the way he sewed it was with a needle and thread. He took a small drill bit on a Dremel tool to make the holes after marking them with a pinwheel device. Then he sewed it together with a thick, waxed thread - probably nylon. Then I formed it to my Super Blackhawk. I probably wouldn't form it, if I had it to do over again. But it does keep it from bouncing around in the holster. If you have a Tandy's/Leather Factory near you, I've heard you can rent time on their industrial sewing machines, too. At least the one in Albuquerque, you can. A Speedy Stitcher and a dremel drill will do it for me. I put together a used saddle I bought using one. All the stitching had rotted out of it, so I replaced it using one of these> http://www.speedystitcher.com/#the-basics
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07-29-2020, 07:17 AM | #3 |
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I don't have the tools nor the talent for that.
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07-29-2020, 09:14 AM | #4 |
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There's lots of videos on youtube of guys making custom leather holsters. Its pretty impressive. Personally, I don't think I'd have the patience for it.
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Ben Van Dyke is making a couple for me, along with a fancy new "gun belt". Seems he's got all sorts of time, since he's not on the road with his dad much, these days.
Brian
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I wonder what he'd charge to duplicate this:
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07-29-2020, 12:35 PM | #7 |
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07-31-2020, 08:46 AM | #10 |
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I've had a Swiss Army knife or 2 or 5 for years, the first one my Dad bought for me when we laid over in Zurich, Switzerland on our way back from Mallorca when I was a kid. They all have the awl on them, but I never knew how to use it.
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Getting ready to do one from a kit.
Got the rivets and lace, and a fleur de Los concho for it. Got vacation starting Friday, will start by staining the leather. Hopefully have it done in a couple days time. Will be for a Heritage rough rider .22 Will kinda look like this when finished.
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08-04-2020, 05:21 PM | #13 |
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Not going to do any tooling?
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Pussys....
Real men just stick their gat twixt their skin and their drawers belting. There it is held....both comfortably and firmly.....by gang'sta majik. Holsters are for honks an kops. I learned dat....on tv..... and who uses dem saight thangs? Another honky pussy thang.
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