Tuesday, May 26, 2009

This is one of my favorites. This is one of my Guns, the reason why I started making holsters in the first place. I made this holster about a year and a half after I started making holsters. This particular 1911 has a full light rail to the end of the barrel. Unlike the popular style today of a 3/4 light rail. This fact made it almost impossible to find a holster that it would fit in, I decided on day to make my own. It took the full year and a half to get good enough to make something I liked enough to wear, and this was it. I have found nice Kydex hosters that fit my gun perfectly since, but I still wear this at the range every time.







This is an early holster I made just after I learned what and how to "carve" leather. It turned out O.K. I have made a lot of improvements over time. While I like this style of holster, i don't think I will carve that again. The Gun is a Smith and Wesson something or other.





This holster is made for a 1911, a nice looking Sig actually, the client wanted a clip with the gun. This Holster looks too big to wear, but i compared it to a regular Duty pancake holster for a Beretta 92F and they are the same size, approximately.


Monday, May 4, 2009

Silver Star Original














I made this Gun Case for a friend of mine. I'll post more about it later



This holster was made for a local Police Captain who is a friend of mine I told him he didn't need to pay cash just keep me out of getting tickets.

I tried to line this holster, and I discovered I still have much to learn. This worked out nicely but it was a lot of work. Step one: Choose the right leather. DO not use a 3 ounce leather for lining. It's too thick.

For those of you that are not familiar with Me an my leather work, all the sewing is done by hand. I am going to have to save up for a long time to afford a leather sticher, so for now, it's all by hand. Stiching by hand is much stronger, too bad it takes so long.



This design is not very common. I found a picture of this style on the Internet, so I'm sure some one going to be mad at me for coping, but I like this style for a couple reasons. First, it's uncommon, nice unique look.
Second and more important, this design holds the firearm very close to you body, so the chance of the gun catching on something like arm rests and chairs is relatively low. Makes for a nice look on anyones hip.




Saturday, May 2, 2009

Second post: IWB Glock 27

IWB holster-
Here is a Inside the Waist Band concealed holster. Straight forward nice and simple. This is the finished product, it is not dyed to prevent staining skin and clothing over time.