New IWB and OWB holster I made

**druid** · 05-11-2016, 01:56 AM

**madmax** · 05-11-2016, 05:16 AM

Nice job. I was thinking about sewing one up. I like the color the treatment left it.

**Willie** · 05-11-2016, 06:18 AM

Looks good.

**crashdive123** · 05-11-2016, 06:41 AM

Another great looking holster. Well done.

**hunter63** · 05-11-2016, 12:29 PM

Very nice ......thanks for posting the build along....
I need to get going on a couple myself.

**druid** · 05-12-2016, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by madmax

Nice job. I was thinking about sewing one up. I like the color the treatment left it.

Thanks. The recipe for the treatment is 1 lb. filtered beeswax, 8 oz each - turpentine and boiled linseed oil. Melt the wax in a 1 lb metal coffee can, add the BLO and turpentine and remove from heat. Stir slowly and evenly with a wooden paint stirrer until it begins to solidify. Keep the lid on it when not in use.

To use, you can either rub the paste in with your hands [use latex gloves] or slowly warm it to liquid and paint on with a brush. IMO, rubbing the cool paste/compound in by hand ensures even coverage. Once covered, hit it with a heat gun on LOW and the leather will absorb the mix. Allow to cool and buff with a clean cotton rag/tee shirt.

This compound works equally well for all natural materials.....cotton, wool or canvas cloth and any unfinished wood. It's especially awesome for canvas lean-to tarps.

Originally Posted by Willie

Looks good.

Originally Posted by crashdive123

Another great looking holster. Well done.

Thanks to the both of you.

Originally Posted by hunter63

Very nice ......thanks for posting the build along....
I need to get going on a couple myself.

Any time and feel free to use my design [or any adaptation of it]. In retrospect, I should probably have made the 'left' OWB cutout [the one closest to the sights] a little closer to the one at the trigger guard. It was a bit of a bear getting the glue to stick before sewing it together. Having a bit more 'meat' to the left of the "sight slot" would have allowed the glue a bit more to grab onto. Hindsight is 20/20 though LOL.

I don't know f you are familiar with working with leather so a few things you might want to consider if doing this particular style.......

I cut out [but forgot to get pics of] 2 "crescent moon" shaped gusset / spacers that wrap around the back of the trigger guard. They are glued and stitched in place between the front and back panels. Those 4 layers of 7/9 oz leather equate to exactly 5/8" thick on this holster. Glue one spacer to the front and the other to the back. Once dried you glue it all together and clamp in place. When that's dry you will need to drill out the stitch holes. I used a 1/8" dremel bit....and then the "speedy stitcher" needle was too short to pass through all 4 layers. I had to use the hand needles.

If I had to redo this holster, I'd make the OWB slots a little closer together as I mentioned above.

I didn't use a stitch groover on the front panel because of the pattern I tapped into it....so I had to estimate the drill points. You may [or may not] want to use one and then tap it with a thonging chisel/pricking iron/stitching chisel to evenly space them out.

Wash your hands or change latex gloves often. Dirt and oils transfer to leather.....but is especially noticeable on the artificial sinew.

When you come to the end of your sewing row, backtrack your stitch at least 4 holes, and then forward again at least 2. This helps to keep stitches from coming undone.

Try not to overheat the artificial sinew when using the heat gun on the beeswax application.

Good luck on your build[s].

**hunter63** · 05-12-2016, 01:31 AM

I hear ya....
Done a few over the years.....I like the wet forming.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...rk-wet-forming

And I do my stitching with 7" 3 sided leather needles so I can grab them and pull thru 3 or four layers of hide.....I do pre-drill the holes.

Nice job on yours.

**druid** · 05-12-2016, 02:59 AM

gottchya.......thanks.

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