[raggededge]

I'd like to try my hand at making a few holsters, but I'm falling way short on resources to point me in the right direction. I can't even find any leather working classes around here. I know there's a book by Tandy leathers about making holsters, and I intend to pick it up, but it doesn't look quite like what I'm looking for.


Any of you have any tips or information I could use? I don't even know squat about materials, so don't assume you'd be insulting by talking to me like an idiot.


Any and all information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[QB 45]

'Fraid I can't help you, but I like the idea of making things yourself. The bestthing I've heard of people doing is using sheets of some type of plastic, cutting it up, then using torches to mold it into shape. That was years ago, though.

 

[raggededge]

That's interesting, but me and melted plastic sounds like a bad combination.

 

[Texas Armadillo]

Try contacting Will Tucker and asking him for information resources. He stops by my Brothers print shop every once in a while and chats holsters.

I haven't met him yet but my brother has some of his stuff and it looks great. Here is some info on him, he uses leather from Herman Oak. He has a blog he likes writing too.

http://rlcompanyusa.stores.yahoo.net/whoistucker.html
http://www.tuckergunleatherblog.com/
http://www.hermannoakleather.com/

 

[raggededge]

Thanks! I'll be sure to check him out.

 

[blkbd]

Got to Youtube and other video sites and type in Kydex for the plastic holsters and other key words as"leather holster" to find vids on it. Hope this helps.

 

[raggededge]

Are there any specific videos on there that you could link me to? All I can find are reviews for holsters. :-?

 

[Casp]

This is a good little basic tutorial on making a leather holster. It's spread out over several pages; use the blue arrows at the bottom to navigate.

 

[raggededge]

Thanks a ton. That should help a lot.

 

[Drac]

you could join leatherworker.net (gotta join to see the pics, but it's free and a great leather resource) and check all the threads about holsters. I'd been working with leather for years but never did holsters until I ran across that site.

 

[Drac]

here's my most recent holster I've made using the knowledge I learned from leatherworker.net. didn't use the greatest area from the hide, but that's coz it's just for me and it's an IWB. if I can learn this, anybody else else can too! *L*

 

[ShipWreck]

very nice :?

 

[MacAttack]

I don't know where I saw this but, here is a link for a guy's holster build project using Kydex. it doesn't look too difficult. I might break in the wife's new oven and try doing one myself.

http://www.f1design.us/05_How_Toos/Kydex/index.htm

 

[Drac]

macattack
great find! one thing to add, any leather that is going to come into contact with the pistol needs to be vegtan. chrometanned leather will eat the finish.