Holster Styles & Variations

[Skeeter Lewis]

Thanks, compadre.

[Techsew Ron]

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Great stitching on these!

Ron

[Eloy Santa Cruz]

Very nice Skeeter! Did you make the chaps in the background too?

[Skeeter Lewis]

Thanks, guys. Yes, I made the chaps. Now I know a little more about leatherwork I might have a go at another pair.

[Bonnie_blue1861]

Real pretty work Skeeter ...I wish I had that kind of talent, experience and ability to make leather gear like that.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

This thread hasn't been updated in a while so here are a few.

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Very fine work, Skeet.

[Skeeter Lewis]

Wow. Thanks, guys. Your words mean a whole lot to me. Skeet

[GunClick Rick]

I've said it before,i don't want to ever be a judge comparing you guys,i wish i had a bunch of money,i would have something from each one of ya and display it with honor!Friggin museum around here!

[Skeeter Lewis]

I've shown this on the other thread and, at the risk of flogging it to death, here it is again over here. I've decided to call it 'The Arnie'.

[GunClick Rick]

Or da Kaddyfornian~

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Beautiful, Skeet. Thanks for posting it here.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Outstanding Skeet, well done for sure, thanks for the look see pard.

      tEN wOLVES 

[Graveyard Jack]

Dang Skeeter, you do some really fine work! 

[KidTerico]

Skeeter some darn nice leather work your showing. KT

[Cliff Fendley]

I've said it before but I'm sayin it again, dang nice tooling there Skeeter.

Did you make the pattern for that?

[Skeeter Lewis]

Thanks, guys. Yes Cliff, all my patterns are my own work based, of course, on PI and 'Trappings'. This jockstrap is based on the holster on page 124 of PI, made c1925-30 by George Lawrence. That's about as late as I feel comfortable going though, like you Cliff, I have a fondness for the later holsters.The tricky part with a jockstrap is - uh - the jockstrap, which has to be riveted in three places. It's the devil to get it to sit right, though you seem to have no trouble, Cliff.
Skeet

[Cliff Fendley]

Thats why I asked Skeeter, I've had trouble getting the T shaped strap right on patterns I've made. Just wondered if there was some trick too it.

[Skeeter Lewis]

This was my first jockstrap holster and it was just trial and error fitting the strap. I'm not even sure I got it quite right, although I tried hard to get the strap parallel to the skirt. I did the  top right rivet first, then the bottom, then top left. But who knows? I'd need to do a couple more from that pattern to get it down.

Also. there can be a problem with the strap tilting along the vertical axis, if that makes sense. It might help to lay the strap along the top of the ejector rod.

Another problem with this style, particularly with the 7.5" barrel, is getting the tip of the holster to lay still, because one side of the cross-strap is angled so high. I see in the photo on page 124 that there's a piece of string around the bottom of the strap which the owner may have added to fix the holster to the strap.

Still, it's a pretty cool style.

Hope this helps.

[Cliff Fendley]

I agree on the tilting since the only strap going around the pouch is up high. The style lends itself to shorter barrels for sure.

[daddyeaux]

Guys I have a question. I notice that a lot of holsters have a double line border around the edges. What tool do you use to make those lines? I think a boning knife or crease knife would work well. Not to hijack the thread but I want to make a holster and have the double line border.

Thanks,