Holster Styles & Variations

[Skeeter Lewis]

Daddyeaux, you can use a stitch groover or you can use dividers on dampened leather. The line made with dividers can then be strengthened, if you wish, with a freehand creaser or the back of a table knife. If there are other techniques, pards can chime in.

[daddyeaux]

Thanks Skeeter, I didn't want to use the stitch groover or dividers, I didn't want to cut the leather, just make a nice line in the leather.

[Cliff Fendley]

Some original work I've looked at appears to have been done with a beading blade. I've done it that way but actually wound up making my own double line blade that goes in a stitch grooving tool.
It make lines without cutting the leather as seen here.

[Skeeter Lewis]

Could you tell us more about that tool, Cliff? And a pic maybe? I'm intrigued.

[Cliff Fendley]

I took one of the stitch grooving blades and ground it off. I cut a slot in the end with a cutoff wheel and a dremel. Then beveled the sides and rounded the end so it made two blades but not sharp enough to cut the leather.

It is very small but I'll try and get a pic of it tomorrow.

[daddyeaux]

Cliff that is genius......and that rig is fantastic...........

[Skeeter Lewis]

Yes - that toe plug is as neat as it gets.

[Cliff Fendley]

Thanks  fellas.

Here is a pic of the tool

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Thanks for the pic, Cliff. That looks much easier to use than a swivel knife with a guide on it. I need to make one of those, for sure.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Great idea Cliff, thanks for sharing this, I'm going to try it myself as soon as I get set up again.

         tEN wOLVES     

[Skeeter Lewis]

Nice one, Cliff. I'll try that, too.

[Skeeter Lewis]

This idea is so good I got straight on it. It still needs some finagling.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Thumbs up, Skeet!

[GunClick Rick]

That looks like a hand tool i have in the garage,it made a good tool for removing the keys from a guitar i am redoing,took the screws right out OOPS

[Cliff Fendley]

Tandy should sell those blades for the tools. They come with a single which is what gave me the idea. It works much better than a swivel knife and beader blade IMO.

[Pappy Hayes]

Cliff maybe you should come up with a price to make these or send a picture to Tandys and see if they could get there manufacturer start making them.

[Cliff Fendley]

I might show it to Steve at our Tandy store and see if he can make some suggestions they start offering a double line blade. The new tools come with a single line and a stitch groove.

[Graveyard Jack]

I would definitely buy one.

[Skeeter Lewis]

At Marshal Will's suggestion, here's a pic of the three Collins/Roosevelts I've made...

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Triple thumbs-up to these, Skeet. You definitely are the Collins/Roosevelt expert around here. Thanks.