making holsters

[rtuck77]

Has anyone tried or made a holster for any of their guns,I am working on one for myself,but having a little touble cause I dont have all the tools needed.This is the frist one I have ever tried but I will finish and post some pics as soon as I get this computer to work with me on doing that

[Bman505]

That would be great. Please send pictures.

[rtuck77]

as soon as I get it finished the one Im making now is for a makarov 380 that my dad left me when he passed away

[Bman505]

What kind of holster is it going to be?

[Bman505]

Sorry to hear about your dad. My Grandfather left me his Marlin 22 rifle. I will never get rid of it.

[rtuck77]

thanks but its been 5 years since he passed.the holster is going to outside the waist band type,but I hope to make one like the galco avenger holster for my beretta 92fs

[jan303]

You should make one specifically geared for women!

[rtuck77]

I will try to and I'll let you know what I can come up with,there are a few web sites that have holsters made for women,I'll look them up and try to post them for you.

[jan303]

rtuck77,
you have my holster ready for me yet?:p
How is it going with yours?

[rtuck77]

still working on it having touble finding leather thread here in my area put other than that the holster is only waiting on me to finish. I tried to use sowing thread but its not going to hold and if its pulled to tight it cuts though the leather.Plus I want to find some thicker leather. As for your holster what side do you want it on left or right, IWB,OWB,and what kind of handgun would it be made for also do you want it to ride high or low or in between

[rtuck77]

still working on holsters but no luck I will have to get more leather and try again,the frist try was a failure,but I am still trying. just wanted to update this thread a little.

[Jizzle]

is it going to be a molded leather holster?

[rtuck77]

yeah if I can get time to work on it and somemore leather

[PPK]

Here's a couple of holsters I made. My first effort was the tan one that's made like a CrossBreed only all leather. It's a tuckable IWB that's comfortable enough but kind of a pain to get the shirt to conceal it just right. It was made for my Ruger SP101.

My second effort is the pocket holster for the Walther PPK. I named it the Convertable because the main holster part could be flipped over on the anti-print panel and used in either right or left pocket. After about a week, the gun started printing through anyway so I added the magazine pouch to fill out the other side. Works great but can't be converted to the left pocket carry. Guess it could if I removed the magazine carrier or just made a mirror image of it for left pocket carry. I knew I would like this one because when I made the pattern for it from the cardboard from a cereal box and stapled it together, I used the cardboard holster for a week before I got around to making it out of leather.

My next project will be a vertical shoulder holster for the PPK. My plan is to make the harness and holster separate so all I have to do is make new holsters for my other guns but use the same harness. That's the best part of rolling your own. Doubt that I'll ever buy another holster.

[Jizzle]

that's cool. i wish i had the time to mess with that kinda stuff.

[rtuck77]

I will get some pics up soon

[Darwin88310]

I know a member on here that has made holsters, I have a couple of them, I won't divulge his name without asking his permission though. Holsters take time to make because you have to know an understand leather, its a craft that requires patience. I'm looking forward to seeing how yours comes out. Good luck

[Sam]

I have made a few rtuck77.
Anything in particular you need to know?

For sewing I like waxed linen or 12lb braided nylon fishing line and do not use 2 needles, just work back through after doing 1 side. I use a spaced multi hole punch now but in the old days used a very thin sharp home made awl to pre-punch the holes. Glue the seam with Barge Cement before punching or sewing.

Sam

[rtuck77]

thanks for the info I will put it to use soon