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A left hand holster

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Re: A left hand holster

Post by BrokenolMarine » Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:31 pm

Mags wrote:
Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:17 pm
BrokenolMarine wrote:
Sun Jan 19, 2025 7:36 pm
... It's a challenge for me. My hands have had a hard life. ...
That is what gives it that special personal endearing character.
Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket. That's the line I use... Character. :P

Thanks.
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Re: A left hand holster

Post by Hatchdog » Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:18 am

Like Miss Tina when I see the yellow dye you use I too am ready to barf. But we all have seen how you do your magic and in the end the color is perfect.
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Re: A left hand holster

Post by BrokenolMarine » Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:24 pm

I put a coat of finish on the holster and let it dry, then slightly reshaped the belt loop to fit the contour of the back panel. I poked the holes in the belt loop, made some reference marks and punched the holes in the back panel, and aligned the loop and held it in position with alignment pins.

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A view of the back side, showing the pins holding the belt loop a bit better. They are easily removed by pulling on the collar at the end of the brass sleeve.

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Once I started to sew, I removed the pins as I got to them. I sewed across, and then back to the beginning to insure good retention.


I was pretty happy with the outcome. I touched up the edge dressing and it looks pretty good for now. I may antique one last time to solidify the look once everything is done then apply a last coat of finish and wax.

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Before going inside for lunch, I glued the welt into place on the one side and left it to cure. I'll glue the two sides together then see about sewing them into place after they have a chance to cure. Boom, getting close.
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Re: A left hand holster

Post by Hatchdog » Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:51 am

Looking good BOM. Seeing how you use those pins to index and hold the pieces together reminded me of a tool we used when I worked for Boeing. You’re probably familiar with them but they are called clecos. We would apply adhesive to two parts and use the clecos exactly as you did with the pins but of course would not sew the parts. Instead the holes where the clecos were located were then riveted. Your pins brought back memories. :lol:
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Re: A left hand holster

Post by BrokenolMarine » Wed Jan 22, 2025 12:33 pm

In the Corps, the metal smiths used those in the hundreds to replace damaged panels on the helos. The ones they used were spring loaded and came in various sizes to match the increasing sizes of rivets.
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Re: A left hand holster

Post by BrokenolMarine » Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:09 pm

Got out first thing this morning and folded over and glued the holster, after putting a thick dowel in the upper half of the holster to insure the proper fold. Left it for three or four hours, So that the contact cement could fully set.

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I went back out after lunch and brought the holster in and sewed it up sitting inside keeping an eye out for UPS, a large group of packages due. Plus, it was a lot warmer in the house. :lol: Took it out to the shop and did the final trimming, and still not satisfied with the appearance, dyed the holster with dark brown. A coating of linseed oil and burnished the edges, then two coats of wax. It's looking good.

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The front view:

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Basically all that is left is to put the hammer loop in place, check for any minor touch ups, then take the final pics.
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Re: A left hand holster

Post by CT_Shooter » Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:03 am

Beautiful!
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Re: A left hand holster

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:40 am

Yes, beautiful indeed. Your daughter is going to love it.
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