Good Job on that holster.

Nice that your using the best leather(Herman Oak) for it.

I've been thinking about trying to make my own whip. I've got all the major whip-making/braiding books(Edwards, Morgan, Grant, planning on getting the Robert Black Marlin-Spike knotworks DVDs) and due to an interest in leatherworking, I've got most of the Tools, plus I know where I can find the leat...

Just to chime in here. If your talkin about a real world, hard use holster, Most holster makers use either 8/9 ounce or 10/11 ounce leather for holsters(if making an unlined holster) and usually the same for making gun belts(This is pretty much standard in all the books/videos on holstermaking, espe...

On the singing part, go over to the Sterling Beaver saloon forum, (don't have the web address handy, just do a web search or I can get it to you later), Charlie has a real handy piece that goes into detail on singeing. It goes into a better explanation than I can give. You use a light misting of alc...

Another good series of knives are the ones made by Columbia River(CRKT). Almost forgot about the Companion knife they make. Just went to Wally-world(Wal-Mart) and put three of their M16-13 series knives on lay-a-way for about 29.95 a piece. Good Knives for the price.

Haven't had a chance to take pics yet. I'm also getting ready to make a holster/gun belt and whip holder(Another Wolf2Hawks original) plus I have a few other surprises in store for you guys(Plus right at the moment I'm stuck with using a library computer, but I'm hopefully taking care of that proble...

I used to be involved in search and rescue work(as closed to an adventure as I could get) and over about several years I carried several different knives including: Camillus Marine K-Bar Eight Dollar Mt. Foundry Smatchet 2 Different Models of Spydercos(Endura and Mariner models) Blackjack 1-7(made d...

Hi Guys, been a while since I posted. I decided to do things the hard way and try to make my own hat(Yeah Marc, I finally got around to it.). I'm making a combination Indy/Wolf2hawks original fedora and just finished up the brim last night(Blocked on a HatShapers 5 3/4 crown open block, pounced twic...

My humble apology, I was meaning leather hides for holster making, not for hats. Need to be more specific I guess.(Had my mother just get out of the hospital and back into the nursing home for congestive heart failure, getting ready to go see her, didn't get my thoughts all straight)(Of course that ...

Thanks for the info, Scandinavia.
I just like to make as much of my own gear as possible(being left handed, a Browning Hi-Power owner got me started in leather working). Hat making just adds another hobby to my list.

Gotta go, got a bunch of natives after me(Remove on lousy idol and....)

Wolf2hawks-Student of the Lost Arts back again with another holster question. I'm finishing up my Left Handed Browning Raider holster pattern and I need a couple of measurements off of the raiders holster(Doesn't matter if its Keppler, Howard, Prairie Flower etc., the more the merrier). 1. What is t...

Msrc, What I'm planning on doing is making a hat from the hat blank, placing and tying the ribbon etc. not a full kill it, skin it, tan it, stew up the meat, and make the ultimate Raider fedora(Believe me, I fully understand this stuff isn't easy. I've been working on my holster and belt for the bet...

I have a question for the ones that decide to do there fedoras the hard way(the do-it-your-selfers)...... Thanks to this forum, I have the information on how to do it, but where are the best places to buy hat blanks, ribbons, sweat bands, etc.. I tried a net search but all I'm finding is places for ...

Not a problem. glad to help.

Bink, I was the one that posted the question on how to do the end plug on the holster(Sorry hadn't posted again sooner. Ended up going to the E.R. the other day, found out I had influenzal bronchitis, been stuck in bed the past week.). I'm no holstermaking expert(to paraphrase Indy"I'm learning...

Maul, good job on that Anakin belt, very nice :D :D :D Any of the leather places like Tandy, HideCrafters, every leather place usually has the book How to Make holsters, it appears to be almost the definative work on holstermaking and I know what you mean about scratching your head concerning the ba...

Making a holster is not really that hard(especially if you get the book"How to make holsters", by Al Stohlman, which I wish I had done before beginning work on my Browning flap holster(Thanks, SWtroopers). The book has everything, even how to do the elusive end plug for the barrel). As far...

One other thing is where the novels are concerned, if memory serves me right(can't verify at this time, lost all of my copies in a flooded basement and haven't replaced them), most if not all of the novels were actually prequals to Raiders(or Temple if you follow the timeline), and if I remember in ...

Thanks Ron, I'll keep you informed-Wolf

Ron, So you're talking about what eventually became the First model Dragoon pattern. I just figured that with as many repros of the Walker there are(I think about every company has one, and about as many as the Navy), it would make an interesting project gun(Think along the lines of an Old West guns...

RonC, Did you use the full original 60 grains of powder with that or a more reasonable grainage(safety's sake between 40-50?) Also what was the barrel length? I'm figuring with the 2 inches or so for the area that holds the loading lever, could go with about 2 and a half in front of that. What I'm a...

Then you'd enjoy talking to my brother on the frontstuffers. He's getting ready to start building up the parts to make his own muzzleloaders... He's working on trying to build Tennessee Mountain or Poorboy rifle, a Virginia rifle, and a percussion swivel breech(two shot pistol where you fire one bar...

Ron, Been interested in Cowboy Action Shooting for a long time, even have a local group that shoots about 5 miles from my house(The Boneyard Creek Regulators). Only problem is, between job loss(or just not making enough), helping to take care of sick parents, and the other thrills and chills that go...

Sorry to take so long to answer. Had to take my grandmother to the emergency room(possible heart problems, but as of this morning, she was just fine). I've got Marc's pattern(that was the one I was talking about seeing a top view of the barrel plug). Luckily, the pattern was no problem, as I found a...

SWTrooper, Thanks for the tip(it's going into a note book at home, a 1 1/2 inch binder with about 3 inches of info shoehorned in). Been meaning to order the Al Stohlman book, looks like I'll have to get it ordered(found a company called S-T leathercraft that has it for 8.95 just over the border in M...

RonC
Thanks for the info. Getting close to finding out how the toe plug is done. Thanks Agin.

Shawnkara, That is exactly the information I was looking for.(Looks like the decorative stich was throwing me off). Had been trying to figure out if it was made in like a cup form and sewn around the side, or if it was done by some magical process known only to a few. Talking it over with my brother...

Does this holster have the barrel end plugged or sewn shut? Working on an Indy Holster for my Browning and trying to see how the barrel plug is done.

Ron, Thanks for the pictures, does help some(with this and some other projects for a Cowboy Action Rig I'm working on for my brother's '51 Navys). The main thing I'm trying to find out is how the plug is formed and then sewn in(whether or not it's a cup with sides, or 2-3 pieces of leather sewn toge...

Wolf2Hawks here with a question to all the holster makers/leather hobbyist out there. I'm working on the pattern for my Left-Handed, Indy style flap holster for my Browning Hi-Power and have run into one snag on the pattern. Anybody know of any book, website, video, lost tablet, shaman, or voodoo wi...

Depending on the enviroment, but I'd probably carry the following: -My Browning Hi-Power with about four spare magazines. -7 1/2 inch barreled Ruger Vaquero in .45 long colt with a mix of loads(including some of the special 2000 lb+ big game loads you can only use in a Ruger or similar large frame r...

For ones looking for rubber guns (like the Browning), Western stage props has a big list for rubber prop guns. They have all the Indy guns, plus everything up to a Ma-duece .50 cal Browning machine gun(they apparently have a copy of a Stoner 63 as used by the SEALs in Vietnam that I'm really interes...

I'll try to let everyone know how things are going. Just have to finish up the pattern for the holster, line up some leather and hardware, and hopefully be starting here in the next couple of weeks. Missed the scene showing Short Round with the knife. Temple of Doom is one of the movies in the trilo...

Wolf2 Hawks here, new to the list, long time Indy fan. I've been lurking on the list for a long time, and since I was getting started in leatherworking, I decided to for my first project to make my own Raider's gunbelt, Holster and whip carrier, but I decided on trying something a little crazier tha...