Horsewright
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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My wife Nichole handcrafts leather purses. This basically arose out of putting to use leather I had left over from making leggings. Too much to thow away but not really enough for me to do anything with. Her purses exhibit a very high level of craftsmanship. My involvement is mostly in the design stage what we call the cussin and discussin part. Recently she started doing something a little different on some of her purses.
The difference is in how some of the interior is treated.
This flap covers a pocket and secures with a magnet. The pocket was designed for carrying a small handgun.
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These are some of her first CCW purses. She was approached with the idea by the owner of the local gunstore. He and his wife had seen some of Nichole's purses when we had a booth at the local rodeo. He wanted to carry some of her purses in his store as most of what is availabe on the market is pretty cheap imported junk. She has made three for him so far and one for our website. The handgun pocket details include a smaller pocket for a spare mag if an auto is carried and you can see the baseplate of one in the pic of ya look close. Works great for small revolvers too. One of our cussin and discussin features was that we wanted the "holster" pocket to be non gun specific, so that it fit a wide variety of handguns. Also we kind of came up with the thought that they should be "western" but not "too western" after all, not every gal is a cowchick, so we wanted to appeal to a broader market.
Whadya think?
The difference is in how some of the interior is treated.
This flap covers a pocket and secures with a magnet. The pocket was designed for carrying a small handgun.
These are some of her first CCW purses. She was approached with the idea by the owner of the local gunstore. He and his wife had seen some of Nichole's purses when we had a booth at the local rodeo. He wanted to carry some of her purses in his store as most of what is availabe on the market is pretty cheap imported junk. She has made three for him so far and one for our website. The handgun pocket details include a smaller pocket for a spare mag if an auto is carried and you can see the baseplate of one in the pic of ya look close. Works great for small revolvers too. One of our cussin and discussin features was that we wanted the "holster" pocket to be non gun specific, so that it fit a wide variety of handguns. Also we kind of came up with the thought that they should be "western" but not "too western" after all, not every gal is a cowchick, so we wanted to appeal to a broader market.
Whadya think?
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