Here’s a sheath I just finished and it was also my first time border stamping one. I think it came out pretty good for my first go at border stamping, but I can definitely improve!
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Also was able to actually get a decent picture of my edge with my apartment lighting this time.
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Here’s another pocket organizer I made recently. The guy sent me a pic of it with his pen and knife in it but it’s to large to post so no action shot.
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Very nice work indeed! So what a guy could do on that sheath is place a single stamp across that sharp corner bottom left first. Then one at the top and then one all the way to the right where you are gonna end. Now you've got all your starts and stops so to speak. Then place your next stamp next to the top one and then the next stamp to the left of the corner one. Keep alternating like this until you come together. Sometimes this really helps to get your spacing good instead of having to cram a couple of stamps together too close. Not always, but it helps a lot sometimes. I don't always do this but almost always will on a short run like from the corner to the end on the right. On a short run its really cool. Very nice work indeed.
Holster and belt day around here last week. Out of the shop a lot getting ready to brand at the ranch, So this was pretty much Monday through Wed morning.
So besides that water buffalo overlay holster above, I made myself another holster for a new pistol I got, a CZ Rami. When was the last time I made two somethings for myself? Dunno, ya'd think it was my Bday or something (it was, turned 60 on Thursday, nuther reason wasn't in the shop much last week). Anyhoo for the Rami:
And a couple of 1911 holsters:
A roughout left hand Loop holster:
This is where the idea for the water buffalo overlay holster came from. This customer had picked up his water buffalo belt bout a week earlier and he wanted to know if I could make a Leatherman sheath in matching leather. I didn't really want to, as the water buff doesn't mold well and a Leatherman doesn't have a lot of contour to grab, ya need to mold. So I came up with the ideal of trying a water buff chap leather overlay, over regular Wickett and Craig veg tan. Worked well. Liked it so much I built that holster for myself:
Then whipped out some belts:
The flower carved one on the left is the 4th or 5th flower carved belt we've made for this customer. He collects handmade buckles and sometimes their measurements are a little different and I need to taper them specifically to that buckle. So he sends me the buckle and we build the belt to the buckle. If you measure the loop on this buckle its 1.5" but the way its constructed you can't get a 1.5" belt in there.
Carlos border stamp for stock as we've a show coming up. Tapered this one too just cause:
Another custom buckle sent to us. Ladies single ply with decorative stitching in grey water buff:
Another grey water buff:
Then went branding:
George worked good all weekend long. Especially since he'd bucked me off bout a week prior. Been bout 15 years since I'd been bucked off. Not his fault though, can't really hold it against him. The neighbor's dog had just had surgery. We were just getting back from a ride and Sophia came running to see us like she normally does. Just this time she's wearing this bright blue, inflatable doughnut thing to prevent her licking her stitches and she comes out of a ditch right at George's feet. George says see ya!!!: bounce, bounce, splat. The splat part was me hitting the ground. Like one of my mentors use to say:" Dave, when I was younger, I'd get bucked off and bounce right back into the saddle, now its all I can do to crawl to the top of the divot." I understand Ray, I understand.
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