HOWTO: Make a Holster

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This was asked a while back,

 

 

So I thought I'd offer to show how I occasionally make them. I'm going to omit dimension's as lots of ppl have different type's of E-11 but there's often a ruler in the pic which may help out?

 

Either way I suggest you make a paper/plastic sheet template based on your own gun, before cutting anything expensive, aslo depending on the thickness of the leather that can tend to throw any global "fixed" template measurments out.

 

Firstly buy Some good leather

 

 

 

mark out your base measurments

 

 

Cut out your rectangle

 

 

PS It's pic intensive but I'll leave the images supersized as it may be clearer to those following it?

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mark out the pouch bit, I start with the outside left edge & continue using that as my straight edge.

 

 

Mark out & cut your pocket design

 

 

Turn it over & add a strip of double sided adhesive tape

 

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Measure regular intervals down the line

 

 

Make a small indentation at the intervals

 

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remove the double adhesive cover & match the two sides up

 

 

Pop this onto a sewing machine

 

 

Hand punch using the machine, through each pre-marked indentation

 

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Using a back stich hand sew the thing together

 

 

This hopefully give's the impresion of being sew on a machine???

 

 

& if done well enough ppl wont believe it's not

 

 

 

It's hand sewn because asking a machine to sew through over six mil of leather is a very tall order or a very expensive machine.

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Next you'l need some smaller lengths of leather, preferabley not dyed through!

 

 

Pop some hole's into these

 

 

& so!

 

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Assemble the holster straps with rivet's

 

 

mark out where your retaining strap is going to be & cut at an angle

 

 

Cut a strap out & trim to the desired shape

 

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attach the poppers/snaps

 

 

Assemble the strap to the holster like in ANH although you can cheat & use a rivet instead of sewing

 

 

Pop your gun in & your good to go, well nearly as it still needs attaching to a belt

 

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& here's what it should all look like once finished

 

 

 

If your wanting ESB? I'd suggest "Dyed through" leather for the straps, so you'l need to save some of this stuff from before.

 

 

 

& thats it.

[synaptyx]

Absolutely bloody gorgeous, mate!

[TK 6918[501st]]

Top notch stuff, do I smell a run in the future?

[Hyper[TK]]

Very nice, might have to give one a try

[Billhag]

Steve

Fantastic work as usual mate, you make it look so bloody easy!!

(darn him and his taleted hands <_< )

 

 

 

Brillant tutorial mate, nicely done Sir!

 

 

 

PS

Love that new blaster by the way

[ThayNerd[TK]]

Very nice. I might have to try to make one myself.

[firebladejedi[TK]]

Great tutorial there Steve and fantastic holsters too

[TK-1287]

Great Tutorial!!

[TK8776 jgarrettg]

Thanks! I was just getting ready to do this without a tutorial. Great timing!

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Hope the thread help's out?

 

here's a couple of screen caps' I've a few more better one's & if I can find em I'll post them up.

 

 

 

[Runnriottt]

Holds that blaster super well. I love my holster you made me.

 

This is a great thread. It screams STICKY!

[synaptyx]

This is a great thread. It screams STICKY!

Quoted for troof - stickied!

[2155TK[TK]]

I wish all tutorials were this easy and precise! Thanks very much!!

[Murray1134[501st]]

That looks amazing! Almost easy enough for someone like me to attempt it!

[TKDUEUNO]

Here's the updated Troopermaster ANH Holster Pattern, in inches and centimeters versions

 

 

Edited June 29, 2010 by TKDUEUNO

[cloneracer2012]

Very helpfull !!!

 

Thank you for this !!

[Flykiller[TK]]

Hi !

 

Thanks for this great tutorial !

 

Could anyone tell me the size of the green part on my image please ?

 

 

Thank you.

Edited March 8, 2014 by Flykiller