oxblood cartridge belt and holster 

In another time, I was a Deputy Sheriff. In those days the Sheriff’s Dept. issued us a 38 revolver in a very cheap holster. I quickly resolved that if my life was going to be on the line, I needed more protection. I bought a Smith & Westin Stainless Steel 357 magnum. Of course the 357 magnum didn’t fit in my issued 38 holster. A friend of mine took me to a Smith & Westin certified gunsmith who it turns out I knew all my life. He checked out my gun and asked me to leave it with him for the weekend so he could check it out for me and make some important modifications to it. When I went back to pick it up on Sunday, he not only made adjustments but he also installed an screw adjustment so that I could adjust the tension on the “pull” of the trigger. One setting for while I was on patrol and incremental adjustments for the firing range and target shooting competitions. As a present, he made me a custom holster and gun-belt for my new 357 magnum. He designed and hand stamped a magnificent design on both holster and belt. It’s still a beautiful set 49 years later! Best regards, Richard

This is the ultimate in hand craftsmanship, bar none! Excellent video, thanks.

Always a pleasure to see your craftsmanship

Your videos are always a treat! Thank you so much for making them. They help a ton!!

This is absolutely stunning work. It looks very solid and finishes beautifully.

Love your work, always looking forward for your videos! So much beauty.

sir, you truly are a craftsman. nice holster. just got into leathercrafting myself, and hope to one day reach your level of expertise.

Outstanding craftsmanship. Kudos to you.

Whenever i wanna ride again i watch a saddle video here, turn on some country and imagine those 4 legs underneeth me. Great surrogat!

Потрясающая работа,👍

Fabulous work my man, cheers!

Uma obra de arte, que coldre espetacular 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Ručně šité ❤👍👍

Настоящие произведение искусства!

Muy bueno tu vídeo saludos desde Argentina

You are by far my favourite leather worker on RU-vid however I do wish that you would post something other that all these gun holsters again. I love watching you work but these do get to be somewhat repetitive, but please don't go back to not posting at all. I really missed you!

Very very nice!

As always, beautiful work. Looks like 12 to 14 ounce leather. Hard to cut and hand sew. I don't know if I have enough years left to get as good as you. Thanks.

Amazing!!

A true master!

Superb!

16:04 I like these legs walking on the belt. :)

You could make a Harnas fore a fotographer to put in his lenzes and cameras so he can shoot whom and what he wants, dressed as a cowboy. You great👌

I do enjoy your gun holster and belt videos a lot. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of leather do you use to make them? And how thick?

Do you feel the relief at (the rear of) the trigger guard is tight enough? Stretch out? Without a retainer, that might be critical.

Beautiful color. What is your ratio of oxblood to black dye?

Beautiful work. New to holster making and was able to follow but why the slicker and trash bag when you started the holster?

What kind of awl are you using to make the stitching holes with?

how do you know what hole spacing to use for the shell holders?

Hi, i am just curios to know a tjong i am new in leather crafting, why do you tape the backside of the leather?

What happened to the Tan Kote video? 🤔

How wide do you make your belts

what brand of rivet setting tools do you have?

Your work is just beautiful. However, the buckles that you used did not have the quality of your leatherwork. Pity.

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