Beauty and the Beast "revisited"

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Had to step out of the shop, take some pics so you folks could see what showed up today!!!!
I introduced y'all to "Beauty and the Beast" (the first '60 Army in 45acp) a while back and she is a "Beauty" . . . but, now she's GORGEOUS !!!!!! She got new "attire" from none other than CraigC !!!!

I've "lusted" after one of his holsters from the first time I saw any of his work!! The man is amazing!!!
Thanks so much CraigC !!! You've made "Beauty and the Beast" quite the show gal!!!
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Thats really nice and Craigs holsters are the reason I never post pictures of the dirt simple holsters I make. I wish he would make make a series of videos on YT showing some of his skill for those of us who don't have it.
 
Goon and I have talked about making him a holster for years, since the very beginning of my leatherwork in 2013 and in turn, him doing some tuning for me. Which came to a fever pitch when Kirst started doing the .45ACP conversions. Happy to finally see both fulfilled. Or at least the first one. ;)

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ThomasT said:
Thats really nice and Craigs holsters are the reason I never post pictures of the dirt simple holsters I make. I wish he would make make a series of videos on YT showing some of his skill for those of us who don't have it.
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Hey, everybody starts somewhere. My first holster is nearly an embarrassment but I kept at it. Doesn't seem like it's been 11yrs. I have an online tutorial but it was done years ago, only about 2yrs after I started. A good bit of the process has changed. I no longer use the same dyes (except for black), glue, hand stitching or even the holster pattern but the concepts remain the same. I have thought about doing some YT video tutorials. Right now the best resource are Chuck Burrows' DVD's.

www.sixgunner.org

holstertutorialp1

The first step is to create the pattern. We start with a sixgun similar enough to create a pattern around. In this case, the holster is for one of the new Ruger five-shot .454/.480 Bisley Super...
www.sixgunner.org
 
CraigC said:
Hey, everybody starts somewhere. My first holster is nearly an embarrassment but I kept at it. Doesn't seem like it's been 11yrs. I have an online tutorial but it was done years ago, only about 2yrs after I started. A good bit of the process has changed. I no longer use the same dyes (except for black), glue, hand stitching or even the holster pattern but the concepts remain the same. I have thought about doing some YT video tutorials. Right now the best resource are Chuck Burrows' DVD's.

www.sixgunner.org

holstertutorialp1

The first step is to create the pattern. We start with a sixgun similar enough to create a pattern around. In this case, the holster is for one of the new Ruger five-shot .454/.480 Bisley Super...
www.sixgunner.org
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That was a great tutorial. It has been bookmarked and saved. Its apparent I have been cutting corners and leaving out a LOT of steps. But I know now. I have a Tandy leather about 12 miles from me. Its where I bought my first sheet of leather. My basic learning came from a couple of articles in The Backwoodsman Magazine. Basic at best. But it was a start. Thanks a million for the link. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
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