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

@biggusdickus5986

Жыл бұрын

Whose Smith & Westin ? A subsidiary of Smith & Wesson ?

@8626John

Жыл бұрын

@@biggusdickus5986 Probably a friend of Otto Correcto.

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

Fabulous work my man, cheers!

Always a pleasure to see your craftsmanship

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

Outstanding craftsmanship. Kudos to you.

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.

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

A true master!

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

Amazing!!

Very very nice!

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,👍

Superb!

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.

Настоящие произведение искусства!

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

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?

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?

@agarfrance9272

2 жыл бұрын

It’s just about always heavy Hermann Oak saddle skirting or tooling leather. Lately I’ve enjoyed using Wickett and Craig 12 - 14 oz.

Muy bueno tu vídeo saludos desde Argentina

@agarfrance9272

2 жыл бұрын

Saludos desde Canada

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?

@cluek9780

Жыл бұрын

Probably to pre-stretch the leather (with glass slicker)

@RavensHammer00

10 ай бұрын

You use the slicker to close the pores of the leather up, it takes dye more evenly and gives a very nice finish, and the plastic bag is used after wetting the leather, cases the leather, the water penetrates the leather more evenly, so the leather accepts tooling better than just a surface wetting of the leather.

Ručně šité ❤👍👍

You are by far my favourite leather worker on KZread 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!

@agarfrance9272

2 жыл бұрын

You’re right, there is a bit of a holster overload here, I’m going to try to post more of my other projects in the future.

@uxb1112

2 жыл бұрын

@@agarfrance9272 thank you for your kind reply. Sorry for being a little pushy. Now I'm really excited about what's going to come next!

@8626John

2 жыл бұрын

If you're taking requests, I would like to see a tutorial on how you design and execute your leather tooling.

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

@danpatch4751

Жыл бұрын

To keep the leather from stretching when punching and tooling.

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

How wide do you make your belts

@agarfrance9272

2 жыл бұрын

Usually 2.5 to 3 inches

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👌

what brand of rivet setting tools do you have?

@agarfrance9272

2 жыл бұрын

They're Douglas Tools, they're now available at Rocky Mountain Leather Supply www.rmleathersupply.com/collections/other-tools/products/douglas-rivet-setter-domer?variant=35473272515

@waynemcmanus2634

2 жыл бұрын

thank you

What happened to the Tan Kote video? 🤔

@agarfrance9272

2 жыл бұрын

It’s being re-edited

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

@harrys288

Жыл бұрын

Buckles are replaceable, and his are fine.