Check out these hand made holsters on Ebay!

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Was searching for a leather iwb holster for my glock 19. Found a handmade wet molded one on ebay for 35 bucks new and shipped! Specs: one way pull the dot snaps, sweat gaurd, wet molded, 30 degree forward cant.

Just won it for 35. Maybe should wait till it arrives to give this guy a plug, but it seems like he is just getting started and building a reputation with good quality and low prices. Link for a S and W pasted below, but 1911, glocks ect avail in his ebay store.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Iwb-Leather...998&pid=100012&prg=1014&rk=2&sd=230917072446&
 
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Yep!

I don't think he has quite got the idea of how basketweave stamping is supposed to look.

And he apparently doesn't realize you can't wet mold & bone a hand-tooled holster without ruining the tooling patterns.

If the holster fits your gun, you got about what you paid for, if that.

rc
 
I don't think he has quite got the idea of how basketweave stamping is supposed to look.
I think he's using a single stamp
It might be the mag release from a Glock, see attached photo for evidence:
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To be fair, I think basketweave is an ugly and dated pattern to start with, but this is a particularly poor rendition.
 
Yeah, the leather quality doesn't look on par with 70 dollar holsters, but I ordered it with function in mind, as it is iwb and I liked the design. I have attached the pictures of the holster I actually bought.
 

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Skribs - I agree, there's nothing wrong with a plain IWB

rcmodel - Really? I always thought basketweave was applied with a roller or something similar.
 
It may be rolled on in production line holsters & belts.

But hand-tooling means just that.

Each mark in the design is applied one at a time with a single hand stamp to wet leather.
But once done, you can't hand bone the wet leather to fit a gun without ruining the hand tooling.

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Wow you guys sound like I just paid 35 bucks for a turd. I never meant to imply old world craftsmanship, just thought it would be a very functional rig for the money.
 
ba ba booey - function will determine value, I hope you get a useful functional holster out of the deal. Perhaps I was a bit mean making digs at cosmetics, my holsters surely aren't pretty.

rcmodel - interesting, the last time I did anything with leather stamping was in the 80's at summer camp, so I surely have no idea what goes into it.
How would basketweave be applied to a formed piece, then? Shove it onto an anvil and stamp away for hours?
 
No offense taken, just wondering if I blew money, even if it is a 35 dollar holster. To my eye the thumbnails of the actual holster I bought--posted midway through this thread--look better than the smith and wesson that I originally posted. Does anyone here with leather work experience feel that way or are they equally bad?
 
How would basketweave be applied to a formed piece, then? Shove it onto an anvil and stamp away for hours?
IT would have to be formed in a die in one piece if you wanted a fitted hand-boned holster fit.

For a handmade & handtooled holster, it is done on the flat leather before the holster is shaped and sewn together.

rc
 
Does anyone here with leather work experience feel that way or are they equally bad?
No, you are right.

The one you got isn't poorly basketweave stamped and then ruined by boning the wet holster to the gun quite as much.

Yours is stamped with a Tri-Weave stamp.
http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/...ojects/tri-weave-basket-stamping/6503-00.aspx

But it's supposed to look something like weaving, as shown in the knife sheath photo I posted in post #5 done with the same style stamp.

But at least he didn't hand bone yours and rub all the tooling out.

rc
 
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While I agree the stamping leaves a lot to be desired, you'll be getting what you paid for.
You may want to cut off that point at the bottom of the pouch....that will leave a mark.
 
If the stamping is that poor Id have to wonder about the stitching.
 
From someone who makes holsters for a business. The design is pretty poor. The entry point for the trigger guard will be below the level of the waistband when worn. Not a good place for it to be when reholstering a striker fired weapon in particular. It looks like he has included stitched in sight rails but grossly overdid it. Overall finish details are poor as rcmodel stated. I would also worry about die bleed onto your clothes. Also as to design it has an extereme muzzle rear cant. Not well thought out.
 
Of course it look's cheap, it's sell's for $35. The op seem's half way satisfied, I would probably buy one on the cheap. He also stated that he thought the guy was just learning so give him a break. Maybe the next one's will satisfy everyone.Nice sheath also RC.
 
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