Don when I make holsters, I carefully draw a template after measuring thickness. I also account for the thickness of the leather. I then cut out my rough pieces and glue them together along the seam that is measured. I then hit the edges with a belt sander to smooth, bevel the edges, grove for my stitches, and finally I punch for my stitching (I hand stitch). Once the stitching is done, I do wet mold the holster after a dunk in water just about as hot as I can stand to hold my hand in. It depends on what I´m going for though. I don´t always mold very defined lines. ¨Western¨ style holsters get molded, but I don´t try to bone the leather or perfectly form fit it on the outside as I´m going for a smoother look. Modern firearm leather holsters usually are styled to be boned, so I wet mold them a lot closer to the figure of the gun. I´ve found that even a smoother exterior look to the final product still fits like a glove, and you can feel that positive stop where the gun ¨snaps¨ in where you molded it to. It just isn´t as obvious from the outside. I´ll post a pick of one of my 1911 holsters tomorrow to show what I usually do.