The Redhawk Holster

 I am just having a ball with this project down in the Reclusium. Anyone can get a pattern, cut out the pieces and sew them up and call themselves leatherworkers and that is good enough for them, I suppose. 

A real leatherworker knows how to create his own patterns, which materials will work and which won't, and the limitations of his materials, tools and talent. I am one of those tards that is no leatherworker, but I can fake it under certain carefully maintained artificial conditions.

I can't get down on myself because so far I have made two or three blunders. They are by no means the end of the world, and God willing I will still end up with a serviceable holster. If this plays out right, I should end up with a heavy duty rig that is plain to look at, but will hopefully fit like a glove.

My pattern was great, the mistakes I made were awful to look at... but easily corrected for the next build. This is why I won’t do commissions. At this stage, for me… my work is too crude and unrefined to charge somebody good money for. I do everything by hand too, where the pros use advanced tools like vacuum formers and sewing machines. The forming process has begun, and I think my leather is too heavy. I am going to need steroids and road rage to form it… so we’ll see what happens I guess.