Finally, one for Larry

[Lane]

At couple of years ago, when I got my CBOB, I couldn't stand the thought of putting it in a plastic holster. "So," I think to myself, "how hard could it be?" I trot off to the Tandy Leather store, and the rest is sort of history. When I had one that I liked for the CBOB, I posted some pictures over in the DW forum at 1911forum.com. Several folks - including Mr. neener - said "Hey, if you're selling, I'll buy one." So, Larry was my first customer. After he had one for his DW, he said "what about a lined one for my CQB?" Two years later, I've finally started working on it.

In honor of this momentous occasion, I thought I'd document the process for posterity. So, without further ado, let's retire to the Dungeon.

Here's what the Dungeon looks like today:

You can see my Dillon 550 shares the cabinet with my sticher:

I used to use an X-Acto knife to cut the leather, but I'd go through a ton of blades. For Christmas, my wife got me a very nice, round head knife:

A piece of leather glued to a board with some jewler's rouge makes a nice strop:

We are going to line this one, so I cut out some skin suede:

I use a contact cement made for leather. It also gives a pretty good buzz. A thin coat on all the pieces, and set 'em aside to dry. That's pieces of my Wiley Clapp on the table:

While we wait for the cement to dry, I'll cut out the little pieces for the COTEP logo stamp. It'll get glued and stitched to the front piece tomorrow:

Once the cement has dried, we stick the pieces together. Once the pieces touch, they don't want to separate, so it's important to get 'em right the first time. Here's where we are at the end of today:

Tomorrow, if things work out, we'll attach the COTEP medallion and glue the front to the back. Also, I'm going to start a separate thread to document the continued attempts at making a home for 's Black Ops, and we'll start one for 's OWB.

Lane