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Arts and crafts day at the DLG residence.

Updates

So, I've gotten several emails about making holsters for guns I either don't own personally, or can't source from friends or family.

I hate turning away a potential customer, but I have to be up front about it. I don't want to tell them I can come through, and send them something that doesn't fit their gun properly. So I have had to refer them to other reputable makers, which is okay, because I want anyone seeking a holster to be able to get what THEY want, and I don't want to put my name on a product that I'm not 100% proud of.

Today, I was trying to figure out a way to source a gun, and I stumbled upon form guns. I've known about form guns for a while, but I was never able to find them at a reasonable price. Well, I found a place that sells them anywhere between 40-75 bucks, with about 11 bucks shipping.

So, if you want a holster for a gun that I can't source, guess what? I can get a mold gun shipped to me, and  I could make the holster you are looking for!

The only catch is that it will add up to 2 weeks to your order. As soon as I receive payment for your order, I will place an order for the type of form gun that you need, and I will build your holster when it arrives.

And next time someone wants a holster for that same firearm, I will already have the form gun on hand!

Also, I have been really trying to figure out how I want to go about setting up a rudimentary pic/description/price of the different types of holsters I offer. I'm honestly not sure if this can be effectively accomplished with blogger, and at some point may have to make the jump to having a website built. But until I decide for sure, you may see some random layout changes here on my blog over the next few weeks. Feel free to ignore them until I make an announcement.

Thanks for bearing with me!

Kustom: Kompleted

I spent the last few days working on McThag's 'Vette Kustom.

It's a form-molded, cross-draw, IWB, two-tone holster with a reinforced mouth, molded sight channel, and no sweat guard built for a S&W M&P.

It was a fun project for me, because it was pretty different than most orders. I did, however, use a base holster shape that I've had great success with for large frame autos in the past, and I gotta say, it's a great general use holster shape. It will definately become a staple of my designs going forward.

'Vette Kustom

So, an IWB Cross-draw holster, custom ordered from me, because none of the big Holster Makers will mess with a completely one-off order for a reasonable price with a reasonable wait...

Will forever be known, in my mind at least, as the 'Vette Kustom.

Because it's a Custom ordered holster, made for wearing while cruising around in a Corvette.

And the colors of the day are dark brown with a tan accent.

I just dyed them, so they look darker and more uneven than they will in 24 hours, when time and air do their magic, and make the colors look nice.

But, hey, it's another project begun!

Rope

My great grandfather was a mechanic. More than that, he was a tinkerer, and inventor, a Renaissance man. He came up in the great depression, and his uncommonly bright mind was put to use making his daily life easier. He invented all kinds of things that were ingenious ways to make work easier, or to make store-bought products at home.

One of Great Grandpa Gus's inventions was a simple rope maker.

It had 3 metal hooks attached to a triangular plate with a handle on it. All of this was mounted on a frame, and came with a spanner paddle. You tied twine  onto the three hooks, cranked the handle, and used the spanner paddle to keep tension on the twine strands. The twine would twist on itself, making it want to coil, which it would in turn do, around the other two strands of twine.

With an hour's work, you could have 50 yards of rope.

My dad ended up with the device after Gus passed, probably because dad had a farm, and there's always a need for rope around a farm.

Now, in this day and age, an hour of work is generally worth more than 50 foot of rope, but that wasn't always the case, and I can remember making rope as a pre-teen, because dad needed some, and we were a 40 minute drive from the nearest hardware store. With a big hank of twine, we had rope in less time than it would have taken to drive to the store and buy it.

Well, about 2 months ago, my brother happened to be travelling by our old farm, which pop sold off 10 years ago, after getting out of the business of raising cattle (and children). He stopped, and asked the owner if he could look around, and the owner didn't mind. While kicking around, brother found the old rope machine hanging on a nail in the barn.

He showed it to the owner, and explained how it worked. The owner was delighted with the simplicity. Brother asked if he could take it,  and the owner seemed glum, but said he could. Brother explained how it was a part of our family history, but he would be happy to have a replica built, and he would bring back a new rope maker for the farm owner.

The owner again seemed delighted, they shook hands, and Brother brought the project to me. (He's a genius with metal, but my skill at woodworking exceeds his... which is scary. A carpenter, I ain't. )

Today, my son and I completed the little project, tightening all the joints on the original, so Brother can hang it in a place of honor in his shop, and making 2 new ones (or at least the wood components thereof). I will bring them to Brother, and he will make all the little metal parts (metal is his specialty) and finish the machines. Then he's on the hook to make a pilgrimage back to the old farmstead, and keep good on his word.