I had a holster-maker friend put a guy in touch with me a while back, and this ended up being the fruits of our collaboration. His body type required something that pushed the gun away from his body so a Bruce Nelson/Avenger style holster seemed to fit the bill, and he left the rest up to me.

I ended up going a little overkill on the project but am happy with the end result. Originally a lined holster was what I wanted but in an effort to minimize bulk, opted for a rough out construction. The trailing loop features a 'hidden belt loop' that minimizes clothing snags and also adds a center welt to the holster for extra rigidity - something I picked up on from Ray @ Lobo when I first started playing with leather. Skiving in non critical areas let me take about a third the thickness out of that rear wing from mock up to production model. It has a stitched sight channel to help locate the front sight during reholstering and the rest is pretty obvious. A few mag pouches to compliment and a plastic reinforced belt make the cherry on top so stick a fork in this one - she's done

Nice looking work. Thanks for sharing

First class job there, Rob. A nice even finish on rough-out leather can be a real challenge.

Very nice looking work! (As always.)

Sweeeeeeeeet....... nice looking ( I like the leather contrast) and practical set up!!

Thank you!

Much appreciated, Ray. The mock up had a much nicer finish than this one, with a time crunch I just had to be happy with it.

Thank you sir!

Thank you!

That is a really nice rig! Is the stitching by hand or machine?

Very nice.

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WOW !! that is some first class workmanship !!

Thanks for sharing ,,

All very nice.
On the rough side finish, did you smooth it down with something? And if so what?

I like this one a lot, especially the open toe design. Your usual excellent work.

Much appreciated! This is all machine stitched. Double stitching a belt by hand is at the bottom of things I'd like to do

Thank you snubby.

Thank you, sir.

This portion of the hide had a tight nap due to splitting, when I applied final finish I lightly rubbed the rough out with a tool handle to pack it and then went back with a light wire bristle to raise it just a tad. On this mock up I didn't have to touch it but it was on a thicker/junky part of the hide I couldn't make use of for a production piece.



Thank you sir! Can't wait to find time to translate it to a revolver.