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Old 09-28-2016, 10:56 PM
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Default I made my own holster for my model 21

This is one of my holsters I taught myself how to make. I got tired of waiting weeks and months on pro holster makers.
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Old 09-28-2016, 11:02 PM
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Here is the picture. Sorry for putting it in a reply.
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That looks pretty durn good to me. I like M21's too. Well done.
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Old 09-28-2016, 11:11 PM
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I have problems with attaching pictures. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Old 09-28-2016, 11:16 PM
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This is a closeup of the tooling and how the back looks.
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Here is the tooling closeup. Sorry for my clumsy posting.
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Thank you, Randy. It's nice that others appreciate my efforts.
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Old 09-28-2016, 11:29 PM
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Looks good to me. Nicely done.
There's a few guys on here that are really exceptional
working with leather.

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That looks great, if you make some more post pics of them. Larry
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Old 09-29-2016, 10:41 AM
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Looks fine to me.
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Thank you for the compliments and also the request to show more of my holsters. I have made several for myself and a few for some local friends and neighbors. In most cases I took photos so I will find them and put them on another thread. Again, thank you for your encouragement.

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Nice looking work.
Get a little personal satisfaction making your own.
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Very nice job! I've made almost all my own holsters also......the thing that throws me is how did you make the belt loop without it being very sloppy on the draw? It looks like it's about 3" wide.
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Very nice job! I've made almost all my own holsters also......the thing that throws me is how did you make the belt loop without it being very sloppy on the draw? It looks like it's about 3" wide.
It's really not a problem with my belt buckled up tight. It doesn't "slip" any at all. My original intent was to make it where it would be carried on a wide gun belt. But it does fine on the 1-1/2" belt for my pants.

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You done that hunk of dead cow proud.
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