Can leather holsters be relined? I have a pretty good, no name, holster that the lining in coming out. Any repair, replacement possible?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

Just about anything can be repaired. Paying someone who knows what they're doing would probably cost you more then the holster is worth and you may have trouble even finding someone to do it. If you're handy and the holster construction isn't overly complicated, you could probably do a halfway decent job yourself. If you're retired, you can estimate your labor at $0.0/hour!

I've restitched old sheaths and holsters with some success, but I've never attempted relining and know nothing about it. I know pigskin is a popular material, but have no idea where to get it any what type to use (split or not, tanning method...). I imagine it's glued in, but that's a guess too.

Good luck and post before/after photos if you attempt it!

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You can purchase pigskin from Tandy Leather, either a store or online. You can also obtain hand-stitching needles and heavy duty waxed thread (black or brown). Finally, you need some Tandy leather glue, either permanent or rubber cement. If you use the permanent kind, just know up front that when you place the pigskin on the holster leather, you will not be getting it back off!

As long as there are no rivets holding the edges of the holster together, simply cut through the existing thread (from between the two edges), open up the holster, remove old lining, glue in new lining (oversized). When glue dries, trim off excess lining. Using two needles and a length of thread 4 times the length of stitched edge, saddle stitch the two edges back together. It really is not a difficult process, just takes a bit of time.

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I agree completely. I have dissected and repaired dozens of older holsters. I have manufactured tens of thousands of holsters. I can tell you without any doubt that the time and effort required for a person sufficiently skilled to take an older holster apart, install or replace a lining, and reassemble the holster will exceed the value of said holster many times over.