Making a Field Style Gun Holster - Springfield XD-M 4.5" 10mm
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- This was my first attempt at making a field style leather gun holster. For this Springfield XD-M 4.5" 10mm holster, I used two layers of 3-4 ounce Wickett & Craig vegetable tanned leather and bonded nylon thread. If you didn't want to line the holster, I'd recommend a single layer of 7-8 ounce leather for the body.
I begin the video by demonstrating my process for creating the pattern, and then ultimately building the holster. I conclude with a review of the pattern and make a few adjustments that I felt necessary for my next build. I dyed the leather with my Badger 150 airbrush and my Senco PC1010 air compressor. I sealed the leather with Fiebing's Acrylic Resolene. The leather field style holster was sewn with my Cobra Class 4 from Leather Machine Company.
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There is nothing like this level of care in manufacturing! Hope you get back to making holsters soon so I can place an order. Bravo!
I just got two blue guns from someone as a gift. Now to learn this part of the business.
Another fine piece of functional art Eric! Your videos are some of my favorites on the You. Well done on the explanation and video quality. I have referred to your videos many times when I was new to holster making. Wishing you the best and hope you keep them coming. Cheers
Well done!
Thanks for the pattern building lesson. I have several personal projects up and coming where I will apply this technique.
Sincerely, Coop.
I really like how you went through the process of making and refining the template. I am just getting into leather working; and that is one DIY process that I have not seen yet. THANKS!!!
I love this style holster.
And I really appreciate this type of video where you talk through the development process.
Thank you for sharing.
Your videos are so helpful, and the availability for purchase is amazing. Thank you so much for doing all you do for our craft.
Amazing, I love how you are able to make such great patterns. Thank you for making those available to purchase and make our lives a little easier!!
Thank you very much!
Awesome video! Great instructions and a nice design. Appreciate you taking the time to do these videos. You have helped me and who knows how many others learn more about leather working. Thank you!
Thank you Ed - I appreciate that! I'm always reluctant to post a build video for something that ultimately may require design tweaks, but I hope it gives others the confidence to carry through with the build. It's only by reaching the end that we can look back and study the future.
I love the way you include your errors. It goes to show that even as good as you are, there is always something to learn. You do beautiful work. True craftsman.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it, and thanks for watching!
I've been building leather holsters for about 6 years now and it seems I have a chance to learn new techniques by watching videos like yours. Your process for coming up with a pattern and the layout are simple and easy to understand.I also love the way you use an Airbrush to color the holster.It has a amazing effect with the shadowing on the edges.Thanks for a great video I hope to see more. Mike, 3MP Leather Kalispell MT
Thank you Mike, I really appreciate it! I still have a lot to learn, but am glad others are finding the videos helpful.
Great looking holster. The video quality and instructions are excellent. Your presentation in which order you complete your steps is incredibly helpful to a beginner.
I will keep watching.
Your videos are precise, organized, meticulous, as is your work.
“What one does without dedication is diminished by half”. Thanks for sharing your work.
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Wow, thank you! I appreciate that, and thank you for watching!
Very well done video. Having made a few pistol patterns like this I can relate to and agree with everything you did here. I do mostly English tack but made a few holsters locally.
Another awesome rig! Well done. I really enjoy the new voice over format. It really cool to hear your thought process. Thanks for taking the time to make these awesome videos!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I always hesitate to use the fast-forward format, but I hate trimming away content that I feel like most people want to see. Maybe one day I'll have decent internet and I can upload two versions - the long format original, and the condensed "hope you drank enough coffee to keep up" version. LOL
@@AdamsLeatherWorks LOL! Your stuff is always good brother!
Your videos are by far the best.
Beautiful work
Very interesting. I never fail to learn something new, and you have thought me several tricks. Thank you for sharing!
Well I did'nt think I was going to like it but I'm glad I finished the video , very nice holster and I look forward to more of your work. Very Nice !!!!!!!!!
Awesome work
Best holster making video on you tube!
Excellent video. Outstanding holster.
Great holster, the white stitching really pops.
Great video it's amazing how much work goes into making a custom holster, nice job.
Thank you! Definitely a lot of steps. My wife often asks "what step are you on" or "how many more steps are left"... She always regrets asking when I start listing the remaining steps. LOL Thank you for watching Terry!
Beautiful work.
Love your videos buddy. I learn something new every time i watch one. Beautiful holster.
Thanks Ray - I appreciate it!
Wonderful piece of art, love the craftsmanship...!!
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Beautiful work. It takes years to get to this level or craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much!
Good work!
You know you got good retention when you hear that pop when you insert it. Love that sound. Thanks for vids and your help on Fb. Still say you make some of the nicest holsters around even though I also make them but you make it look so easy. Meanwhile while I'm cussing and banging stuff coming up with patterns lol
great work
10mm is master race.
Keep the videos coming, you do great work!
Thanks Sean, I appreciate it!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing
Great job
craftsmanship, pattern making, and leatherworking knowledge, with artistic talent, is what you get as a beautiful, working holster anybody would be proud to wear. thanks for the schooling you will be hearing from me.
Thank you Martin, I appreciate that. Thanks for watching!
Very good,excellent professional!
Thing of beauty
You are an artist.
This gave me a great idea to do for my Grand Power Q100. I did just make a SOB holster which turned out awesome for my first attempt.
Interesting looking pistol - I hadn't heard of that one before.
Excellent work !!!
Thank you!
Wow that sure looks great! Love the two tone brown/black colors always looks good. Going to probably get started on another holster. 1911 full size holster for a buddy of mine who said he doesn't carry it because he doesn't have a holster for it. I think I can help! Like your process and how you go about it. Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Marshal - good luck with the build! I like this color combo too. I also really like Saddle Tan with Dark Brown accents.
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Thank you for watching!
I like how we all make the same mistakes. I was thinking „didn‘t he forget to add the snap fas ... oh, here we go.“
The one thing to suggest though: I like to add my hardware in a way that it is hidden under the lining just so that Indo not end up with metal scraping on metal.
Great work as always.
Thank you! I usually try to conceal the hardware, but I was having trouble visualizing the assembly process with the lining layers and belt loop fold-over. My original intention was to mount the strap between the layers and have it protrude through the top of the belt loop (like it currently does), but instead of penetrating both layers, it would only penetrate one of the lining layers. I punched the slot in the wrong layer of leather so I opted to mount it on the outside surface instead of starting over. Being this was my first attempt with this gun & pattern style, I figured it was best to keep moving forward with the build to confirm the pattern worked out okay otherwise, and then I'd have a better idea of the hardware installation order on the next attempt.
My wife watched this video and my previous clip-on mag pouch video - she thought it was hilarious how I made the same mistakes on both pieces. LOL
Excellent work mate
Thank you! Cheers!
Very good job
You do beautiful and great work. Thanks for sharing. J.
Thank you John, I appreciate it!
This is weirdly satisfying hahaha
I like the two stroke in the background getting ripped the best.
Really nice work.
Thank you!
Enjoyed your video and admire your craft. Please continue posting these well done and explained videos. Way to market American made products.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Nicely done.
Thank you!
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just subscribed to you. Love your content , Sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent thank you
amazing holster
Thanks Mendel
It would be super to see you make one of these for a Bond Arms Snake Slayer. Thanks for the very educational videos.
that is gorgeous
Thank you!
Love your process! Someday I'm gonna try my own!
Thank you! Good luck with the build, and feel free to reach out to me on my website if you have any questions. This is a new style for me, but I'll try to help however I can.
@@AdamsLeatherWorks I watched your avenger holster video and that really influenced me to make a holster myself. I started it last week it isnt done but thanks for sharing the process and the mistakes.
very nice
gorgeous holster Eric...I've been looking for something like that for my xdm .45 4.5" for sometime..
Thank you! I don't have these on my site yet, but if you'd like to place an order, just select Avenger Standard on my website, then leave a note in the comment box stating it's for the XDM 45 4.5" field style.
Amazing job 👍
Thanks 😁
That's some good shit that u r making love the video keep it up bud
Thank you very much!
Watchign you work is just mesmerizing! love your chanel!
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Do I need whale bone and can you make me one?
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Great job, Looks great. Very impressed!! I would like to see it with a thumb break.
Outsdanding!
I’m just hoping to get the email from you saying you can take my order when you catch up on current orders. Amazing work!
That’s a very nice looking holster sir I really would like to get one
Excelente excelente excelente!!!
Thank you!
More hosters please they never get old
Very nice work. I get inspired by your videos, but I always hold back because I lack the confidence in my own abilities.
When I first started out, my wife lacked confidence in my abilities! Haha! It looks like you're pretty close to my neck of the woods (I'm west of Denton). Send me a message through my contact page on my website some time if you'd like to come by and work on a holster.
That is just awesome, love the leather! Fit and finish is great excellent 👌 job!
I had to give up cutting retention straps to length before assembly, they always seemed to come up just a little to short. I started cutting them long and then trimming to length after assembly, that allows me to get it right every time. Beautiful holster and all my criticisms were taken care of in the pattern revision at the end. I really enjoy watching how other people approach leatherwork, often it leads to things that I never would have thought of. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching, and for your comments! There's a few makers that I try to watch anytime they post stuff - most of non-holster related videos (bags, wallets, etc. - stuff I don't make much of). I'm always intrigued by other people's techniques. One channel I stumbled across recently - I'm blown away by the amount of leather related tools & equipment he has. Being a glorified hobby for me, I don't have the funds to buy all that stuff, but man I'm drooling! If you haven't seen Diresta's channel, check him out. He's a newbie to leather, but an old pro at everything else and his videos are always a gold mine of tips & tricks.
@@AdamsLeatherWorks I agree Diresta's videos are great, I've been watching him for a couple of years. I'd love to get up there and take one of his blacksmithing classes but it's just not in my budget even though he's less than an hour from me. Maybe someday..... Don't know if you've been watching Chuck Dorset's Weaver Leathercraft videos but he's another one that has a ton of info. Even with basic projects I usually pick stuff up from him.
Yeah, Chuck's videos are great too! Have you listened to the Making It podcast? I went back and listened to all their episodes on my commute. His blacksmithing classes look like a whole lot of fun.
@@AdamsLeatherWorks I've been listening to the Fitzall podcast but not Making it, I'll check that out. Thanks.
@@jailer23044 Wow - I haven't heard of that one yet! Just sub'd to it - thanks for the head's up!
I'm AMAZED...Thanks ';-)
Great production as always. Would love to see how each finished product looks on your person.
Thank you! I'll try to keep modeling in mind on future vids. Have to find a suitable body double first. Wonder if the Ryan Reynolds is available? He's played a fat guy before...
@@AdamsLeatherWorks insider tip... Most of us are fat guys. We need one of us doing the modeling. I cant appendix carrt but i can hide a glock 19 under my love handles
18:57 Watch your other hand while edge beveling. Beautiful sheath man
Thank you! Yes, edgers can draw blood if you're not careful. My old edger got me quite a few times, but it should have been retired a long time ago. This new one has a pretty blunt tip and has never cut me, but there's always a chance.
Your work is absolutely amazing..I would like a IWB holster,with a belt clip for my Springfield 1911 9mm 3inch ronin EMP.
Great!
Thanks!
Awesome
Thank you!
👍. I wet formed one for a beretta and made an extended belt loop so it doesn't ride high next to the hip. Must be n8ce to have all those tools.
Excelente
Nice.
Thank you!
I used to do quite a bit of leather work and figuring out which steps to do in what order was always something I needed to carefully think through before I started on a project. There have been times when I'd get everything all glued up and realize I'd skipped a step and didn't install snap hardware or something else and have to carefully pry apart the glued pieces...so I can sympathize.
My wife helps me pack all my orders. I can't count the number of times she's reviewed all the orders and caught my mistakes. Left instead of right, missing a thumb strap, wrong holster style - even had one guy that ordered two of the same holster (same color & everything). Apparently the second holster was for his son and I completely overlooked the "2" in the quantity column. LOL
Nice work! this was fun to watch. I have a Springfield XDM Elite 4.5 9mm. Will this still work for a 9mm?
Nice work Eric.
Thank you!
Mr. Adams. Thank you very much for the videos you make and that show us your work. I also work leather, i have a workshop in Barcelona, Spain. I will be very grateful if you could tell me where you buy the plastic pistols that you use to take the measurements to make the pistols holsters. Thank you very much for your attention, receive a cordial greeting.
hello, great video, thnks for making these, theyve been a tremendous help to me. i really like your blue gun, where do you get them? thnks again!
Great looking holster. I can't help but notice your printing... architect, engineer or draftsman by trade? And bravo on the production. I think a lot of folks can really appreciate the awesome leather work, but I hope they can appreciate what I presume is a massive amount of time filming, editing, voicing over, etc that goes into a video like this. Well done sir.
Thank you very much! I took drafting classes all through high school, and was an architectural design major my freshman year of college. Switched to graphic design after watching The Mask. I still ultimately ended up in the architectural field, but I'm on the 3D, marketing & presentation renderings side of things. Filming and editing this stuff does indeed take a whole lot of extra time. There's a few makers out there that constantly blow my mind with their video quality. Rainfall Projects is a great example. Thanks again - I appreciate it!
Nice, holster worth more than the gun!
Top demais muito linda
Ola Amigo td bem com vc ? como sempre fico admirado com a perfeição do seu trabalho. Mais tenho uma curiosidade,vc dá algum curso de como trabalhar com couro ? pq seria muito legal passar esse talento para novas gerações.
Wow 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍✌️
I need this same hostler far S&W 40 shields
the snap looks hard to release when drawing defensively. is it actually slow or does it work when it's on the belt? beautiful holster by the way.
Could you make one that would fit the XDM 10MM OSP with suppressor height sights? I cannot find a holster that fits this gun.
I wonder how much it is for a holster? Amazing work. Would love one for my Beretta. 92
Beautiful work !
Have you ever made a holster with a tension screw to set the resistance to removing the weapon? I would like to see how this is done if you have.
Thanks
Thank you - I haven't made anything with a tension screw before, but that would be fun to try!
I would like to see it done for a M&P full size or compact, if I had a choice. Those are what I carry
Thanks again
Very Nice looking Holster there is NOTHING like Leather for a Pistol Holster kydex has a lot to learn before it can compete with Leather! lol :) Do you make Concealed Carry Holsters for Sig pistol? I have a Sig P220 10mm Legion and I having an issue finding a holster for it. The pistol is like the regular P220 45 but it has a 5 inch barrel instead of the 4.4.
Great video, thanks for sharing! Quick question, could this holster have been made with out a retention strap? Would there be enough friction to hold the gun safely without the strap?
Thanks! It certainly would work without the strap, provided you mold in retention points to help lock the gun into the holster. I typically indent the leading edge of the trigger guard and a little at the ejection port. The idea with the strap is to make it very easy and fast to remove the gun when it’s unsnapped, but more secure when snapped.
Nice work. Have you done one with a thumb break snap?
Thank you! This was my first attempt at this style of holster, so I haven't done one with a thumb break snap. I Imagine it would look more like an Avenger style holster, minus the trailing belt loop.