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On the bench.

Happy Monday! Thought I’d write a few lines and show a few photos of what’s been going on around here. First, a quick “THANK YOU!” to all of my awesome customers that make this possible. If it weren’t for you, I’d have to do something stupid and worthless–like run for Congress.

Gibson, knife sheath, leather, folder, Buck, Buck Knives, Buck 112, Buck 112 Ranger Auto,
Buck 112 Ranger Auto knife sheath in natural Hermann Oak leather with heavy white stitching. Left-hand carry. (It’s mine).

Real quick, speaking of idiocy/Congress, the Postal Service is still crippled by the current idiot in charge, Louis DeJoy. We ship everything Priority Mail, which used to mean three to four days for delivery. They’re still getting close–usually within a couple of days of their “promise,” but always kind of a crap-shoot these days. The stuff we’ve been shipping has been seeing problems at the USPS distribution centers in Pensacola, Florida, and Austin, Texas. Everything has been arriving–so far. My hat’s off to the US Postal Service employees at ground-level for getting the job done despite the dumbasses at the top, and Congress poised to sabotage them at every turn.

I’m working on adding knife sheaths for the Buck 110 and 112. This is an experiment, and we’ll see how it goes. I’ve thrown in a few in the photos above to show our progress so far. I’m also working to stock the websites as I’m not currently accepting advance orders. If you see something you like, it’s in-stock and ships in a day or two.

That’s it for now. I’m caffeinated enough to get back to it.

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Picking favorites. Not cool if it’s your kids, but holsters don’t read.

Gibson Leather, Bruce Gibson Design, natural Hermann Oak leather OWB holster with rope basket stamp and liner. Roughout back panel.
Natural OWB with rope basket stamp, Barry King half-flower border, lined with roughout back panel.

This one’s a favorite. I built it last week along with a dozen others, but I only lined two of them. The other is the hammered finish I put in another post a week or so back. I like it, too, but I really like this one. That doesn’t happen too often. I should probably use the past tense talking about this–this one’s not mine anymore. It’s got a new home in South Texas, and it was interesting packing it up in that Priority Mail box and putting it in the hands of the Postal Service. It’s my hope the Postal folks don’t take it on a month-long tour of the Southwest. They did that with one a couple of months ago.

It was only here a few days after it was finished. I’ve got some I’ll probably die with, and others that aren’t finished yet, but already have “dibs” called on them. I’ll miss this one. But only for a few days–I’m building a couple more just like it.

That’s it for now. Thanks for riding along. It’s 7:30 PM here on the Redneck Riviera, and I’m calling it a day.

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Design & Pattern Making. SIG P238 Pocket Holster.

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The first “prototype” reject of a pocket holster attempt for the SIG P238.

“If at first you don’t succeed …” When it comes to holster design and pattern making, I should have that printed on a t-shirt. My first attempts with a new pattern rarely never come out exactly how I want them to–but they almost always get close.

I guess I’ll get back to it. Have a great Wednesday.

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