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Cowboy Holster

I have glued the liner in.  I left out a few steps.  First, I put glue down the center of the cowhide holster, and then put glue down the center of the pigskin.  I lined the pieces up carefully and glued them together.  Unfortunately, the picture I took of that process didn’t come out very well.  Then I glued each side separately.  I put glue both on the cowhide inside the holster, and on the back of the pigskin.  I have a little wooden roller I used to roll the two together.  Here, I am using a sharp knife to trim the pigskin around the top of the holster.  It is important to glue very well along the top edge of the liner.  I will sew it there, but it needs to be well glued too.

Copyright 2008
by Ed Buffaloe.