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Originally Posted by MrDetermination
Good stuff here, thanks for posting. Only thread like this I could find anywhere.
Question: Do you have retention when the leather is flat?
I molded my Kydex with exposed wood on the "bottom" and when I put the formed Kydex on top of the leather then slide the gun in I have a big gap on top of the kydex.
Pictures aren't helping me see the "depth" of the Kydex.
Thanks.
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It doesn't have retention when the leather is flat. It DOES have retention when I am wearing it, which is all I care about. Do final forming after it's attached to the leather with a heat gun to pick up the trigger guard or whatever, then try it on to make sure it has retention while up against your hip/back/whatever.
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Originally Posted by monkeysugar
Tele, nice work! For crossbreed style holsters, those look really good. The definition, especially on the revolver is quite impressive. About your press: I particularly like the idea of tie down straps. Not sure why I haven't ever thought of that before. I've been talking myself in and out of buying one of the presses off of knifekits, but I haven't come to the point where it's "gotta have it" vs "I just want it" yet. A question on the foam material...using a netbook right now so the pictures are fairly small. Are you using camping mats or something else?
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It's some memory foam I had laying around at work. I will try the camp foam eventually, but honestly, with my PF9 holster, I didn't even use the press...just formed it by hand. It doesn't look as 'printed' but it works better, IMHO.