I am finally taking the plunge this year and going to make my first short production run of holsters to put on the shelf. I have been working out a few processes to efficiently produce a quality rig without a higher end custom price. For these holsters, I will be using drum dyed HO or W&C leather, not horsehide. They will also be detail press molded, not hand boned.
Here are my thoughts on a first run;
BS-SS - my standard pancake belt slide
Brown(ish) color
25 degree rake
1.5" x .250 loop tunnels
1911 5"
$75-80 off the shelf
I have always respected P-F members valued insights, as they have helped influence my line over the years. My question to you is multifold.
If I had these sitting on the shelf, available to purchase on my website, would you buy that over waiting for something custom?
Since I will be making these in lots of about 20 holsters, what are your thoughts on different holster / gun models you would be interested in?
My thought is to keep things standard for this line, NOT CUSTOM. Please keep that in mind with responses.
As always, I am very open to suggestion. Nothing is set in stone yet.
Thanks in advance, Jim