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My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:28 am
by dgindrup
So a friend of mine wanted to make a holster for his glock 22. So we started looking at options, and figured we would make our own. I think this turned out pretty good for our first try. I have more pics if you want to see more angles. Let me know what you think.
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:47 pm
by paulhailes
Looks like you did a good job, what did you use as a press?
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:26 pm
by dgindrup
Neoprene Foam from
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Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:34 am
by cubbyjg
not too shabby for your first try. Good job!
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 5:24 pm
by dgindrup
we have now made a hybrid (kydex and leather) holster for a 1911, a mag holder for an AR15 and a shotshell holder for a 12 gauge... pics to follow
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:27 pm
by ryanr1299
Nice work, looks good!
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:57 pm
by dgindrup
we finished a hybrid ( leather and kydex) slide holster for a Rossi .357 revolver tonight..
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:49 pm
by Target1911
Kydex is lots of fun. In the last 2wks I've made 2 hybrids and one like the bladetech eclipse......all for my Kimber Ultra. I will be posting pics in a new thread soon.
Your first one looks very good. I would like to see pics of the others you mentioned.
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:10 pm
by ac-mech
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:42 pm
by Target1911
I am very impressed. Those look great.
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:25 am
by Medic218
what screws are you using?
Re: My first shot at Kydex
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:45 am
by doc.lonestar
Op - looks good.
If I may just add a word of advice to help: make sure you are leaving some room in the holster so it is not a skin tight fit. For example - if you use a heavy tube sock when fitting and molding it will give you some room to
help avoid any marring on your firearm. This is not as important when making a hybrid holster as the leather will give some when drawing and holstering - the kydex will not give as easily.
Keep it up.
MedicMan218 wrote:what screws are you using?
Those are Chicago Screws - they do a great job of holding
Be safe,
Doc
