Instructor: George Canfield

Date: Thursday, Oct 30th, 2025

Time: Half-Day, 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Room: 1

Come join us for our Pancake Holster Design class! We will be learning design principles that will enhance discreet carry options that work for both men and women.

Everything begins with a pattern! My goal for this class is to give the students the tools they need to grow in the leather industry. Holsters are a fantastic addition to your leather product line and can give your shop retail stability in the current market.

This class will be concentrating on the pancake holster. The pancake holster is defined by two pieces of leather (front and back) with a firearm sandwiched between the two. We will be designing both molded retention holsters and Thumb Break retention holsters.

Students will design patterns for:

• Pancake Holster 8 degree

• Pancake holster in a negative cant

• Pancake holster with a thumb break

• Snapcake holster

There will be a critique and redesign session of your patterns and you will have working patterns of your own design to take home and continue your gun leather building journey.

Students will receive:

• Copy of my new book, Design and Construction of the Practical Leather Holster: Pancake Edition, that we will use as a textbook

• Full set of acrylic holster design templates

• Printed StitchTraces

• Reference patterns

• New skillset that will allow you to design your own holsters from the ground up!

• BONUS! One of our clicked-out holster kits. Take that holster kit home and use the book as a construction guide.

What to Bring:

• Pencils

• Ruler

• Digital calipers

CLASS REFUND POLICY:

100% refund through October 1st

80% refund through October 20th

No refund from October 21st through the end of the show