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For an IWB holster you could go as light as 6-7oz leather. If you have any plans to make an OWB holster I would get 8-9oz. If you want to make both out of one piece of leather you could use 7-8oz.
You want to use vegetable tanned leather. It's also called tooling leather. I would recommend that you start by purchasing a shoulder. This should be somewhere around 8-10 square feet of leather which will be enough to make several holsters. You want to stay away from cheap leather. Higher quality leather will cost you more but it will make a much nicer holster, be easier to work with and mold to your gun a lot nicer.
If I were you I would call Kevin at Springfield Leather and tell him what you're doing. He will also cut smaller pieces of leather if that is what you want.
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