Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Han Solo's Holster Belt!

For Halloween this year, Adam and his wife decided to cosplay together as Chewbacca and Han Solo! And to make Adam's Han Solo costume work for Mrs. Donttrythis, he embarks on making a new holster belt from scratch. It's Adam's favorite film holster, and he transfers his familiarity with the original to leatherworking and machining the accessories and greeblies of this iconic piece of Star Wars costuming!
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[@jonminessougreyjediknight2359]

I would love to see how Adam would make a full mando armour from the mandalorian with aluminium

[@PullerzCoD]

What an idea!

[@andrewlocke4609]

And a baby yoda orb

[@Samlowry27B-6]

Adam probably has access to beskar.

[@taylormakrush2379]

guy from the welding geek channel made one, it looks sick af

[@andrewjohnston4127]

This is the way

[@AaronGood]

I aspire to find the same joy in my work when I'm Adam's age as he does. His constant enthusiasm is sometimes more inspiring to me than the builds.

[@PaulV3D]

Likewise. Brings a smile to my face every time I see him light up.

[@GamingDad63]

Why make it an age thing? :) I know a lot of younger people that have far less joy in their life. It's not the years, it's what you make of them ;)

[@StefanAxelsson]

@@PaulV3D You too? And I have more than once watched a one-day-build, then I just HAD to go build something myself. Yes, Adam is both an entertainer and an inspiration. :)

[@chadfalardeau5396]

The man, the myth(buster), the legend

[@AaronGood]

@@GamingDad63 Apologises, I didn't mean it like older people find less joy, I just mean that Adam has clearly not lost any of that joy over the years where another person may have become jaded. I enjoy my work at 22, and I really hope I still do when I'm Adam's age!

[@fsfaith]

When he said his wife was Solo I was waiting for him to say he was Leia.

[@Stettafire]

That would be badass

[@MrSv90]

Me 2😅

[@blackfalcon853]

Your dirty builds are the height of what most of us can aspire to. Thank you for not having adverts interrupt the video.

[@joeniedbala]

New drinking game, binge-watch One Day Builds and drink every time Adam exclaims "Hells-bells, Margaret!"

[@aikumaDK]

Empty the glass, when he discusses a tool that is his absolute favourite

[@joeniedbala]

@@aikumaDK I like my liver. Even more than I like Adam!

[@Mitrasmit]

He says just 'Hells Bells' in this episode at some point. Not sure how to proceed. Please advise.

[@joeniedbala]

@@Mitrasmit Limit to beer or wine, only.

[@DrChattan]

Or drink every time he says "non-trivial".

[@thomasd728]

The pocket upside down , classify it as a quick release item..Haha No fumbling for it.

[@darylh8657]

I did notice that when he was first measuring the belt. My yelling at the u-tubes had no effect.

[@thomasd728]

@@darylh8657 Lol I did too

[@impliedtomato8760]

@@thomasd728 so did I

[@stressballer]

@@impliedtomato8760 And my axe!

[@mikehouse4284]

Thought I saw that too, but I’m still watching

[@dlarsh]

I dressed as Han for Halloween in 2nd grade back in the 90s, and my mom sewed a version of this gun belt for me out of brown felt and velcro with silver painted cardboard for the metal accents. It obviously didn't hold a candle to fidelity of this build, much less the real thing, but it held my neon orange toy blaster perfectly and remains one of my favorite Halloween costume memories to date 20+ years later. Thank you for the nostalgia Adam 😊

[@W_R_T_O_T_U.]

Be sure to thank your obviously awesome mom again too!

[@joebonomono5078]

Let's hear it for mom.

[@johncameron7247]

The neon orange blaster. I bought my nephew one years ago and his mom said 'why are you buying him a gun?' I had to explain it wasn’t a gun, it was Han Solo's blaster….😂

[@TheEisleyHipster]

I just wanna let it be known, the original belt was made by an artist in Texas named Matt of MP Filmcraft Stellar video but just wanted to give credit to the artist of the original

[@FesixGermany]

4:39 These aren't scissors... THESE are scissors!

[@rolithesecond]

Watching Adam put all the metallic parts into the belt is riveting.

[@venom0237]

Your one day's have gotten me through so much this year Adam. I'm really grateful for you and the work the Tested team is doing. Thanks everyone

[@rocketsocks]

Anyone else getting Bob Ross vibes when Adam is talking about slowly cutting on the lathe? "Happy little chips."

[@stephanieflorence8109]

I absolutely love watching Adam make things for Mrs. Don't Try This. His thoughtfulness is adorable!

[@oliviagreen7423]

Your authenticity and detail in your vids are greatly appreciated Adam👍 I also think this is the coolest gift! To h-e- double hockey sticks with the jewelry and flowers that die in 2 days, those require no thought or personal effort. I'd much rather have something like this, the value is priceless💯 Side note, I'd be thrilled to get an hour just to wander around Adam's workshop looking at everything😍

[@michaelwest5539]

You meant to say you got the original belt and holster from MP Filmcraft in Austin, TX.

[@DrChattan]

I love that you're making this for your wife. I always enjoy watching you make pieces you want/ like but it's great seeing you so excited about making something for your sweetheart.

[@lenharding72]

I actually loved you showing us a true quick build and how you swapped out minor details to get something quick. A lot of people don't have the kinda time it takes do be "perfect" so this was a really great demo.

[@W_R_T_O_T_U.]

Don't let time effect quality in mission critical situations tho. No-one is perfect but aspiring to be close is rewarding and respectable. Basically always do your absolute best work no matter what the job is unless it's something trivial like this odb but even then Adam still made something awesome!

[@ZombieChomper]

The hot lathed piece 🤭😂 I was like NO! I love watching your Star Wars builds 💙❤️✨

[@TheKegtwo]

Love your honesty and the joy that you both get from your Cos Play costumes. Nice to have a bright spark in this abysmal 2020. Blessings to you both.

[@ADVBear]

Master, all you do is perfection, no matter what. And also, thank you and Mrs. DontTryThis for having the correct approach regarding the blaster. I love you guys.

[@AshGCG]

I was really hoping you were going to say, "My wife was Han and I was Leia.". I would have given you ALL the candy!!!! :)

[@peterkelley6344]

That might have been a first of some kind. LOL LOL ROF.

[@kfossa344]

No no no. Not “wife”. PARTNER.

[@drunkmike6364]

Partner not “wife” How dare you

[@parttimevaper8267]

Every now and than he refers to her as his wife... amost like he forgot to not call her his wife.🙊

[@NanaVonn3]

My husband and I have the matching Leia "I love you" and Han "I know" shirts, but I wear the Han shirt, and he wears the Leia shirt (cause he said it first, and I totally knew)

[@robl56]

This build is a great example to showcase some of the different skills Adam has learned over the course of his life..from leather working to machining pieces...just leaves me in awe ...well as they say a Jack of all trades a master of none...would be great to see a video of him discussing all that he has learned and each event that precipitated him needing to learn said skills....

[@digitaIgorilla]

Leatherwork is really my favourite hobby/craft and seeing you figure out the project is so close to my own process. It's heart-warming.

[@miolner88]

This looks like an MP Filmcraft holster!

[@Samlowry27B-6]

Adam makes the coolest stuff always with such enthusiasm and humour. In these times its a great gift to us all.

[@DaHaiZhu]

You need Malcolm Reynolds' Brown Coat, belt, gun, boots, etc., to be a Real Space cowboy! 👍

[@pauleugene8286]

One of my new favorite videos! Love the subject matter, and the extent to which the process is shown. Thanks Adam! Now I'm off to the leather store. And I need a lathe!

[@nathantron]

The joy your work brings to people must be so contagious!

[@TheChiefSmeg69]

Am I alone in loving the sound that strap cutter made when the belts were being cut?

[@perry92964]

nope if you ever get a chance to watch a guy on here called steve1989mreinfo when he opens a can at high speed its just as cool

[@DaveTpletsch]

A year ago the infidelity might have bothered me, but I've had to learn the hard way that, as you say Adam: "The Perfect is the enemy of the Done." Or as another of my favorite youtubers, Cathy Hay, said: "Done is better than Perfect." I'm very thankful for the video, for you and your teams hard work and dedication to putting out good content, and to your brave and lovely wife for being willing to put out a photo of herself wearing the build.

[@Bodhranarama]

Thanks Adam, that was an exceptional build in the time. Fecundity of fun before faultless fidelity will always get my vote!

[@douglasspende929]

Adam nice Han solo gun belts great job! When I was a kid back in 1977 when I was 10. Dad got me the Han Solo Blaster and the stormtroopers blaster. I made holsters for them both out of soft leather my mom sewed the holster and belt!

[@litlclutch]

This was such a fun watch. I like that it was a longer video. Great piece for a quick and dirty one day build just getting something done.

[@LittleCoding]

Awesome that you two decide to share your customs with the kids and adults in your neighborhood!

[@Seiren4320]

Wonderful build! And thank you for including the picture of you two in the end, it was such a joy to see!

[@W_R_T_O_T_U.]

She's a lucky lady Adams a babe.

[@shysterlicious]

Damn, I love this one day build! Stuff covered in greater detailed in this vid than on previous occasions!

[@enormhi]

Thank you for including a picture of you two together!

[@theblondskeleton]

Adam, my wife and I did the same thing in our neighborhood with my Mando costume. We took the Child to the park and put them on the swing. Neighborhood kids were agog - it was a little bit of joy in these dark times. Thanks for always being an inspiration.

[@scotthuhn9654]

Hi Adam, I just have to thank you and Jamie because I suffered from major pannic attacks and watching mythbusters really helped in subsiding those pannic attacks. So thank you

[@matthewlramsey]

New drinking game: shot every time Adam is “pleased with that”. I love the enthusiasm Adam! Thanks for another great build!

[@masteele7047]

You'd be dead in no time, but it would be worth it!

[@Moraren]

It has never even occurred to me to draw on a paper along the edge of the table like that! I do it on wood but never on paper. It seems so obvious to do now! The things you learn everyday! That leather working case is so nice!

[@Vickie-Bligh]

It looked great on her. Nicely done.

[@jamesgockel854]

I love adam, he knows his tools and knows how to use them. But he rushes and makes major mistakes… (pocket next to droid caller is upside down) but its so opposite of other youtubers who dont know what theyre doing with the tools they have been gifted and make a ton of assumptions and get lucky. Adam reminds me of my dad, talks to you in a teaching way. If you’re reading this adam, thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience, and skills. Your work encourages me and others to do their own works.

[@mixtermuxter8602]

I love you for the gun decision - and also the beautiful build

[@damienbrand9422]

Thank you Adam Love to see you build - but DOUBLY love to watch you trouble-shoot on the fly!!

[@mikeunderhill8375]

Wow. Camera work is soooo good on this, very nice. So fun to watch.

[@notanimposter]

That photo is the cutest thing I've ever seen in all my days.

[@travismadore7924]

This was a delight to watch! Such a cool build!!

[@sharonshields1482]

You did a great job. The short-cuts give it it's own character, I am sure your partner will be pleased.

[@RightOnJonCrane]

Right on 👍🏼 That came out great for building it in 5 hrs! Sometimes you just have to getter done ✅

[@billyjensen8624]

Fantastic work Savage!

[@aserta]

44:27 for those wondering, that's a computer case thumb screw (for the panels).

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

It's actually a droid collar thumb screw (for adjusting restraint level), but I can understand the confusion.

[@blister4walken]

Adam Savages' whole life so far project : to have perfectly weathered hands. I'd say he's completed that. 😀 "It's not the years, it's the mileage."

[@FordZZ9]

Amazing build, on the next one to build for me. Im just finishing up the plaster right now .

[@Jaybers100]

Weirdly soothing watching a man cut leather. After the weekend we've had, it's just what I needed.

[@simonhoney2050]

Honestly as a costume belt for Halloween this is amazing. That it's made of leather and metal and has more than a nod to the form of even a general holster, much less using these many features. Entirely respectable.

[@swank1975]

I was sooo nervous when you were drilling that step bit into that tube in your hand.

[@theoverloader5110]

0:17 he continues to reject this reality and substitute his own :).

[@alexbecket7140]

For these are a few of my favorite things.

[@raymondjakeman7379]

Thank you adam for getting me back to making stuff again keep up the good work brother thanks again

[@EngineeringSpareTime]

One day builds are always Great! I built a small CNC milling machine from scratch, not a one day build though - you might enjoy watching it :)

[@EngineeringSpareTime]

Here the link to my CNC Milling machine :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3eclKGArpt-Zrc

[@o_igorfreitas]

He's building the holster belt and recording by himself. I think the world do not appreciate this man enough. Thank you, Adam!

[@HooverM75]

Even though it was a "quick and dirty" build, and it has a few 'non exact' items, it's MUCH better than any cheap costume shop Han Holster. It'a awesome to see something like these kind of builds and such. And when you still TRY to be true to the original even in a quick build. One thing I would like to see and think you may enjoy....The shoulder holster from Bladerunner for the Bladerunner blaster. (Original shoulder holster that Harrison Ford had) Thank you again for the inspiring and fun content. Keep up the amazing work.....oh and STOP DRILLING TOWARDS YOUR HAND!!!! lol

[@1976Markku]

I second that statement, there is not better holster than Han's. It looks phenomenal!

[@daveyjones_n4584]

I'm usually not an ASMR kinda person but when adam was cutting those straps out that sound was so deeply satisfying!! Lol

[@nilo70]

Holster looks amazing

[@lancelaprarie6128]

Oh, and this build was awesome by the way.

[@embeaston]

Veg tan always has marks from walking foots. Especially when it’s wet. It’s very impressionable hence that’s why it’s used for tooling and carving. With that said you can try to get out the marks by hammering but make sure it’s smooth faced. Or rubbing the leather with something smooth. Wood, bone, etc. You can try to wet the areas lightly before you remove the marks. Either way you’re doing a great job with the leather.

[@robevans8555]

Am impressed how he was able to do this in 5hrs, well done and it looks great.

[@p.magnusvam3895]

I have watched EVERY episode of Mythbusters, and all episod of your youtube channel. You are a great inspire for my and my kids. Acctualy you are the reason i beguin to use glasses...now i see what i am doing 😂 big love from sweden!!

[@JVelez1971]

Adam, if you watch your video at 47:59, the Aluminum round thingy, has 2 HEX patterns, an outer and an inner Hex, the Dots at the .78 offset, are equa-distance between the dots forming the outer hex pattern points. The vertical lines of dots all line up even. They are not circles. Thought you might like to know. Nice job on the belt looks very nice.

[@kittenclaws5775]

Adam Savage: Careful while tapping, you should use a key and go slow Also Adam: Time to tap VRRRRRRRR

[@aisuru01]

I think what you need to remember is that it isn't a on set costume/prop, it's better than what you'd get in a halloween shop and really that's all that matters.

[@AlexPTwigg-ql3ci]

So wholesome at the end there!

[@therealxicojorge]

watching you work is amazing Adam, my friends say I'm handy I know I'm not when I watch you

[@BittyVids]

I experience all my enthusiasm vicariously through Adam.

[@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so]

Those Sailrite sewing machines are the beast! Straight or zig-zag upgrade.

[@garrybeard7718]

Awesome video Adam well done.👍🤘🇬🇧✌️

[@harrydewe-mathews7604]

44:08 Drilling into a pipe freehand, in mid air, where any slip means a xmas tree bit through your hand.. Really made me wince.

[@Bearbytez]

Poor practice for sure, but if any bit gives you plenty of time to correct an impending mistake, it's a step-down. You'd really have to TRY to get that thing through both walls (if it's even long enough) of that pipe. Pretty unlikely on accident.

[@willbridgwater5680]

Adam is like the Bob Ross of cool fabrication

[@notfeedynotlazy]

I did a movie-(almost)-accurate holster for the Nerf DL-44 blaster I got for Father's Day, and obviously embossed "Nerf Herder" on the buckle. So I'm now watching Adam making his own holster, with my 10-old daughter who gave me that blaster. Family values, folks.

[@-MrFozzy-]

The editor is doing a wonderful job....looks like he’s having a lot of fun....so good! Also TWO ‘the child’....’the childs’.......children!? Unfair sir haha

[@ronaldwalters5736]

When I worked in leather as a Boy Scout, we used a tool that indented rather than cut the grooves in belts. Perhaps they did not want us using too many sharp tools at 11 - 12 years old. It left the impression that your tool created very well. It would have been nice to show a little of the soaking process, which we also did as scouts as well as the dying part which you did show. I used some of those skills as a young adult to modify a pouch I made as a scout when I had to carry with me a vial of liquid to help suppress food allergy reactions . Some things you learn early in life you never really forget, especially when you use the same skills later.

[@b.bark1]

Sneak peak into adams work in the theatre industry. Exceptional!

[@elijahgaines1944]

ive been needing one of these so im gonna follow your vid and make one not right now but later i will maybe next month ill try

[@ninjaeddy1717]

He made a holster for his wife! That’s so sweet!

[@henrycopeland7316]

Adam, noticed in this video, you are forming a line along the edge of the leather. You use a a stitch groover which is commonly used as you state to allow stitching to sink into the surface of the leather. The line is commonly used in saddlery and is formed using and edge creaser (vids can be found on YT) which is part of the finishing process of the edge of the leather.

[@SoirEkim]

“…not perfect…” But It’s for your wife, It should be picture perfect! I love watching these videos. Adam has the best dream job in a world he built for himself. Mad respect! Why not make an orange plastic hero prop for the street use to fill the missing gun and ease the minds of those who see it?

[@mikehouse4284]

Angles of dimples. If you rotate the part a little, they can also be seen as placed in parallel lines.

[@adamszki427]

if you are making boxy pockets or pouches like that from beefy thick leather, i always like to take a v groove tool or the edge groover without the guide and run a score line at the back of the fold to allow it to take the shape and it also keeps the edges sharp... you could wet mould also but on a one day build as yours is, then grooving would be the way forward. love your videos though, i am currently working on a backpack like the one out of the death stranding game having done an EDC one and also an EDC one backpack using your patterns as inspiration for the construction.

[@j.s.connolly8579]

Adam {And Everyone else watching this!} I have been a Leather Worker and Pattern maker for over 36 yrs. The EASIEST way to make or duplicate something into a "Working Pattern" is to cover it with light tack MASKING TAPE! Especially small things like those cartridge Packs! THEN You STICK the TAPE PATTERN to Heavy Paper or Light card Stock to make the pattern! It works PERFECT EVERY TIME! JUST SAYIN'! :) Joe

[@stephen300o6]

Congratulations Adam, you must be relieved.

[@heathknight9359]

ADAM! I had no idea that was possible on a Digi read out! that was AWESOME

[@peterdedeyn4850]

Again a great episode!

[@MrNicholas1169]

Adam!!! Your skills amaze me!!! Awesome dude 😀

[@drivingmenots]

Could you give a shout-out to Matt Poitras, of Austin, TX, as the craftsman who made the replica belt back when you were a Mythbuster? He was quite excited about it then and was quite the talk among our circle of friends for that.

[@GrooveyGrubworm]

Hey Adam I know a guy who does automotive upholstery, he has big tailoring shears like that and because he uses them so often his hands have formed huge calluses where they touch the shears. I had never seen calluses that big till I met him.

[@AJ-ku7nm]

I was sure you were going to use your nice blue marking out ink for all those dots. That machine rocks!

[@chrispiecridder]

Thank you for this

[@gavindean]

brilliant!!!