Gold Rush Rig

[Wild Rose]

Thought ya'll might be tired of looking at knives so....
Main & Winchester style full carved holster for an 1851 Colt Navy and ammo pouch on a tack belt:

 

[peter nap]

The more I look at your stuff the more I am shocked at the amount of detail in them Chuck.

What else can you say but beautiful!!!

 

[Terry_Dodson]

Peter is right, WOW there is a lot of great detail there.

 

[indian george]

DAMN

 

[Dan Gray]

now don't that jump out at you nice

 

[Wild Rose]

Thanks guys - glad you enjoyed the view.

Peter - as supposedly Michaelangelo once said "It's ALL in the details!
"good lines" come first then comes the embellishment, and that has to flow with the lines but well I guess that is all "details" isn't it???
My head hurts now.....MOMMYYYYYY (sorry about that it's been a loooong day!)

 

[John Andrews]

That's such great leather art, it's hard to find the right words to describe it. Jeeze!

 

[Wild Rose]

Hope the customer feels the same way!

BTW - that San Francisco style Bowie was made by little brother Mark Williams - it's due a sheath by next week so you'll be seeing more of it pretty quick.

 

[ddavelarsen]

Chuck that is just plain awesome! Nothing inspires me quite the way your leatherwork does. Makes my day special every time I start by looking at your work.

Michaelangelo also said, "Work is the elimination of traces of work." So this must have been a breeze! You don't miss a lick.

Is the belt lined? How are the tacks finished on the back? Just curious, I have no thoughts of ever trying something like this...

 

[B . Buxton]

very, very nice. Really beautiful.

Bill

 

[Mark Williams]

That's a mghty fine rig there Big Brother. Looking forward to seeing what the sheath looks like.Give me a holler when I get home.

 

[Rene E. Roy]

Wow....beautiful!!!!! Me like..........

 

[Raymond Richard]

Chuck, I've got to agree with everyone else! When you do something like this do you need to have the gun or are there set patters already established?

 

[jhiggins]

Fill that shotglass with some tequila and set the bottle on the bar, Partner! I got to wash about 30 miles of trail dust out of my throat!

 

[Wild Rose]

Mark - You've got mail....

Is the belt lined? How are the tacks finished on the back?

Dave - unlined - most belts weren't lined. The "tacks" on this one are two prong nickel plated spots - I drive the prongs through with a setter, then flip it over and with a pair of needle nose pliers I clinch the prongs, then set them with a hammer (I use a piece of 1/4 thick rubber matt as a backing under the heads when hammering). On this rig that's 1,000 prongs to clinch. Tacks in some ways are easier - what takes the longest is annealing the steel shanks. After that it's drive them through, clip off the excess and then peen the shanks.

Ray - There are a couple of patterns packs for certain guns such as the Colt SAA but in general I need the particular gun to do it right - but since I make holsters for only certain model guns that's not a real problem. One way to get around buying actual guns is buying mock-ups - either cast aluminum dummies or those replica pistols. Once I get a pistol I make a basic pattern and the go from there - still it's best to have the gun to get the shape right after dying.

 

[RogerP]

Too cool. Great stuff as always.

Roger

 

[extremesurvival]

Wow, that's impressive. A truly beautiful rig. Main & Winchester's got nothing on you.

Keep up the great work.