Dwight

Actually not bad, . . . the strapwork: one shoulder, . . . one belly, . . . one "up and over" the right shoulder. Getting how they did it was the problem. I found it to be actually pretty comfortable once I got it on and cinched down. Ol' Doc died young, . . . so he didn't have to worry about middle age spread, . . . "hangover", . . . etc. May God bless, Dwight

I use a 2 inch deep, . . . 9 x 14 baking pan, . . . mix a 4 oz bottle of dye with a 4 oz bottle of reducer, . . . for a 50/50 mix, . . . and keep mixing until my qt jug is full, . . . pour it into the pan, . . . go to dying. A dress belt, all the harness, both holsters, and the cartridge belt, altogether used up about 14 or so liquid ounces of dye. AND, . . . everything got double dipped on this particular order. May God bless, Dwight

It is all Feibings Saddle tan, topped by a coat of Resolene. It is becoming my favorite color. I first added a light coat of neatsfoot oil, . . . allowed a couple days drying and leveling off time, . . . then dip dyed all the pieces in a cake pan full of dye. May God bless, Dwight

After watching the "shootouts" endlessly, . . . taking screen shots, . . . capturing and printing images, . . . I finally got what I thought was a pretty "true to the movie" copy of what was used. The color is much lighter, . . . but the customer wanted it that way. He also wanted a cross draw and a cartridge belt. May God bless, Dwight

For the 101st, . . . for sure, . . . Actually, last night I finished up the last of the stamping, . . . today I'm into the dying process if nothing goes wrong, . . . hopefully by the end of the week, I'll have the whole thing together. My only "stray" from the one on the movie set, is my customer wanted a lighter color, . . . should wind up similar to Forester's creation. But this is fun stuff, . . . May God bless, Dwight

Beautiful work, . . . much more patience than I have.................. May God bless, Dwight

Thanks, Treed, . . . The Callahan is similar, . . . and for most would work, . . . the fellow I'm doing this for wants it as near exact as possible, . . . only thing will be the color, he decided on saddle tan, . . . which is pretty light. He also wanted a full cross draw holster and cartridge belt, . . . got that cartridge belt done for him today, . . . and I was ready for a fight by the time I got done with it tonight. Just one little problem after another. But it is the "big" piece that needed to be done. The cross draw holster and britches belt will be tomorrow hopefully, . . . and the shoulder holster later this week or first of next week. May God bless, Dwight

What are you going to put in it? May God bless, Dwight

Yes, . . . hammer strap keeps the band in place, . . . band keeps the loose end of the hammer strap in place, . . . each does for the other. I pretty much always use a full length welt, . . . John Bianchi taught that, . . . works for me. I have added a second one very very occasionally to add width up at the trigger guard area, . . . but usually one will do, . . . sometimes it is a bit tapered, . . . just depends. Thanks for the good words, may God bless, Dwight

An elderly gent lost (or it was stolen) his inexpensive holster he had for his S&W stainless 686. A mutual friend asked me to make him a holster so he could carry it when he needed to. This was the product, . . . figuring it will probably be his last holster, . . . did something a bit different for him. May God bless, Dwight

I'll be doing pictures, . . . I think I pretty much got the shoulder holster figured out. May God bless, Dwight

I'll have to keep that in mind, . . . but you realize of course that it would cost me another $1800 to own it. First I'd have to have a red fancy vest, . . . then a Doc Holiday shoulder holster, . . . and a Doc Holiday cross draw holster, . . . and matching belt, . . . then a birds head nickel plated Colt, . . . as well as a standard nickel plated Colt, . . . and then the hat and jacket, . . . just so I could have a knife like Doc Holiday carried. Kurt Russel and Val Kilmer wouldn't let me off the hook with just a $150 knife. May God bless, Dwight

OK, plinkercases, . . . where does a guy get a knife like that? It is probably wayyyyyyyyy out of my price range, . . . but woo-hoo would I love to have one. May God bless, Dwight

Unless you plan on molding the writing off the barrel, . . . I don't see why any Colt peacemaker or clone would not do for it, . . . only question is, how long is the barrel??? The only single six I know of that is different substantially is the Rugers, . . . and that even goes for the older Vaqueros. I understand that after enough griping by the buyers, . . . Ruger re-fashioned the Vaquero so it is now pretty much the same dimension as the old Colt peacemaker. I use my Beretta Stampede for all my single six holsters, . . . never had a complaint yet. And Rings does make a blue gun in several different barrel lengths. May God bless, Dwight

Thanks taltexan and cowhide, . . . I think we're getting closer. May God bless, Dwight

Thanks, Mike Craw and CaptQuirk, . . . I think we are on the road. Now to just get my schedule rearranged to get it done. AND, . . . I'm talking myself into one of those vests, . . . more I see it, . . . the more I like it. JoAnn fabric, . . . here I come. May God bless, Dwight

Thanks CaptQuirk, . . . but that really isn't very close to the real thing. May God bless, Dwight

Just wondering if anyone has a really legitimate pattern for Doc Holiday's shoulder holster from the movie Tombstone? Got a friend who wants one, . . . and he wants it as near as I can get it to the original. I couldn't find one any place else, . . . and I feel confident in trying to make it on my own, . . . but I thought I'd see if I could save myself some time. Thanks in advance if you can help. I'm particularly interested in the tooling, . . . as it looks like it is, . . . but there is never enough detail in the movie to see it real good. May God bless, Dwight

Yessir, . . . top notch work. I am a bit curious though, . . . what weight leather are they? May God bless, Dwight

Leather was doing a great job with all this stuff long before nylon, rayon, and other webb stuff came along. Personally, . . . I don't see the purpose, . . . leather works fine by itself. May God bless, Dwight

This may be what you are looking for, . . . it is THE pattern for those who shoot high power at Camp Perry and other places. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grade-B-Tan-US-M1907-Leather-Rifle-Shooting-Sling-M1-Garand-1903-Springfield-/382093886500?hash=item58f6920424:g:dPgAAOSwsW9Y2zfN You could buy this "el cheapo" and use it for a pattern to make yourself a really good one. This is the "used to be" US military sling, . . . till they went to cotton ones, then to polyester or whatever the new material is. May God bless, Dwight

On John Bianchi's video, . . . that is the "western" holster he shows how to make. Take a look at virtually all the old western movies and TV shows, . . . it IS THE style for the biggest part of them. Not sure it really has a name, . . . I make them like that, . . . but they are dual layer holsters, . . . two pieces contact cemented flesh to flesh, . . . makes a really smooth and solid holster. May God bless, Dwight

Unmitigatedaudacity, . . . you have an inbound PM. May God bless, Dwight