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

I make one of these every now and then, . . . just finished one for an HK USP .45, . . . These pictures don't tell the whole story, . . . but if you look close you can get an idea of my pattern. When I do a scope, . . . I cut a channel down where the sight track should be for the scope mount to go down in, . . . I would do the same for a red dot or anything else like that. In a wheel chair, . . . I would also opt for a thumb break rather than the strap over the gun butt, . . . with the thumb break, you do not have to mold it tight for retention, as the thumb break will provide security. May God bless, Dwight

I played the game trying to find something that works really well with those dyes, . . . ruined a couple of projects. Said to heck with it. Started back buying their reducer, . . . have not had ONE problem since that was dye related. I'm staying with their reducer, . . . there is not enough savings with anything else to make it worthwhile to ruin an otherwise completed project, . . . trying to save $.50 or a dollar on the dye. Once I did the $$$ calculation as to what I might save vs what I might lose, . . . it was an easy decision for me. Now when I need more dye, . . . I pour out of the bigger bottle, . . . the dye into a 4 oz container, . . . dump that in my dye container, . . . then rinse that bottle out with a 4 oz bottle of reducer, . . . pitch that bottle and keep the clean reducer bottle for the next batch I have to make. It has solved some of my dye problems. May God bless, Dwight

Don't let me assume to tell you how to run your railroad, . . . but the devil would be handing out ice cream cones before i would lift 3300 pounds with a 2 inch wide Walmart belt, . . . which is what you are advocating here: 1/16" by 2" wide, . . . is nothing more than a 4 oz strap. Scary !!!!!!!!!!! May God bless, Dwight

I've never had any real issues with Tandy snaps, . . . but they did change their supplier, . . . the backer pieces for the male part are differently shaped, . . . and the exterior piece that attaches to the female part seems to be made a bit thinner, . . . BUT, . . . they work, . . . May God bless, Dwight

Not to jump on anyone else, . . . but I've been messing with this leather stuff now on and off for 55+ years, . . . line 24 snaps have done everything I've ever asked of them, . . . and while I did one time buy some smaller ones, . . . have never used em. I only use regular line 24 snaps, . . . and some one way snaps (very rarely) that I got from Sailrite several years ago. And I honestly don't know if this tool will work on other sizes, . . . never tried. Oh, . . . and don't go to Walmart for the tool, . . . for some reason, they quit carrying it, . . . Hobby Lobby carries them. May God bless, Dwight

This is the tool I use 95% of the time, . . . had it for 12 or so years, . . . bought it at Walmart for $9.95 back then. Make sure you do not lose the little red piece in there, . . . goes around the male portion of the snap, . . . makes the tool work. You can use it without the cylinder but you mess up the snaps some times and that can be aggravating. I also have the Tandy tool set for snaps and rivets, . . . it does not hold as well as this tool in my opinion. The single bad part of it, . . . the throat is small, so the snaps have to be within a couple inches of the edge of whatever you are doing, . . . and for me that is the 95% of my work. May God bless, Dwight http://www.hobbylobby.com/Fabric-Sewing/Sewing-Quilting-Notions/Fasteners/5-8-Heavy-Duty-Fastener-Plier-Kit/p/109268

How many layers are you putting together, . . . or are you talking about sewing straps end for end to make a much longer one? May God bless, Dwight