Ruger Blackhawk Bisley Holster

[JWheeler331]

For the last few months I have been reading lots of writings by men like Elmer Keith & Skeeter Skelton. Normally I am a 45 Colt guy. It's prob. my favorite overall caliber. 

That said, after reading the above mentioned I had started to see how good a 44 Special could be and really started wanting one. Took me a couple months of looking nearly every day but I finally found the revolver I was after. I was looking for a Lipsey's Exclusive Ruger Flattop Bisley Blackhawk with a 5.5" barrel in 44 special. I am happy to say that it arrived I am very happy to have it. 

While waiting on the components to arrive to load for a new caliber such as brass, dies, bullets etc I decided that of course it needed to have a new holster made for it. 

I decided on a cross draw holster that hopefully Elmer Keith and Skeeter Skelton would be proud of. I know Keith liked a Lawrence 120 so I loosely modeled this one after one of those but with a few changes/flairs of my own. 

I made this cross draw holster with a top strap, basketweave pattern, Ruger logo and borderstamp. I picked saddle tan for the color with some antique paste in the stampings. I lined the holster in suede and finished it with a coat of tan kote and then Fiebings Saddle Lac

Here is what I come up with. 

Photo of the Revolver itself. 

Edited August 23, 2023 by JWheeler331

[BigBore]

Stunning work!

[JWheeler331]

1 minute ago, BigBore said:

Stunning work!

Thanks BigBore. 

[chuck123wapati]

beautiful!! both the gun and the leather. i 'm a Keith fan too, love his 44 special hot wadcutter loads in my 44 mag Anaconda makes for one sweet shooting gun.

[GrampaJoel]

 

THE MOST EXCELLENT JOB!! Of a holster, I have seen in a long long time!

great going!

Joel

[JWheeler331]

1 hour ago, chuck123wapati said:

beautiful!! both the gun and the leather. i 'm a Keith fan too, love his 44 special hot wadcutter loads in my 44 mag Anaconda makes for one sweet shooting gun.

Thank you. Yeah, those are nice shooting for sure. I haven't shot any in the Anaconda yet but have with the Super Blackhawk. 

1 hour ago, GrampaJoel said:

 

THE MOST EXCELLENT JOB!! Of a holster, I have seen in a long long time!

great going!

Joel

Well th ank you very much. 

[dikman]

Very nicely done. Probably look even better when it's been worn a bit, it should age nicely.

[bladegrinder]

That's a beautiful holster! nice iron too, I'm a big fan of Ruger's.

[Hags]

Very nice J. Very nice.

[JWheeler331]

19 hours ago, dikman said:

Very nicely done. Probably look even better when it's been worn a bit, it should age nicely.

Thanks. I think it will age nicely once in the field. 

18 hours ago, bladegrinder said:

That's a beautiful holster! nice iron too, I'm a big fan of Ruger's.

Thank you. I am a Ruger fan as well. 

16 hours ago, Hags said:

Very nice J. Very nice.

Thanks Hags

[akguy59]

That is a great looking holster. Really suits that Bisley well. Curious though, where did you find that Ruger logo stamp? 

[Littlef]

That's a good looking holster!

[JWheeler331]

On 8/26/2023 at 8:10 AM, akguy59 said:

That is a great looking holster. Really suits that Bisley well. Curious though, where did you find that Ruger logo stamp? 

Thank you. A friend of mine made the stamp for me. 

On 8/26/2023 at 9:49 AM, Littlef said:

That's a good looking holster!

Thanks. 

[YinTx]

Great set up, both gun and holster!  How do you decide how far past the snap to extend the retention strap?  Yours seems to be a couple of inches...

[JWheeler331]

On 9/18/2023 at 4:45 PM, YinTx said:

Great set up, both gun and holster!  How do you decide how far past the snap to extend the retention strap?  Yours seems to be a couple of inches...

Thank you. As far as the portion of the strap that goes beyond the snap I tend to like enough to get my hand on while wearing gloves. It makes it easier to unsnap. 

[msdeluca]

You do very clean work.  Another fine example of a holster.  I like the Ruger logo amidst the basket weave.  The holster complements well a fine revolver.

[JWheeler331]

10 hours ago, msdeluca said:

You do very clean work.  Another fine example of a holster.  I like the Ruger logo amidst the basket weave.  The holster complements well a fine revolver.

Thank you very much for the nice comment. 

[DoogMeister]

Very nice!

[GrampaJoel]

On a re-visit to this post I would like to add.
I noticed that the grips and holster colors  match almost perfectly !

a very nice detail touch!

Joel

[JWheeler331]

On 10/18/2023 at 3:12 PM, DoogMeister said:

Very nice!

Thank you. 

20 hours ago, GrampaJoel said:

On a re-visit to this post I would like to add.
I noticed that the grips and holster colors  match almost perfectly !

a very nice detail touch!

Joel

Thanks man. Yeah, I chose that color to be as close to the grips as possible. Although, I do have some Ivory grips being made. 

[Bert03241]

Very nice work indeedI sold one of my BlackHawks and gave the other one to my son in law

[JWheeler331]

On 10/24/2023 at 6:09 PM, Bert03241 said:

Very nice work indeedI sold one of my BlackHawks and gave the other one to my son in law

Thanks. I sure they were happy to be gifted such good revolvers. 

[Alpjnegypsy]

That looks incredible! Do you happen to have a pattern you’d be willing to share or or sell?