Western Shoulder Holster

[Frank]

As par for the course, I have been off the grid again for a while. The flu took me down for a couple of weeks. A friend of mine has been after me to build him a spring clip style shoulder holster for a single action. This is my first one so now I know what changes I need to make. I still think it turned out fairly well for the first attempt. Those spring clips are a bugger to hand stitch!

Frank

[benlilly1]

That's beautiful!!

[mcn]

Looks really good to me. Nice work.

[Feraud]

That's a gorgeous holster!

[IngleGunLeather]

Very nice work. I think Doc Holiday would've liked to have had that in his day.

[Frank]

Thanks everyone for the compliments. Most of these original holsters were destroyed over the years. The ones that do exist are in private collections or museums. I just found an original one for sale tonight. I thought that $275.00 was pretty fair, all things considered.

Frank

[immiketoo]

Frank, that's the coolest western rig I've ever seen. Would you be willing to share/sell me the pattern? I want one! And I just recovered from that same flu. What a beast that bug is!

Edited December 30, 2012 by immiketoo

[Sir Robert]

That is beautiful Frank.

[mikesmith648]

Nice looking rig!!

[glockanator]

Where did you get the spring clip?

[Frank]

Thanks for all of the compliments. Sorry I didn't get back sooner. I have been swamped since recovering from that nasty flu. First time in years that I have had the flu. I have been getting ready for a show in March plus doing my regular orders. I'll have some new stuff posted next week.

As far as the spring clips, you can buy them for $15.00 a piece at River Junction Trade Co. They are the only ones I know of that carry them....after doing extensive research. At the moment, I am having a friend attempting to make some out of spring steel. If they are cost effective, I should be able to sell them for quite a bit less than what River Junction offers them and they will have nicer edges. I will keep you all posted on that endeavor.

The pattern itself is a 3 piece pattern (minus toe plug and barrel keeper). A front panel, a back panel and the shoulder attachment is a partial panel that is skived down and sewn in between the front and back panel. At this time, I am not offering up the pattern since I have not fully "perfected" it.

Frank

Edited January 10, 2013 by Frank