"plain" Black Canyon Rig From The Will Ghormley Pattern Set

[c2369zulu]

As the title said this is a "plain" version of Will Ghormley's Black Canyon Rig with no tooling or stamping. I did use the Black Canyon Buckle sets and some of the Black Canyon conchos to spruce it up. I had a few screw ups, like adding one too many cartridge loops which messed up the alignment of the chape side. I shortened the chape and had to move it forward and use one of the buckle hook holes for the chape side rivet hole to get everything back in line. I may redo the cartridge loops as the strip came up pretty short leaving only the skived tip of the strap to attach the conchos through when I finished the last loop. I have a copper rivet I want to redo also for the holster wrap too as the rivet did not dome over very well.......Rory

Edited April 14, 2013 by c2369zulu

[Josh Ashman]

Looks like you're doing good things Rory. It's a little hard for me to see a lot of what's going on with just the one picture but it sounds like you know what you want to fix and/or do better next time. Keep up the good work!

Josh

[c2369zulu]

Hey Josh.

Thanks for the compliments and thanks for looking! Sorry for not posting more photos. If I get a chance I will go back and add few more. This was my first attempt with this pattern, so I wanted to get the feel of making one in its basic sense first. The next one will be lined, both holster and belt.............Rory

[Samalan]

Nice job But that buckle set looks like it's for a woman IMHO.

[c2369zulu]

Thanks Samalan. I can understand where you are coming from on the buckle sets, but the look very closely resembles the popular Black Hills Gold jewelry in a way. Most of the Men's Black Hills Jewelry I own (rings) have been made with either sterling silver or gold for the main portion of the jewelry and feature a brass and a copper leaf. The combination of the colors seem to work well together. Thanks for looking..........Rory