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I made this for a customer, and yes, I know the design has flaws, but in my defense, I've done very little carving designs.  Even so, both myself and the customer are pretty chuffed at how it turned out. 

He basically wanted something that looked as if it had slipped out the pages of 'Packing Iron', as he does a lot of re-enactments.  I've added a picture of the other holster he wanted, which has a bit more descrete markings, but I think still looks in keeping with the era.

 

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Many thanks, I enjoyed the challenge, and although it's not perfect, it's the period we wanted to capture, rather than perfection.

 

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I LIKE it.  I tool quite a bit, and often fairly intricate.  But this has that "hammered copper" look.. almost like engraving... that really "works" here!

Oh, and I should add I like that stitchin' too..

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They both look great but I love the first one. It just says "I got history".

Nailed it!

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

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Very nice work

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I love them especially the first one. I see a great deal of work with a modeling tool on that one very nice work indeed thanks for sharing.

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I like it very much . Looks dated and appropriate to era . Takes courage to go outside of the box .

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Many thanks, chaps.

That's the thing I noticed about the pictures of holsters from the 1800's that I've looked at.   Although some of them were quite heavily decorated, the tool range used, wasn't as extensive as we use today.    A lot (not all) of the carving on a holsters were basically that, a carved design with limited, or non-existant shading.

I think it helps that I've never seen a 'proper' holster in the flesh, so to speak.   Makes me more than happy to try out the ideas a customer has.

 

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