Members Bayou Bengal Posted February 3, 2020 Members Report Posted February 3, 2020 A local police chief wanted a nice western rig to go with his 1911 for daily wear. Dress belt and duty rig. The belt is the Springfield craftaid. Holster, mag pouch, and handcuff case were created by my wife. Dress belt is 6/7 oz skirting with 3/4oz lining. Rig is two layers of 7/8oz skirting. Everything else is 7/8oz and 8/9oz for the holster. Everything was airbrushed with thinned walnut pro dye. This was a fun project that got delayed after I ruptured my bicep and had a fun little surgery. The chief had these buckles made, and I think they look great Quote
Members Dwight Posted February 3, 2020 Members Report Posted February 3, 2020 Good lookin stuff, . . . even if it is easy to make a 1911 look good............. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted February 3, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted February 3, 2020 Thinned AND airbrushed AND STILL that dark?@! Looks good - but that must be some RICH dye. Some light thread and some silver buckle lightened it up just about right. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Bayou Bengal Posted February 3, 2020 Author Members Report Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, sideforce said: Awesome work! 45 minutes ago, Dwight said: Good lookin stuff, . . . even if it is easy to make a 1911 look good............. May God bless, Dwight Thanks fellas. It was nice to not work on a piece of plastic. Been a while. 17 minutes ago, JLSleather said: Thinned AND airbrushed AND STILL that dark?@! Looks good - but that must be some RICH dye. Some light thread and some silver buckle lightened it up just about right. Between antique and finishes, it took on some darkening. I can’t complain too much, but if I want to go lighter on a project like this, 60/40 thinner to dye might be better. Or more. Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted February 3, 2020 CFM Report Posted February 3, 2020 wow That is a nice set !!!!! Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Double Daddy Posted February 3, 2020 Members Report Posted February 3, 2020 Outstanding! The Chief sure will stand out from the rest of his department with that being his daily rig. Quote Have a great day! Chris
Members JSage Posted February 3, 2020 Members Report Posted February 3, 2020 Wow! Just beautiful. Quote
Members Bayou Bengal Posted February 3, 2020 Author Members Report Posted February 3, 2020 8 hours ago, chuck123wapati said: wow That is a nice set !!!!! Thank you! I don’t get many requests for Fully tooled work, so I was glad to do this 7 hours ago, Double Daddy said: Outstanding! The Chief sure will stand out from the rest of his department with that being his daily rig. He drew inspiration from the Texas Rangers. I’ll be interested to see if he wears it on a regular basis. 3 hours ago, JSage said: Wow! Just beautiful. Thank you very much! Quote
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