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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

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Awesome work!

 

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Good lookin stuff, . . . even if it is easy to make a 1911 look good.............:)

May God bless,

Dwight

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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.

 

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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. 

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wow That is a nice set !!!!!

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Outstanding! The Chief sure will stand out from the rest of his department with that being his daily rig.

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Wow!

Just beautiful.

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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!

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Beautiful work!

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I had a picture that someone took.  They saw him at a store and sent me the picture.  So he’s wearing it. Its one of the top 10 largest agencies in Mississippi, so it’s pretty cool, to me, that he wears it daily. 

23 hours ago, TexasJack said:

Very nice!

 

22 hours ago, battlemunky said:

Beautiful work!

Thank you, both. 

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Very nice.

 

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7 minutes ago, Scoutmom103 said:

Very nice.

 

Thank you!

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I love it.   What type of Belt loop did you use for Back of the holster? 

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15 hours ago, Viking said:

I love it.   What type of Belt loop did you use for Back of the holster? 


thank you. It’s just a single loop that tapered from, I think 2-1/2” down to 1-1/4”, and rounded at the top and bottom.  I wanted it wide enough so that it wouldn’t have much wiggle room 

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Very Nice!

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On 4/3/2020 at 10:06 PM, Lizardo said:

Looking good!

 

On 5/15/2020 at 9:58 AM, ehvhram said:

Very Nice!

Thank you very much!

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Very Sharp. He will look like a Texas Ranger now.

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Unbelievable work.  He should be the best outfitted cop.  Your work is top notch.

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On 5/16/2020 at 8:37 PM, plinkercases said:

Very Sharp. He will look like a Texas Ranger now.

That was exactly what he said he wanted to look like. 

On 5/17/2020 at 1:11 AM, AzShooter said:

Unbelievable work.  He should be the best outfitted cop.  Your work is top notch.

Not too bad for a Chief. I talked to him the other day. He wants a matching watchband for a family member, but he says he gets compliments everywhere he goes. Thank you for the kind words.

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