Mungo Report post Posted February 21, 2020 We were discussing authentic old west bandoliers in the holster section, and I decided to make one. It’s not perfect by any means, but it is at least serviceable. It is 66” in length with fifty .44-.40 loops. I used a buckle on it because at least some bandoliers had them. I saw some that did not. Some were short and some were long in the period photos I saw. I did go ahead and use hollow rivets, but I used two between each loop instead of one. I incised a simple botanical pattern rather than fully carved -and- stamped designs because many of the old holsters and leather goods used similar techniques. Most of the period bandoliers appeared to have had no decoration at all. I didn’t spend a lot of time on the edges because I just wasn’t interested in that for this project. The dye is the Tandy antique gel and sealed with Sno-Seal. Mods; if my photo sizes are too large, just delete or whatever else you need to do. I could not figure out how to make them smaller. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxdaddy Report post Posted February 21, 2020 Wow that's a lot of rivets! :-). Seriously, that looks great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mungo Report post Posted February 21, 2020 Thanks max. I got a painful case of bursitis from hammering all those rivets. I’ll be getting a hand press for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bawarrior Report post Posted February 22, 2020 Nice job Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
malabar Report post Posted April 9, 2020 Stitches will work a whole lot better than rivets. Of course, that much stitching might aggravate the bursitis, as well. tk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
