I'm late to the party. This one was commissioned for a Ruger Sheriff's model barrel length, image is by the customer (no guns here). It's made from an actual Brill pattern, shortened; the mould was shortened and had its ejector rod housing removed then reinstalled and returned to full length (the things one will do to make a customer completely happy). Simplified over the Brill by eliminating the muzzle lip and instead stitching the muzzle to the fender directly through the welt stitching itself. Recall that the cuff forms the lower half of the belt tunnel so despite it looking as if the holster carries vertically, it is at about 25 degrees 'positive'. Cuff is attached with teenuts vs the hand sewing of the original Brill by Rabensburg '32 to '55 (this is one of his patterns).
The 'carving' is instead entirely stamped; that is, no swivel knife was used to cut the basic outline.
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