Over the years I've tooled and carved some too. It's a fun distraction from crafting concealment rigs everyday, but time consuming for me. I'm very slow compared with many much more talented craftsman. I'm sorta partial to the "mule foot" tool, as you can tell. This is an interesting thread, lots of eye candy!
Here's a Model 317 in a tooled Gaylord Super Sleuth
My personal tooled IWB for a custom Colt New Service .45
and of course a couple of cowboy rigs along the way for my Colt's, here's just a few of 'em.
Wyoming Sunrise (the tequila came later)
and a little fanciful example...(the tequila came before)
Lefty
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