Thanks, Iggy. Very appropriate for that to be the first movie you saw when you are in Wyoming. If that's where you were then. When in Jackson, Wy. in 1988 I asked a guy in buckskins where the remnants of the Shane sets were and he gave me dirrections to what looked pretty much like Van Heflins homestead. Years later I found out all but one building was gone and the ones I saw weren't from the movie. But the scenery there! Wow!
That double rig was actually made for these shorter Colts. Jack Wison's rig in Shane had unusual tie downs. He carried 4 3/4" Colts but the holsters were closed at the bottom and the hole for the tie down went right through the front of the holsters, through the back skirt, then wrapped twice around his leg. What was cool about this rig in the fim was it's a buscadero (drop loop) outfit that someone in the 1880's might conceivably have put together. It ain't your typical, mythical Hollywood rigs. The big difference here is the slots for the holsters are cut on a straight belt with no drop loop area. I've seen a couple old Texas Ranger pics where this was actually done.
This was my favorite character in Tombstone. He was really bad but they showed him as a three dimentional guy who had fun and a sense of humor...when he wasn't murdering people. And that outfit! Two gunbelts crisscrossed and those card hands on his boots.^^^^^^^^^^^
I agree... but on a more modern note.
He was a bad man too!
GF
