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[Bell Charter Oak Holsters]

Just tooling around!

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
BELL CHARTER OAK CUSTOM HOLSTERS (607) 783-2483

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Most of my personal rigs I've made are for Colts. This is a favorite and looks good with my buddies engraved 44-40's in 'em.

 

[RKO]

Berns Martin Lightning Triple Draw!

Cowboy,
That is the nicest(only?) carved Berns Martin Lightning Triple Draw I have ever seen. Who did the carving on it? I bought mine, plain, in 1962, along with a Chief Special, $36 for holster, and $65 for the Chief. I wore it every day on my first and second tours in Vietnam as a first BUG to my Browning Hi-Power. (Second BUG, wrapped in a red bandana, within a baggie, was a Baby Browning.) The Lightning never failed me, although one time, while wearing it upside down on my belt,under my safari suit top, it did fall out onto the dance floor at the Air America Club. The Chief went scittering across the floor, and slide up under an occupied table. The guests schrank back, but Vietnamese band, playing "American Woman" never missed a beat.


QUOTE=KSCowboy;1081839]For the evening out, suit and tie event, there's the Baby Cheif and a Berns Martin Lightning rig. Continued from previous reply as I had reached the 5 pics maximum.

After that is some other maker's sixshooter in 44 Special and a F A Meana holster.

And last is a USFA from Doug Turnbull in 44 WCF in the same Meana holster.[/QUOTE]

 

[KSCowboy]

I believe it to be factory original carving on this holster. My wife found this for $5 in a thrift shop several months ago. She called me and told me what it said on the back and I said "buy it!".

Look at this thread and compare the floral carving.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-ha...-holsters-interesting-berns-martin-story.html

Great story about the mishap at the dance!

 

[Black_Sheep]

Here's the Model 12 holster I just finished, some minor alterations were needed so v2.0 is in the works...