He has a Ruger Single-Six, that was his daddy's, before his dad passed away. It was left to him. He remembers shooting it as a kid, and always thinking of it as "daddy's cowboy gun"
"I know it's kinda silly, but I always wanted a western holster for it. One like in the old movies".
"That's not weird at all. You want to scratch a nostalgia itch, and honor your father's memory. Tell me what this rig looks like."
He wanted it dark brown, with a little bit of border stamping. Nothing too fancy. A wide belt, to wear low around the hips. And the holster needed a tie-down, to go around your leg. He was adamant about that.
I got my secretary to bring me the gun, and the measurement of her husband's hips the next day.
I have about 10 hours in this, and I think it's a fair product for the $250 we agreed upon.
He hasn't seen it yet. I still need to burnish the edges, and oil it, after I give it a day or two to let the dye dry.
But I'm betting he'll like it. I hope he catches a bit of that boy he was, walking next to daddy, every time he straps it on and heads into the woods.
6 comments:
Wow!
That looks really great.
If I had a rig like that, I wouldn't have given away my Convertible Six.
Thanks, Jerry! I think he will like it. And those old single-action .22's are a lot of fun! Everyone needs one.
Very nicely done. Very nice indeed.
Nice. I'm sure his pop would approve.
Beautiful work.
What did you use for the Ruger logo?
Drjim: I used a swivel knife to get the outline, and a thin textured stamp to set it below the debth of the rest of the leather. That's just some basic tooling. I'm admittedly not great at tooling, but I can do small stuff like that!
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