First of all, I had to go through a whole bunch of excellent work and craftsmanship in Leather to finally arrive here. I am in awe of the abilities of the guys showing their leather here.
As an old gun nut I realized that I would have to come up with some leather on my own and having done the required leather wallets and such as a youngun', I sorta had an idea. A real gun Belt and Holster could run into some money if you wanted anything that was good looking. Tandy Leather always seemed to be handy to where I was so I followed a lot of what they had to offer over the years. My "Bible" for Holster making was Al Stohlman's Holster book to begin with. With each new firearm was a new leather project or two it seemed. The stuff that came with hunting knives started to look sort of "iffy" and I started to see what I could do there as well. The Cowboy Heroes of my youth had some really special leather in most cases. It always seemed that there was a lot of inspiration out there if you kept looking hard enough.
I started to build up a small collection of knives that would go along with my old west type handguns and eventually had a few Bowies and even an Arkansas Toothpick or two. I made up a sheath for the Arkansas Toothpick I liked the best when the one that came with it proved to be too small to fit it and Bud K sent me a second one just like the first. I purchased a Remington 1858 short barreled revolver and had made a gun belt and holster to go with it so I wanted the sheath to go with that one.
I also wanted a Bullet Pouch to add in there since cartridge loops were out of the question.
I have also made up a few other holsters for my other revolvers like my Ruger New Model Blackhawks in .357.
When I picked up an Hombre Model .45 Colt I had to come up with some loops for that one.
I have a few other items I make up for Black Powder use like two sizes of Powder Measure Holsters, Percussion Cap Pouches, Cylinder Pouches, and the list goes on as I figure out new stuff to cart around.
Jay
treadhead1952
Las Vegas, NV