Afternoon Gents,
Decided to to try my hand at new holster today. It’s a pretty basic California style featured on page 89 of Packing Iron. In the blurb it states this holster was made by S.C. Gallup & Co in Dodge City sometime between 1875-1879. I’ve been trying to get a decent catalog of patterns that would’ve been around during the hide hunter years. This one, though simple has long been one of my favorites.
The main difference I made to the original was the weight of leather used. I opted for a 7-8oz instead of the listed “heavy skirting stock”, this weight actually turned out quite nice. Also I made it for a 5 1/2” SAA rather than a 7 1/2”.
I’ll be the first to admit that pattern making is not my favorite part of leatherworking, not by a long shot. However, it is extremely satisfying when the pattern is finally refined enough to cut leather.
Hope everyone doing well!