Stamps

[Holsterguy]

Could one of you pards tell me what stamps Chuck Burrows used to make the Mexican loop holster on his video?
Thanks

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I can't tell you exactly which ones he used but I can give you the basic type of stamps and you can choose the exact ones that would give the look you want. For what it's worth, I change the exact stamps depending on what look I want. Hope this helps.

After the design is cut with a swivel knife:
1. Flower (border corners)
2. Bevels (various, I use 3 or 4 on each design)
3. Shader
4. Veiner (somewhat plain one)
5. Stop (looks like an H907)
6. Mule Foot
7. Background
8. Swivel Knife for accents

[Holsterguy]

Thanks Marshal

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[Marshal Will Wingam]

Glad to help. You going to make another holster?

[Holsterguy]

Workin on the Johnny Ringo rig now. Next is gonna be a Cheyenne. Both are WG?s patterns.

[Holsterguy]

Forgot to say, it?s been probly 30 years since I did any floral carving. Thinkin about tooling the Cheyenne like Chuck did on the video, but can?t seem to figure out what stamps he used to make the large flower in the center of it.

[Major 2]

Years ago, I conversed with Chuck, in reguards to a coffee table book of his work/photo ....

In the course of the emails/PMs  he mention he made many of his own stamps , explained his process of ageing leather and some other tricks ....

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I look forward to seeing your holsters. For the center flower, you may want to tool a couple on scraps and experiment with stamps until you get it how you like it. There's no right or wrong, only what gets it to look good. Even if you don't have the right stamps, you can make them out of bolts. About a third of mine are made that way. If you can find some old square headed bolts they work great because there's more material to work with. Here are a few of the more 'hand made' looking ones.

[Graveyard Jack]

I tried to talk him into doing a book too. It's a huge undertaking but I really wish he'd been able to tackle it.