For the last few months I have been reading lots of writings by men like Elmer Keith & Skeeter Skelton. Normally I am a 45 Colt guy. It's prob. my favorite overall caliber.
That said, after reading the above mentioned I had started to see how good a 44 Special could be and really started wanting one. Took me a couple months of looking nearly every day but I finally found the revolver I was after. I was looking for a Ruger Flattop Bisley Blackhawk with a 5.5" barrel in 44 special. I am happy to say that it arrived I am very happy to have it.
While waiting on the components to arrive to load for a new caliber such as brass, dies, bullets etc I decided that of course it needed to have a new holster made for it.
I decided on a cross draw holster that hopefully Elmer Keith and Skeeter Skelton would be proud of. I know Keith liked a Lawrence 120 so I loosely modeled this one after one of those but with a few changes/flairs of my own.
I made this cross draw holster with a top strap, basketweave pattern, Ruger logo and borderstamp. I picked saddle tan for the color with some antique paste in the stampings. I lined the holster in suede and finished it with a coat of tan kote and then Fiebings Saddle Lac
Here is what I come up with.