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Thanks Jay, I recently had a viewer contact me with some great information about the Andy Anderson walk n draw rigs, he’d visited with Andy in his Leather shop back in the 70s, and commissioned an Eastwood replica rig from him, which he received in due course, from that he was able to give me accurate dimensions of the gunfighter stitch detail, and the contour of the gunbelt, so I have now updated my patterns to reflect this new information. He also sent a copy of Andy’s gun leather catalogue from that period, very interesting, not least the prices!, of course it’s all relative to the times you live in.

Thanks for your comment, its much appreciated, good to know you found it interesting.

Stephen Maniloff That’s a good idea, it try it, thanks.

Very interesting, that term Bucket holster is used over here by some fast draw enthusiasts.

That’s good to know thanks, not sure what ‘in the worst way’, means, but I can certainly make you a Doc Holiday shoulder holster, check out my website www.londonjacksleather.com, you will find them listed there, all made to order by me.

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Yes I’ll certainly try and do that in a future video.

Actually, that is incorrect. They looked there same, but the rig he wore in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was for a .38 caliber revolver and I'm pretty sure the other rig was for a .45Colt revolver

I had read years ago a story about his rig/guns, which were all his own property. They covered the guns more than the leather, especially the 38. There were two versions. one that would fire cartridges and one that was not converted. His guns had snakes on both grips instead of the right side only like replicas you see for sale now. If I remember right they said he used the same holster/belt rig for all three movies. It was made by Andy Anderson and spec. by Eastwood before the first movie. The holster was made to fit the SAA 45 5 1/2" used in the first two movies but the 38 from the third movie would also fit (although slightly loose). The movies were made in 64, 65 and 66. I'm also thinking now that if he'd had a holster made for the third movie gun (38 w/ 7.5" barrel) why not make it long enough to cover the front sight on the 38. I have a "fast draw" holster that fits the Ruger Vaquero "old large model" yet it still works with the scaled down New Vaquero and SAA Colt clones. They are slightly loose in it but it still works. As for the Eastwood stuff I'm now going off memory mostly so I could have missed something.

It was a great holster design by Andy Anderson, it was made for the 5 1/2” SA but the Navy also fits as well as the SA 7 1/2”.

@@londonjacks8371 I just watched an episode of Rawhide from 63. He was using a rough out holster rig but the SAA had plain grips. Supposedly the Snake SAA was used in the season one second episode (only maybe). It seems pretty clear that he had the holster/belt rig along with the snake gun and brought them to the three movies along with the 1851 conversion later for Good Bad Ugly last movie. Since I'm doing a Colt Snake clone I'll probably get a belt/holster copy too. I can drop in my 1851 clone which is a bonus.

I agree with Scott Hamp there are two different rigs. I wrote an article on that in my blog here : dollars-trilogy.com//2020/11/20/eastwood-holster-rig-analysis/

For this rig I use a vegetable tanned leather from a local tannery to me in England. It’s a double shoulder split down to 3mm, it takes Neatsfoot oil really well and gets the colour I want. Where are you located?

Arvo, Andy & Alfonso, legends in gun leather!, sure would have liked to have met those guys.

@@londonjacks8371 funny thing is, Alfonso's company is still in business today

His son runs the business now I believe.

@@londonjacks8371 here's a video of Alfonso's: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7umY5mdxJ7Gd6M.html

Oh, I never thought to ask. Can you make the holster more like seen in Good, Bad and Ugly, with the forward toe cant?

Thanks for your comment. Not too difficult, I tried a Colt Python with a 6” barrel and that fitted quite well as standard.

I use a metal primer followed by two coats of contact adhesive, that fully protects the metal. If you added more Neatsfoot oil it would just make it darker, and to much oil is not good for the leather. A soft brush would work for cleaning the rough out leather, over time leather items do acquire knocks an scuffs etc which give the items a unique character.

3.2mm for both, that’s 8/9oz approximately.

dale carpenter The movie holster was made for a 5 1/2” SA, he also used a Navy 7 1/2” in it in The Good the Band and the Ugly.

Here’s a USA link to where you can buy all the various feet etc for the CB4500.,bit.ly/2OTyAfB.

That will depend on the thickness of your leather but 3/4” is a good starting point, test it out using some scrap leather first and adjust it accordingly, on a new pattern I will make several test pieces to get the final dimensions figured out.

Yes glue on both sides.

If you’re in the USA a good place to start is with Tandy Leather, either in store or online, they have everything needed to get you going and are very helpful, its the way I started.

To give it more structural strength and rigidity when wearing it, no leg tie required with this holster.

Tyler Voorhees No I don’t currently sell my patterns, but it’s really not that hard to make your own. Thanks for your comment.

Looking for pattern

@@donaldmosbrucker2531 Patterns now for sale at www.londonjacksleather.com

Yes patterns are now available at www.londonjacksleather.com

It’s a double head sheet metal cutter, got it on Amazon, it works well with practice, eye protection essential!

It’s about 3mm, or 7/8 oz, two pieces laminated together for the belt and holster, I get mine split at the tannery, but it should be available in that thickness from all good suppliers.

Metal lined holsters are made specifically for Fast Draw so it’s important to know whether it has a metal lining before you buy one.

I use a thick card board from amazon, works well enough for patterns.

I picked it up at a leather show some years ago, Barry King tools make a good one.

I don’t currently sell patterns, I might look into it in the future though.

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I can make this as a Lefthand holster, but not as a cross-draw.

@@londonjacks8371 why? Even if they are just straight up and down?

Straight draw holsters no problem.

@@londonjacks8371 Essentially, i use 2 left-handed holsters near the front of my rig. I use straight up, because there is some advantage to being able to pull them on the run during a stage without breaking the 170 rule.

I made this holster pattern myself, it’s not available to buy currently.

Arvo Ojala, certainly another legend of fast draw Gun leather. I will build one of his rigs as well.

It’s supposed to have a steel liner as did Andy Anderson’s original fast draw holster design, its there for the purpose of creating a rigid fast draw holster with no need for a leg strap.

Pattern

@@londonjacks8371 ahhh must be like the chips but there really french fries thing. Nice holster though

7/8 oz outer 6/7oz liner or 9/10 single thickness. 3mm outer 2mm liner or 5 mm single thickness Hope that helps.

Its a nibbler attachment for a drill, got mine from Amazon. I now have the metal templates for sale on my website www.londonjacksleather.com

You could probably use aluminium, it would need to bit a thicker, maybe 1.5- 2mm to have a similar rigidity, particularly on the “wings”, I don’t thick the weight savings would make much of a difference overall. The pattern would need to be enlarged slightly to take account of the extra metal thickness.

@@londonjacks8371 THANX!