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Hi everyone.
I'm a new member to the forum but not new as a visitor. I've frequented the forums for a couple years now looking for information on certain props I thought about making for my collection. I'm a huge fan of Westerns as well as countless science fiction films. I'm an experienced leather worker and have made several western style holster rigs for cowboy action shooting and concealed carry. I love the old west movie genre. One of my favorite westerns has to be the Outlaw Josey Wales. I've seen countless reproductions of the double gun (main) rig that Clint Eastwood wears throughout the film to carry the two big Colt Walkers, but I had never seen a replica of the shoulder holster that he used to holster the 1849 pocket Colt. So back in 2010 I took on the task of making a replica of the infamous shoulder holster. I researched the net for countless hours and rarely found even a screen shot of it from the movie. So I set up my DSLR in front of the tv one evening, popped in the dvd and watched the movie keeping a keen eye out for a glimpse of the shoulder holster. I took as many shots of the paused film, showing any part of the holster, as I could trying to get every little detail of the holster that was visible on screen. I ordered a black powder replica of an 1849 pocket Colt from Cabelas and once it arrived I started making patterns. I made several representations of the holster until I finally had one I felt was close to what was on screen. A couple of the details on the holster I had to improvise on and interpret what they might actually look like as there were never shots of the holster in the film from that angle. The biggest being the holster as it crosses Josey's back from the left to the right. So the figure eight strap that goes from the main body of the holster over and around the right arm and back to main body to a buckle on my holster is more of an assumption than a definite as to what it actually is. I do not know if this is accurate or not. I would love to find out though! If anyone on here has any information or shots of the actual holster, especially from behind, I would love to update and correct mine. Below are shots of my finished holster. The gun hasn't been weathered yet, but I plan to in the future. And NO I am not converting the gun to fire cartridge blanks like all the guns in the film were.
Guns 010 by Tim Robbins, on Flickr
Guns 007 by Tim Robbins, on Flickr
Guns 012 by Tim Robbins, on Flickr
IMG_4701 by Tim Robbins, on Flickr
IMG_4685 by Tim Robbins, on Flickr
IMG_4683 by Tim Robbins, on Flickr
I'm a new member to the forum but not new as a visitor. I've frequented the forums for a couple years now looking for information on certain props I thought about making for my collection. I'm a huge fan of Westerns as well as countless science fiction films. I'm an experienced leather worker and have made several western style holster rigs for cowboy action shooting and concealed carry. I love the old west movie genre. One of my favorite westerns has to be the Outlaw Josey Wales. I've seen countless reproductions of the double gun (main) rig that Clint Eastwood wears throughout the film to carry the two big Colt Walkers, but I had never seen a replica of the shoulder holster that he used to holster the 1849 pocket Colt. So back in 2010 I took on the task of making a replica of the infamous shoulder holster. I researched the net for countless hours and rarely found even a screen shot of it from the movie. So I set up my DSLR in front of the tv one evening, popped in the dvd and watched the movie keeping a keen eye out for a glimpse of the shoulder holster. I took as many shots of the paused film, showing any part of the holster, as I could trying to get every little detail of the holster that was visible on screen. I ordered a black powder replica of an 1849 pocket Colt from Cabelas and once it arrived I started making patterns. I made several representations of the holster until I finally had one I felt was close to what was on screen. A couple of the details on the holster I had to improvise on and interpret what they might actually look like as there were never shots of the holster in the film from that angle. The biggest being the holster as it crosses Josey's back from the left to the right. So the figure eight strap that goes from the main body of the holster over and around the right arm and back to main body to a buckle on my holster is more of an assumption than a definite as to what it actually is. I do not know if this is accurate or not. I would love to find out though! If anyone on here has any information or shots of the actual holster, especially from behind, I would love to update and correct mine. Below are shots of my finished holster. The gun hasn't been weathered yet, but I plan to in the future. And NO I am not converting the gun to fire cartridge blanks like all the guns in the film were.