Aged SAA's and Slim Jims

[CraigC]

Pair of Slim Jims I'm finishing up with a pair of aged Uberti SAA's. Holsters came out way darker than I planned but with some efforts to age them, they lightened up pretty good. Have a nice reddish cast to them. Washed it over with denatured alcohol, hit the high spots with steel wool, added some wrinkles and cracks before oiling them down.

 

[Stumper]

Very nice!

 

[doubleh]

They look great. As usual.

 

[bannockburn]

CraigC

Like fine wine they've been aged to perfection! Like they just came out of the "Old West"!

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Sweet man. You do fine work.

 

[Jimster]

Skin those smoke wagons.

 

[Mixed Nuts]

Just great. The red in the leather and the wood grips look made for each other - and I guess they were.

The tooling is intricate enough to keep the viewer hooked, but not hectic enough to tangle things up. Good sense.of design.

 

[buck460XVR]

Very nice work Craig. When I saw the title of this thread, I thought maybe you were oiling you revolvers with Slim Jims.

30 years ago I went to a survival type class where they taught us that not only were Slim Jims good survival food, but they were also a great way to waterproof/rustproof things as well as lubricate, when you had nuttin' else available. I will admit to using them to silence a squeaky fishing reel during a Canadian fishing trip...........

 

[SteadyD]

Those are awesome. How long did they take you?

 

[BobWright]

Craig ~

Not only are the holsters fine work, but yore photography skills are outstanding!

Thanks for posting!







And I understand you bought a barn door?

Bob Wright

 

[doubleh]

Just great. The red in the leather and the wood grips look made for each other - and I guess they were.

The tooling is intricate enough to keep the viewer hooked, but not hectic enough to tangle things up. Good sense.of design.

As a long time leather tooler I'm going to take exception to calling it tooling. It's stamping and very good stamping at that. Tooling is when you cut your design into the leather or used to be. Terms and names keep changing but I am not aware that these have. And yes, stamping takes a great deal of skill to make it look right. CraigC is just as handy with a knife as he is with stamps.

 

[pbearperry]

Very nice.You have a talent for sure.

 

[CraigC]

Those are awesome. How long did they take you?

It takes less time to do them in batches like these but there's so much drying time between dyeing and wet molding, it's hard to say. From start to finish, probably 4-5hrs for a machine stitched holster, excluding drying time.

And I understand you bought a barn door?

You ever been to Sheffield's antique mall in Collierville? I found an old weathered three foot square section of door in their outdoor area. Along with the old US stamped saddlebags.

 

[Riomouse911]

I’ve never been a huge fan of the slim Jim style holsters, but your work has certainly changed my mind on how nice that can be! Well done, sir!