Cognac with black background and black lace

Slim Jim. This holster retains the high cut over the cylinder and the deep front trigger recurve characteristics of our Old California slim jim. However, it is markedly different in that the pouch has the straighter, more amorphous shape characteristic of later period slim jims. The pouch was built very deep to retain the gun without need for a hammer thong while horseback.

Elko Rose

The holster has been dropped so that the bottom of the grip frame is level with the top of the belt.

Brown

Classic Quick Draw. This is the quintessential holster of the 50’s & 60’s TV western. It features an exposed trigger and a low cut over the cylinder. Traditionally, it has a hard reinforced liner but can be had without. Either way, this holster is built to allow the cylinder to spin freely in the holster.

Holster has a screw post “lock down” to keep movement at the belt to a minimum.

Dark Mahogany

Collins Brothers: this is a traditional Cheyenne holster with toe plug & a loop-locking flair and straight Mexican loops. It is built high over the cylinder and hammer and has the traditional high ride of late 19th century rigs.

El Paso Border

Dark Brown background dye on Golden Oak foreground

Cripple Creek Bob. This somewhat fanciful holster was designed as a transitional holster to bridge the eras between the time of toe plugs and the time of stitched-through toes (essentially that time where rodeo was beginning, the wild west shows were at the height of their popularity and the movie industry was in its infancy). Old styles feature a high cut on the cylinder, deep front and trigger recurves and toe plugs. The toe plug is unusual being slightly rounded at the main seam indicating a move towards more “modern” lines. The loop is separate from the skirt definitely indicating a trend toward the modern. Full floral carving also became extremely popular at this time as border stamping began to fall out of favor.

“Colorado” floral carving pattern.

Sterling plated concho on large loop.

Antique Brown

Deadwood Woody. This is actually a combination of 2 holsters made by the Moran Brothers of Miles City, Montana. It is a skirted holster with a single, riveted-on loop. It would have appeared toward the end of the 19th century.

Injun John with antiqued brass spots

The row of spots on the loop was patinated for an antique appearance.

Golden Oak

Traditional Quick Draw. This holster is actually a variant on the “Classic” Quick Draw. While the “Classic” has a buckled loop over the pouch, the “Traditional favors a cigar-band style loop. The “Traditional’s” pouch is rather squarish in profile when compared to the rounded toe of the “Classic”.

Chain & four-point star

A bleed knot “tab” was added to the traditional hammer thong. This is both quicker and easier on the thumb when drawing or holstering.

Light Mahogany

Meanea. This is a variant of our other Meanea rig. The 2 straight loops are identical to that which came from the original FA Meanea shop. However, unlike the original, this one has been cut down on the cylinder and at the trigger guard and has been dropped to facilitate an easier and quicker draw.

Meanea

As stated in “Holster Style”, above.

Black

Duffy O’Doone. This is a half-skirt holster with a slender pouch which features an open toe & fully-exposed trigger. It is cut low on the side of the cylinder & lower yet at the front to promote a quick draw as well as quick re-holstering. The loop is a large cigar band style.

Double beehive and Snakehead Meander border.

This holster is raked muzzle forward approximately 15 degrees and has been dropped so that the center of the grip frame is in line with the top of the belt.

Light Mahogany

Fast Draw. This is a slim jim holster. It has an amorphously shaped pouch and toe plug typical of later-day holsters. Its lowered cut over cylinder and trigger guard are also indicative of this later time frame as is the “cut-through” design at the trigger guard. There is no leather behind the trigger guard . This was marketed by the House of Heiser as a “quick draw belt loop”.

Ocean Flame Border

Light Mahogany

French Saddlery: A faithful reproduction of the French Saddlery’s single Mexican loop holster circa 1900 – 1910. The toe on this one is plugged.

French Saddlery carving with Bugle border