Club Obi Wan

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Birchwood Casey has a range of oxidising solutions for steel, brass & aluminium - good stuff.

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Just back from holiday. Those original ones I used to sell were a 25 mm buckle with the tong removed, centre bar partly cut out and lightly sanded to provide a surface for black paint overlay. Discontinued them as wasn't happy with the long term paint adhesion - probably still have hundreds of the b...

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Terry Gilliam is a producer on this so if it's putting money in his pocket to fund making other stuff then crack on I say!

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Still a couple of weeks until it airs - just spotted this in the trailer.

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The bag is a bit bigger than usual size and might be made from leather, but strap looks like a DOD version - a nice touch from somebody in the costume department there.

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I used a MK VI for EDC for years - it has divided flapped pockets on the rear so you can stash phones, valuables, documents really safely out of sight which is a handy option. They also tend to be more durable / stronger construction than the MK VII which were pared back as much as possible for expe...

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Customer asked if I could make them the holster from the Emperors Tomb game - and here it is. Suitably angular as per 2003 graphics and sized for the games default 5.5" barrel S&W m1917 sidearm Will be adding this to my standard range if it takes anybodies fancy. etfrontrottag.jpg www.makei...

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I'd figured the broken white-ish line visible above the rivets on the edges and back of the (not great) picture of the whip holder in the Den of Destiny display was stitching - but could well be a metal loop in shadow (or a totally different holder). Loops are certainly less jarring than white stitc...

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I'd seen this too but the whole shoulder holster thing got me just a bit sidetracked... I think it's white stitching at the sides (so this might be the Den of Destiny & 1944 train one) so whip is permanently stitched into the holder and is non-functional - certainly one way of getting round 'whi...

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I can do hand dyed veg tan bag straps into the mid to high 70" lengths

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I think the arm strap is brown leather at each end with a small section of grey elasticated webbing in the middle which is what we're glimpsing around Ford's right arm between the collar and armpit (as two different colours of elastic on the same strap seems less likely). That small section makes it...

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One more question; I noticed that the tie-down splits from the holster into two different directions as it heads towards your waistline. It doesn't appear to do that on Ford's, although the image is obviously not crystal clear. Are we no longer assuming that the web belt is looped through the tie-d...

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The attached is an extract from Blue Steel and gunleather by John Bianchi which explains the diagonal straps on the dog ear stabilise holster movement against the body and you can definitely feel that when worn. Having tried drawing a pistol from both prototypes surprisingly there's not much differe...

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I think I'm leaning towards the Yoke version too - but this was a good excuse to finally get a dog-ear design worked out.

Here's the type 2 in 'action':

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And here's a quick side-by-side of the two prototypes:

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I've taken a small batch of pre-production orders this week that'll take me up to the start of the New Year so early January 2024 I guess. Just finished the Type 2 prototype tonight - bought a vintage military / police dog-ear shoulder holster found online that looked pretty close to what I was look...

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I suppose one of the good things about the lack of fine detail is that it brings lots of holster options into the (probably) 'close enough' category and then it's down to personal preference on holster set-up. When I was thinking about how to try and match the prototype to the images I figured if th...

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Solo's Mauser crops up in Sitting Target (1972) so hopefully the shoulder holster has some screen time somewhere else too. I don't have a list of UK makers to hand but if it is UK made then more likely to be ex Army or Police stock which sometimes use leather and elastic combo on arm straps: holbqa....

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Here's a list of US holster & equipment makers circa 1983 - some possibles to look into:

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No offence taken - just confirming it's a 'straw man' prototype to get the collective pondering!

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I've been making custom holsters and shoulder holsters for the past 10 years (and replicating film designs from screencaps and stills) so the prototype is a mix of that experience with a big dash of 'how would I make something that looks like what we can see'. It's all best guess starting point at t...

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What's the betting it's in full plain sight in another film from the same era the prop house supplied!!

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I'd bet they went with whatever the prop house had kicking round in 1980 that fit the pistol.

Elastic makes a world of difference to ease of use with a shoulder holster arm strap - whatever the lighting brown leather would still look pretty brown.

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Here's my real world test of the type 1 prototype - very comfortable to wear. Can see where the shoulder rig needs a few tweaks to arm strap placement but overall not bad for a first crack at it. Managed to keep the gut stunk in for most of the shots. Very interested to see if anyone has found more ...

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Yeah - I'm seeing it too. One more detail pinned down.

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And then white elastic that got dirty or light grey elastic??

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Yes - the end part of the bottom of the arm strap where it joins the shoulder rig is leather but the part going around the right arm is light coloured - most likely elasticated tape: lcs ann.png So on my prototype there is leather on the bottom end of the elastic arm strap and that goes through the ...

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Having my collection of 200+ custom holster templates to hand certainly helps speed things up!

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Raven shoulder holster update For context, there are various styles of vertical carry shoulder holster rigs for pistols – I think we are looking at two possible types here: 1: the classic ‘yoke’ – the lower part of the shoulder rig that the holster is attached to is a Y shape. At least one side of ...

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Dr. Jones, Jr. wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:39 pm

Very much looking forward to this! Would you be open to making one that would hold a 1911/ Colt .45 ?

Template I'm working on will hold Hi Power & 1911.

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Luckily custom made shoulder holsters are one of my specialities - aiming to have first prototype replica ready around mid-week.

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I remember a similarly clad 'female Indy' advert in UK farming press for cow antibiotics circa 1996. Bet it's the same PR guy and he has literally one idea that he suggests for every advert.

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Not the classiest picture for their post though. Sure that'll have any female fans queuing up to buy one?

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Indiana Jeff wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:41 pm This Frost River bag is already waxed canvas.

Forgot to say I meant try waxing a regular gas mask bag...

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British military canvas gear is made to be treated with 'blanco' (waterproofs and colours the canvas) so wonder if a good coat of waxed jacket wax and a go over with a hairdryer to impregnate it into the material would give you a similar result for small outlay? The canvas is a pretty tight weave an...

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Top grain (smooth side of the leather) on the inside and the rear (rough side) on the outside - reverse of usual for footwear but the rough side will absorb a lot more waterproofing than the top grain.

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Now standard on my Raiders straps and available to buy as a retro fit option.
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Was hoping Wested would do a more slimline Dial version of their trousers - it's good quality material they use but a rather more voluminous fit than necessary I think.

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Polishing up nicely:

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The marking logo is a stamp in the metal from the proof house on each component part to show that part has been deactivated - so on revolver that's the frame, cylinder and barrel. Usually about 6 mm x 6 mm - similar size to the proof marks that would have been applied in the factory or for acceptanc...

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You have reached my level of desperation... I am also in the EU, and I have been looking for a deactivated S&W for years now... I missed my window of opportunity when the UK was still in the EU .. ](*,) Firearms deactivated in the UK since 2018 / 2019 have been done to the specification of EU r...

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For what is a quite simple shape its odd there isn't something like this as a standard line for some manufacturer - I went through a couple of decades worth of buckle supplier catalogues at work and nothing close. So custom made was the only way to go. Wish Wested would try a similar route for their...

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Finally taught myself enough CAD to put together a design file for a local laser cutting company to process. So earlier this week took delivery of 200 custom Raiders slides in stainless steel. buck pile.png Andy White was kind enough to loan me his original slide from the Adventurebilt run of 100 fo...

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Looks like ROI might consider inert ammunition and empty shell cases to be the same as live rounds which needs a firearms licence. Probably best not to chance it in that case. Relics also does cast resin 'half rounds' for .455 (more like 3/4) - look okay on a flat surface so they might be an easier ...

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This has a good visual guide to the bullets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.455_Webley This explans .455 / .476 interchangeability - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.455_Webley - looks like all .455 Webley revolvers would handle either round. Unstruck primers will make them look unused (better for di...

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If it's okay for them to send them over to Ireland then either of these are a reliable source for inert ammunition: https://dwsuk.org/epages/057184c7-2fa2-4321-880c-a30e87657239.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/057184c7-2fa2-4321-880c-a30e87657239/Categories/12 https://www.dandbmilitaria.com/inert-ammuni...

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I over dyed a jacket with a water based leather dye and that gave a nice consistent darker shade. Overdyeing with spirit based dyes can be a bit hit and miss depending on how the leather absorbs the dye. Water based dyes sit on the surface This was the Brown tannery dye from Le Prevo (order code C12...

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Spotted this up for auction - saddlery type carry case for glass alcohol flask.

Very similar slightly conical shape and construction details to the mystery object in the apartment. This one is just under a foot long.

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That's a repro of a Mk VI gas mask bag - hence the rear pockets, two small D rings on the front sides and the '1940 pattern' stamp. You'd think an army surplus specialist like Silverman's would have spotted that? The Mk VI rear pockets are actually really good for securely storing valuables so okay ...

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Fiebing's colour descriptions can be hit and miss (dark brown is more like a medium brown) - but in their regular leather dye range 'Russet' works well for an LC undertone and a mix of Russet and light Brown gives a nice tone too.

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