made my own LC gunbelt

Post by **Holt** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:10 pm

Hi all LC fans

I had two gunbelts from todd...

I was also in the search for a SA LC belt..

but I decided to try to give the todd gunbelt a LC look before I pay 70 dollars for a LC belt shipped to me...

I think I made a close enough for LC...so I dont think I will bother to get a new belt

Todd's remodeled raiders Gunbelt.

reworked to more square LC buckle.
removed the metal holder
removed the color
sanded it down.

what do you think? comments are most welcome

bests
Holt

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:44 pm

i love the colour holt........well done!

rbinko2001 · Post by **rbinko2001** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:51 pm

It looks good. The only thing you are missing are those 2 rivets that are to the right of the buckle in the screen cap.

Post by **Holt** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:09 pm

thanks guys

ohh BTW you mean these?

rbinko2001 wrote:It looks good. The only thing you are missing are those 2 rivets that are to the right of the buckle in the screen cap.

Holt

rbinko2001 · Post by **rbinko2001** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:12 pm

Yeah, those were what I was talking about. I guess you beat me to it. It looks really good now!

Nebraska Brad · Post by **Nebraska Brad** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:46 pm

rbinko2001 wrote:It looks good. The only thing you are missing are those 2 rivets that are to the right of the buckle in the screen cap.

Looks great and if you can add the rivets, even better.

-Nebraska

Indybantha Jones · Post by **Indybantha Jones** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:00 pm

Nice work! I think Im going to do that to my belt from todd's.

Post by **Holt** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:16 pm

Nebraska Brad wrote:
rbinko2001 wrote:It looks good. The only thing you are missing are those 2 rivets that are to the right of the buckle in the screen cap.
Looks great and if you can add the rivets, even better.

-Nebraska

look a couple post above

bests
Holt

IndyK · Post by **IndyK** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:37 am

But it's still not a brass-buckle...?

Cheers
Indy-K

Post by **Holt** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:39 am

nope not a brass buckle yet,...but that will be taken care of REAL soon

bests
Holt

Nebraska Brad · Post by **Nebraska Brad** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:08 am

You da man Holt

-Nebraska

Nassik · Post by **Nassik** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:49 am

The LC gun belt had a brass buckle? I've looked through the forums using the search function, I've been through a Google search, and I've stared at all the screen grabs that I can find of the LC gun belt. Other than in this thread I'm not finding any mention of the LC gun belt having a brass buckle. It looks silver-colored like all the other gun belts I've seen. Or am I missing something?
And if the buckle was brass wouldn't the rivets be as well?

Post by **Holt** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:51 am

yes the LC gubelt has always had a brass buckle.

compare the webbelt buckle and the gunbelt buckle color.
If the LC buckle was silver you would have had noticed the differences between the 2.

I have more screen grabs of the LC gunbelt showing it was brass..but this one is the only one I had at hand

click the link
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g182/ ... cap085.jpg

regards
Holt

gmarthe · Post by **gmarthe** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:33 am

Better watch out - you made it look TOO good and pretty soon you'll be getting requests to mass produce them!

Nassik · Post by **Nassik** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:40 pm

Thank you Holt. I appreciate the picture.

I'm starting to work on the LC look and I doubt that I ever would have caught the brass buckle. The pictures I've examined can be confusing. The buckles of the web belt and the gun belt do look similar but I just figured that it was a trick of the light. That, combined with the fact that every reproduction gun belt I see has a silver-colored buckle, led me to believe that the LC gun belt buckle was silver-colored as well.

What about the rivets? If the buckle was brass wouldn't that suggest that the rivets were brass as well? It seems as though belts usually have matching hardware and so I'd expect the rivets to be brass just like the buckle.

Post by **Holt** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:28 pm

it's all brass.. rivets and buckle.

here is another....compare it with the buckle on the bag strap

regards
Holt

Nassik · Post by **Nassik** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:59 pm

Awesome picture, Holt. That makes it abundantly clear. I appreciate it.

Here's the trick question, then... if the belt's hardware is all brass, what about the whip holder?

The whip holder slips onto the belt and its loop closes with a snap around the whip. Every whip holder I've seen, again, is silver-colored. Logic now suggests that it ought to be a brass snap in order to match the belt. These are the fine details, aren't they?

Post by **Holt** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:08 pm

yes they certainly are

but the snap on the whip holder is silver

regards
Holt

Nassik · Post by **Nassik** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:23 pm

After following this thread I decided to check and see if anyone would make a LC gun belt complete with the brass hardware.
A belt that has interested me is offered by the Whip Artistry Studio...
(http://www.thewhipstudio.com/holsters.htm)

Their Crystal Skull gun belt is in the same style as the LC belt, utilizing the slip-on whip holster.
However, the buckle is silver-colored and there are no rivets on it. But we won't let that get in our way.

I e-mailed Gery L. Deer, owner of Whip Artistry Studios, and asked if the buckle could be exchanged for a brass one and the brass rivets added. I received the following response this morning...

"Hi

Yes, we can make a customized version of the Indy belt for you. Riveting the buckle and using brass hardware shouldn’t be a problem. As for sizing, we work from the traditional gunbelt sizing method. That takes the customer's normal waist belt size and adds 4 inches to it. So if you’re a 32 inch waist, your belt would be a 36 inch measurement from the edge of the buckle fold to the center of 5 holes.

*note*(The Indy gun belt costs $59.99)

We charge an additional $25 for custom alterations so the total price would be $84.99 plus $10 shipping and it takes about 10-business days before shipping. We ship everything USPS Priority Mail. Let me know what you’d like to do.

If you’re interested in ordering, just send a PayPal payment for $94.99 to our processing address: gdeer@deercomputerconsulting.com and include your specs in the notes section of the payment page.

Thanks!

Sincerely,
Gery L. Deer

The Whip Artistry Studio"

And so there you have it, a place where you can order an accurate LC gun belt. The Whip Artistry Studios gun belt is the most expensive that I've found...

It's $4.99 more than Lee Keppler's gun belt, however it appears that Lee currently only offers the Raiders style gun belt on his website (with the attached whip holster). If he offers the LC style belt I simply don't see it on his web site.
I can't find any information on Todd's gun belt. According to his web site, he no longer offers the standard gun belt and I simply can not get the page for his Deluxe Gun Belt to load.

From what I can discern, the Whip Artistry Studios Indy gun belt is comparable in price but it's the $25.00 charge for swapping in brass hardware that makes it more expensive than other Indy gun belts.

Whip Artistry Studios also offers the whip holster for $19.99
Thanks to Holt's information, the snap is supposed to be silver-colored and so we can avoid the $25.00 customization fee and accept this whip holster as-is.

And lastly, there is the Coil Keeper (a hook and loop strap of genuine leather that keeps your whip in tension between it and the handle holding the whip securely even on the Indy holster)... an Indy-styled strap that wraps around the coiled whip on the opposite side of the whip holster than the handle of the whip when worn on the belt. Simply put, it's a method of keeping your whip securely on your belt without slipping loose or out. This little bit costs $14.99

So let's add this up, shall we?

LC style gun belt with proper hardware: $84.99
Matching whip holster: $19.99
Matching Coil Keeper: $14.00
Shipping (approximate): $10.00

GRAND TOTAL: $128.98

Of course, an LC gearhead doesn't have to invest in this full rig. I simply put it all together to examine the cost of a screen accurate LC gun belt set-up (without distressing) with the practical addition of the Coil Keeper from Whip Artistry Studios.
This belt option is good for those who don't want to modify another gun belt as long as you're willing to pay the added cost for it.

Respectfully,
Nassik

Nassik · Post by **Nassik** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:07 pm

I am bumping this thread only because I don't know if anyone realized that you can buy a LC style gun belt complete with brass hardware. The information regarding this possibility is detailed above in my last post.

If I'm not supposed to bump a thread, I apologize. I saw this thread dropping lower and lower without any response and I can only assume that no one read this and realized that I stumbled upon a vendor that will craft a LC gun belt complete with the appropriate brass hardware.

Respectfully,
Nassik