Western wall plaque

[Johnny McCrae]

Here is a picture of a "Wall Plaque". This is a way to showcase one's leather working skills. Something like this might make a nice Christmas gift for friends or a door prize for events.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk81/jvsaffran/Wall%20plaques/100_0953.jpg

The gun is a rough facsimile of a Colt revolver as I do not have much in the line of wood working tools. I also thought of casting these out of plaster. "Fake, non-firing" guns appear to be rather expensive and I was looking for a low cost alternative. You do not need the full gun, just the part that shows. This one was a crude prototype made out of Balsa wood with a walnut grip. The holster and bullets are mounted on a piece of rough sawn cedar. Old distressed barn wood would be better. There are a lot of other items that could also be added such as spurs, buckles, wanted posters, cartridge box labels etc. I'm going to make another one using what I've learned and try to refine it a bit.

[cowboywc]

That is very cool. Great job.
WC

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Cool idea, pard. I like it. The rough cut pistol work nicely, too. Thanks for the pics.

[santee]

Really cool, Johnny.
That little strip of cartridge loop really adds to it.

[Ace Lungger]

 :)howdy Johnny,
That Is AWESOME!!, I dig that Idea! That would work as a door prize, top shooter Prize, x-mas gift. That realy looks nice!
Thanks for sharing Pard!!
ACE

[Gun Butcher]

  Johnnie that is a really good idea. You could even personalize them for specific people. they would make great gifts.
                                                    Thanks Pard!!!

[Wiley Desperado]

Great idea for a Law Dawg retirement plaque.