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[Pappy Hayes]

This is my first attempt at doing a lot of carving. I used Will Ghormley's pattern. It is holding my 1860 Army. Sorry I could not get a very good picture of it.

[Kid Terico]

Pappy nice job of carving and great color. KT

[mtgelaude]

Great job on that holster.  I really like Slim Jims, there is somthing about them.  Nice color, hat did you use to color it?  I also like the carving, how was it done?  A knife is my guess.

[Long Juan]

Very nice indeed, Pappy.  

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

   Pappy you did a fantastic job on this holster, you have come a long ways, keep up the great work.


                 tEN wOLVES 

[Boothill Bob]

Pappy. Its a lovely holster pard. Nice color..

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Pappy,
Very nice! Many thanks for sharing this with us.

[Slowhand Bob]

Pappy, an overall nice looking holster and I am really partial to the Slim Jims.  The color is really beautiful and I wonder if you would share with us?  Which dye and color did you use and how did you apply it?

[Irish Dave]

Great job, Pappy. I like it.

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Pappy,

I thought you might like a little history on your California Slim Jim holster ...

They were first made, and the holster was refined by a leather company in San Francisco called Main and Winchester ... they also did alot of western military orders for McClellan saddles, butt forward cavalry holsters, belts and such.Here is a little snippet about the company:

http://www.vintagegunleather.com/company-marks/mainwin_history.html

[Wolf Tracker]

Pappy nice job on the holster. I agree with everyone else, nice color.

[Pappy Hayes]

I used Eco Flo water based Timber brown. I applied it with a dauber from Tandy. I applied a coat of extra virgin olive oil to the inside which soaked through some darking the color a bit then applied the dye to the inside. Then coated the outside and inside with resoline(probable mispelled). To answer another question i used my swivel knife to carve it.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

That's really good, Pappy. Nice job on the carving. The color is very suitable, too. Thumbs up.