Indian War rig

[Boothill Bob]

Howdy pards.
Have just finished an IW rig. It was fun to make. If you want it I´m willing to trade it for some taned diamondback rattler skins

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Bob,

What a beautiful jod you did there! The workmanship is awesome! It looks like it just came out of the factory (meant as a high compliment).

Many thanks for sharing it with us.

[Boothill Bob]

Thanx Johnny.. Its the wrong buckle for the era, but what the heck.. Will buy some lead filled US and CS buckles later.

[Drydock]

FYI, that buckle was seen in the field clear up to the Spanish-American War/Phillipine Insurrection/Boxer Rebellion time frame.  It was well liked, pretty much those personnel that had them, kept them.  It did not really fade away until the 1902 regulations shifting from black to natural/russet leather.

You might find a number of takers in the Barracks for such a nice looking rig!

[Major 2]

Very nice ... I wish I had some rattler to trade .... used to have some King Cobra from India but it rotted away

Closest thing to snake around here is my wife's ex-employer, though skinning him would be fine by me...
I think the FDLE would frown on it 

[Boothill Bob]

Very nice ... I wish I had some rattler to trade .... used to have some King Cobra from India but it rotted away

Closest thing to snake around here is my wife's ex-employer, though skinning him would be fine by me...
I think the FDLE would frown on it 

LOL.. Skin as skin
They have on ebay but dont ship to sweden. Buy it there and we Trade.

[KidTerico]

BB OUTSTANDING job . Nice rig but I wish you would make some thing else. Theres not that many of us Indians left. KT   Keep up the beautiful work.

[john beattie]

Very nice Boothill, iv'e been going to do one of these myself for a while now, i like the way you used the sam brown on the belt i think i will try that rather than the j-hook.

I got some of those embossing plates there great

have fun
john

[Boothill Bob]

Thanx pards, I'm glad you like it. Next up is a full flap CS rig I think. I will try to make a cap pouch, any if you that have a pattern for it or van talk me throu how to make one?

[Curley Cole]

Nice lookin rig.

Here is my "double crossdraw" rig I had my pard in Kentucky make for me...It now has the proper belt with the silver on the buckle. I wear this rig with my scout gear..see pix.

keep your pix coming

curley

[Trailrider]

Thanx Johnny.. Its the wrong buckle for the era, but what the heck.. Will buy some lead filled US and CS buckles later.

If that belt plate has the applied silver wreath it is the M1851 Enlisted Sword Belt Plate. The Officer's Sword Belt Plate of 1851 tended to be slightly smaller and gold washed, with the wreath cast integrally. HOWEVER...many officers on both sides of the CW and during the Indian War Campaigns, and enlisted personnel up to issue of the M1872  US (inside the oval) for enlisted troops wore the M1851 Enlisted plate. The plate was large enough to accept the 1-7/8" wide belts (sword or waist belt), which were generally sturdier than the private-purchased officer's belts.

The pistol cap/cartridge pouches need to have the front piece formed out over a wood block or otherwise similar method before sewing to the back piece. I made a wooden die which fits on steel plates, and requires about 215 lbs of pressure on the steel to form the wet leather. It also helps to jump up and down on the plate sandwhich (especially after I lost about 20 lbs.  )

[Rowdy Fulcher]

Curly Cole
You said your pard in Kentucky made it . That wouldn't be Homer Brown would it ??

[Drayton Calhoun]

That is a beautiful rig, Bob! I got plenty of rattlers around here but they are real attached to their skins and take offense of anyone getting too close to them! LOL

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

          Very nice Henrik

           tEN wOLVES 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Henrik, that looks great. Good work.

[Boothill Bob]

Nice lookin rig.

Here is my "double crossdraw" rig I had my pard in Kentucky make for me...It now has the proper belt with the silver on the buckle. I wear this rig with my scout gear..see pix.

keep your pix coming

curley

Thats a beautiful rig Curley, just love it.

[Boothill Bob]

Whats the leather weight on the pouches?

[Curley Cole]

BB

Thanks for the kind word. I sorta "designed" the rig and gave the "instructions" to my leathner guy (my arthritis has taken leatherwork outta my hands so to speak) anyways I turned it over to Paul who goes by RedDog Leather. He does all my leather work. but leave the tooling to his creativity. He patterned the tooling after the holster on the inside cover of Packin Iron As for the leather weight of the pouch it is pretty heavy, I would say it is at least as heavy as the belt, if not a bit heavier.

Paul does all my rigs except for my Jesse James rig by Will Ghormley and a pair of Duke rigs by Old El Paso saddlery (they are at least 30yrs old)

love lookin at you guys work and envy the heck otta of ya for bein able to do it. Keep up the great work.




I found another view of the rig as someone asked how the holsters were attached another time. When I get a rig I usually have Paul do me an extra "strong" side holster incase I want to do strong strong and not a crossdraw. Of course this rig would still have one cross since the original rig was to be a double cross draw for my scout. also the rig has aged to a real nice medium dark colour now.

curley

[Boothill Bob]

I'm very sorry to hear that you cant work with leather no more, arthritis is nothing I wich my worst enemy. Thanx for the info about the pouch, think I have to make a wooden form so I can start playing around with the pouch.. It would be easy to shape if I hade a vaccum pump, but I havent found any here in sweden

[john beattie]

Boothill Tandy do a Percussion pistol pattern pak in download form, it has a cap pouch
9-10 oz for the main front and back 7-8 oz for the gusset and belt loops
i can try and scan it an email it to you if this would be any good
john

https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-1235-2691-percussion-pistol-pattern-pak.aspx?