Okay, it's not really as bad as all that.
I've been an Indiana Jones fan since I first saw the film in 1981.
Now, years later after being involved in the prop/costuming groups, and after meeting a guy at a local convention who has an Indy outfit, I decided to start looking into it again.
And over at the Indy Gear forums, somone posted a set of plans for Indy's pistol holster.
www.flugel.dk/holsterflat.jpg
And I went from there.
Now this holster design is for the 4" barrel Smith & Wesson revolver. Since I plan on getting a 6" Webley eventually, I added an additional 2.25" of length to the bottom of the holster.
Imagine the template is made out of leather...
Cutting it out after drawing on the backside of the leather. Also, remember to flip your template over... or you'll end up with a left handed holster!
Basic shape with belt loop...
Halfway on. Only took me an hour to figure out how to use the bloody sewing awl.
Belt loop and closure strap finished! I did a half-fast (say it... go ahead...)
job on the belt loop, but the next one I do will be better.
Hand punching all those holes will make anyone a brain eating zombie!
Holes... holes... holes...
All done! Sort of. I FUBARed the attachment of the brass closure post, busting the flat back of the post off, so I had to buy another one. Doh.
No, that's not Indy's stun gun from Stargate.
The plug was a PAIN to sew. But it worked out okay in the end.
The real Webley holsters all had that "drain hole" at the end.
It will hold a 6" revolver OR a solid AL cast Colt 1911. How's THAT for one size fits all?
And it's done!
All told I spent about $70 or so on the project.
Basically it went like this:
$12 - heavy duty titanium Fiskers scissors. (half off on sale!)
$15 - leather
$1 - Brass post
$4 - extra waxed thread
$16 - Sewing Awl kit
$9 - Rotory punch (for punching holes)
$9 - overstitcher (round spikey wheel used to pre-punch and space holes)
So Why did I make the holster rather than just buying a Webley holster off ePay for about $60? Because. That's why.
The tools I consider an investment as they can be reused. I plan to make a holster for my wife as well eventually, so that just dropped the cost of the project to about $45 or so.It took me a long time (frequent runs to the store looking for tools I KNEW I already owned... but couldn't find...) to complete, figure appx. 5.5 hours off and on. But now that I know what I'm doing with that sewing Awl... muahahahahahaha...
Indiana Russ
