Old School…



I’d actually forgotten I’d ordered the rig below, as it’s been a “while” in the finishing, but it was well worth the wait!!!


This is old school holster work, done by a master craftsman! Kenny Rowe and his son Cody out of Hope, AR did this work for me, based on the old style floral (also called Mexican) patterns dating back at least to the late 1800s and popularized by Heiser around the turn of the last Century.


The belt matches the holster, and both are outstanding! And NONE of the work was done with machines, it was all done by hand, and I can’t find any mistakes anywhere!!!

Taking nothing away from the young holster makers (and I support them too), this is the kind of work it is almost impossible to find anymore, anywhere… Kenny has been doing this for over 30 years, and was trained by his Dad, who started doing this back in the 50s! They are a soup to nuts shop… Boots to saddles and everything in between.


And I gotta tell ya, given a choice between wearing Kydex and this…


Well, lets just say the Kydex will be residing in the back of the spare holster box…

Comments

Old School… — 19 Comments

  1. So true. There is just something about good leather and blued steel. So much more “soul” than polymer anything.

  2. I call that there holster purty. You sure found yourself one gorgeous piece of work.

  3. I agree! That is beautiful work. Far more appealing than the black nylon or plastic stuff. What’s in the holster looks interesting too.

  4. Pretty! Wait, that isn’t masculine sounding at all…okay, how about Hawt! Whatever way you wanna say it, it looks GREAT!

    Can’t wait to order one of those myself! 🙂

  5. Mo- Agreed!

    Robert- Thanks!

    Alan- At least you HAVE a BBQ gun… sigh…

    Andy- Thanks!

    Ev- $250ish… depends on design, leather, etc. Give Kenny a call and discuss would be my recommendation.

    Elm- I can only say I found the right guy! HE did the work!

    iphone- yep!

    ADM- It will be 🙂

    Keads- Python 4″

    Fuzzy- Yep 🙂

    Wing- Yeah, and I don’t have one… sigh…

    Snigs- Yep 🙂