I have stopped taking custom orders for the most part but still take on a few projects if they sound interesting and there are a few people I try and take care of. Just became unwieldy for a guy that works by himself and hand stitches each piece.
Having said that .. I had a great time with this one! This was done for a long time forum member who has purchased from me with another interesting project about 4 yrs ago.
. Here is the story ...He is buying this for his boy who does CAS stuff. He tells me the boy loves the game series "Fallout" and while I know most of you dont have a clue what that is it is a guy who wanders around in the post apocalypse and I played most of them but couldnt finish New Vegas..
So at first I was thinking go full on steam punk but then the father showed him my site and the boy loved this one from my site
http://www.boriqualeather.com/gallery/_data/i/upload/2018/04/09/20180409130753-d9dbfa22-me.jpg
So dad gives me just two hard criteria.. he wanted the coloring to look oldish and that it needed to include the boys initials.
So I got away from steam punk in my head even though I am still dying to do something full on steam punk but I wanted to keep a tiny bit of the post apocalypse thing going.
Meh .. maybe I hit it .. maybe not .. but I wanted to blend the one above with just a touch of "Fallout"
I liked the idea of the initials in what looked like an old necklace like it had been a found object in the wasteland or his grandmother had given it to him as a child and the chain was long gone but he wanted to keep the item for good luck ... you know, for all those gun fights!
Maybe its the back of a watch that he found. Art making and decorating in the post apocalypse.
I used bronze studs on the skirt which felt kind of like rivets and steel studs on the body and I just had to get those 2 screws in there which are brass. Did some creative stuff with dyes and an airbrush and its all hand stitched up with a natural colored thread.
For those interested in such things I took a shot of the welt. I wanted to make it a reasonable fast draw so I used a double tapering welt so its got a fair amount of room at the cylinder and trigger guard. Of course all the edges are burnished.
I "think" it retained some of that fallout feel but still looks handsome and well made.
If your interested in what it looks like
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout1.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout2.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout3.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout4.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout5.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout6.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout7.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout%20welt.JPG
I heard from the Board member and he and the recipient are pleased!
Just thought I would share.
Having said that .. I had a great time with this one! This was done for a long time forum member who has purchased from me with another interesting project about 4 yrs ago.
. Here is the story ...He is buying this for his boy who does CAS stuff. He tells me the boy loves the game series "Fallout" and while I know most of you dont have a clue what that is it is a guy who wanders around in the post apocalypse and I played most of them but couldnt finish New Vegas..
So at first I was thinking go full on steam punk but then the father showed him my site and the boy loved this one from my site
http://www.boriqualeather.com/gallery/_data/i/upload/2018/04/09/20180409130753-d9dbfa22-me.jpg
So dad gives me just two hard criteria.. he wanted the coloring to look oldish and that it needed to include the boys initials.
So I got away from steam punk in my head even though I am still dying to do something full on steam punk but I wanted to keep a tiny bit of the post apocalypse thing going.
Meh .. maybe I hit it .. maybe not .. but I wanted to blend the one above with just a touch of "Fallout"
I liked the idea of the initials in what looked like an old necklace like it had been a found object in the wasteland or his grandmother had given it to him as a child and the chain was long gone but he wanted to keep the item for good luck ... you know, for all those gun fights!
Maybe its the back of a watch that he found. Art making and decorating in the post apocalypse.
I used bronze studs on the skirt which felt kind of like rivets and steel studs on the body and I just had to get those 2 screws in there which are brass. Did some creative stuff with dyes and an airbrush and its all hand stitched up with a natural colored thread.
For those interested in such things I took a shot of the welt. I wanted to make it a reasonable fast draw so I used a double tapering welt so its got a fair amount of room at the cylinder and trigger guard. Of course all the edges are burnished.
I "think" it retained some of that fallout feel but still looks handsome and well made.
If your interested in what it looks like
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout1.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout2.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout3.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout4.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout5.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout6.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout7.JPG
http://www.boriqualeather.com/Fallout/Fallout%20welt.JPG
I heard from the Board member and he and the recipient are pleased!
Just thought I would share.
