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Hey I bought a thigh holster for my 1911!!!!

GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
edited July 2020 in General Firearms #1
I'll bet'cha Zee got an immediate frown on his face...  :D


El Paso Saddlery, no real good reason except I've been wanting a really good reproduction of the old ARMY holster for a while for my vintage 1911s.  Got a GREAT deal on eBay from a guy in the UK of all places.  I already have the El Paso belt and several magazine pushes that match.

Might be an interesting way to carry my 10mm when I'm hiking, but probably not...  Oh well, it'll look great in my office!
Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • 10canyon5310canyon53 Member Posts: 2,122 Senior Member
    edited July 2020 #2
    Need pics of you wearing that Zorba style.  :D

    Bet it would make you walk funny.....
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  • zorbazorba Senior Member Posts: 24,105 Senior Member
    #3
    10canyon53 said:
    Need pics of you wearing that Zorba style.  :D

    Bet it would make you walk funny.....
    He'll need a garter belt!
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
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  • SpkSpk Senior Member Posts: 4,208 Senior Member
    #4
    No upskirt shots please! We'll just have to use our imaginations. 😬
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  • earlyagainearlyagain Posts: 7,151 Senior Member
    #5
    Maybe a search of archival photos could provide practical and inspirational insight as to functional use?

    I need to get one of their repro shoulder holsters. Eventually.......
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #6
    10canyon53 said:
    Need pics of you wearing that Zorba style.  :D

    Bet it would make you walk funny.....
    Soooooooo, not happening...  :#
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #7
    zorba said:
    10canyon53 said:
    Need pics of you wearing that Zorba style.  :D

    Bet it would make you walk funny.....
    He'll need a garter belt!
    See above... I hear those are bad for your circulation anyway.
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #8
    Spk said:
    No upskirt shots please! We'll just have to use our imaginations. 😬
    No worries of that happening.
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • Diver43Diver43 Senior Member Posts: 11,324 Senior Member
    #9
    I predict:  It will look really kool in pictures, some Will think badass.  Nice conversation piece.  Walking across the desert.  Eh, maybe.  For a walk through the woods? Once the novelty wears off you will remove it and shove it in your backpack for the walk back to your vehicle.
    I wore one for about two hours before I all but begged to exchange it for a tankers style holster in Bremerhaven.
    Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #10
    earlyagain said:
    Maybe a search of archival photos could provide practical and inspirational insight as to functional use?

    I need to get one of their repro shoulder holsters. Eventually.......
    That's on my list too...
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #11
    Diver43 said:
    I predict:  It will look really kool in pictures, some Will think badass.  Nice conversation piece.  Walking across the desert.  Eh, maybe.  For a walk through the woods? Once the novelty wears off you will remove it and shove it in your backpack for the walk back to your vehicle.
    I wore one for about two hours before I all but begged to exchange it for a tankers style holster in Bremerhaven.
    Yeah, that's pretty much the assessment even before I sling it off a belt.  I bought it because I just wanted one mostly because of the old pictures of folks like Gen Omar Bradley and Gen "Black Jack" Pershing wearing them in the field.  It will probably never see a day of field wear but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun.  When I do return to SASS they do have "Wild Bunch" stages where it would come in handy.
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • Diver43Diver43 Senior Member Posts: 11,324 Senior Member
    #12
    Sounds like a plan.  It is a style of holster I wanted to love.  Still love the look
    Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
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  • zorbazorba Senior Member Posts: 24,105 Senior Member
    #13
    GunNut said:
    ...but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun...
    Maybe we could do a, uh, "comparison"... ;):D>:)

    OF THE HOLSTERS! :D

    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #14
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    ...but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun...
    Maybe we could do a, uh, "comparison"... ;):D>:)

    OF THE HOLSTERS! :D

    6’ of social distancing required... 😎
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #15
    Diver43 said:
    Sounds like a plan.  It is a style of holster I wanted to love.  Still love the look
    Yep...  that’s it!
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • zorbazorba Senior Member Posts: 24,105 Senior Member
    #16
    GunNut said:
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    ...but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun...
    Maybe we could do a, uh, "comparison"... ;):D>:)

    OF THE HOLSTERS! :D

    6’ of social distancing required... 😎
    I thought it was 20 paces - 10 each, before whirling around to fire! ;)
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 17,216 Senior Member
    #17
    Nice rig...that holster is a cavalry variant...the drop is there because it's meant to be worn on horseback.For walkin around, it attaches directly to a web or pistol belt.
    I have always liked that style of holster...they just look sharp...


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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #18
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    ...but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun...
    Maybe we could do a, uh, "comparison"... ;):D>:)

    OF THE HOLSTERS! :D

    6’ of social distancing required... 😎
    I thought it was 20 paces - 10 each, before whirling around to fire! ;)
    We can try that after I fix your grip!
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #19
    Jayhawker said:
    Nice rig...that holster is a cavalry variant...the drop is there because it's meant to be worn on horseback.For walkin around, it attaches directly to a web or pistol belt.
    I have always liked that style of holster...they just look sharp...


    Thanks!  I fell in love with it after I saw a picture of “Black Jack” horseback with his 1911 in one of these while chasing after Pancho Villa!
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 17,216 Senior Member
    edited July 2020 #20
    This is "The Old Trooper" at the U.S. Cavalry Museum at Ft. Riley, KS...note the placement of his kit


    Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 17,216 Senior Member
    edited July 2020 #21
    This is my second favorite equestrian statue after Longstreet's statue at Gettysburg. The folks who trail ride the battlefield often say their horses get spooky when they come upon that statue


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  • NNNN Senior Member Posts: 24,843 Senior Member
    #22
    Diver43 said:
    I predict:  It will look really kool in pictures, some Will think badass.  Nice conversation piece.  Walking across the desert.  Eh, maybe.  For a walk through the woods? Once the novelty wears off you will remove it and shove it in your backpack for the walk back to your vehicle.
    I wore one for about two hours before I all but begged to exchange it for a tankers style holster in Bremerhaven.
    as long as he is carrying a Springfield 1903 as well
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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 17,216 Senior Member
    #23
    NN said:
    Diver43 said:
    I predict:  It will look really kool in pictures, some Will think badass.  Nice conversation piece.  Walking across the desert.  Eh, maybe.  For a walk through the woods? Once the novelty wears off you will remove it and shove it in your backpack for the walk back to your vehicle.
    I wore one for about two hours before I all but begged to exchange it for a tankers style holster in Bremerhaven.
    as long as he is carrying a Springfield 1903 as well
    Upon close examination of the Springfield on that statue...it's perfect in every detail as is the 1911...
    Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #24
    The detail on those statues is just amazing!!!
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 17,216 Senior Member
    #25
    GunNut said:
    The detail on those statues is just amazing!!!
    The thing about the Longstreet statue is that you're walking through the woods and BOOM...There's "Old Pete" just lookin at ya
    ..
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #26
    Jayhawker said:
    GunNut said:
    The detail on those statues is just amazing!!!
    The thing about the Longstreet statue is that you're walking through the woods and BOOM...There's "Old Pete" just lookin at ya
    ..
    That’s cool!  Need to put that on the bucket list!
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 24,790 Senior Member
    #27
    I was gonna say, The 90s called and they wanted their holster back. Then, I saw the holster. So, the 20s called instead. 😒
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #28
    Zee said:
    I was gonna say, The 90s called and they wanted their holster back. Then, I saw the holster. So, the 20s called instead. 😒
     :D Made you look!!! 
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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  • VarmintmistVarmintmist Senior Member Posts: 7,497 Senior Member
    #29
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    ...but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun...
    Maybe we could do a, uh, "comparison"... ;):D>:)

    OF THE HOLSTERS! :D

    6’ of social distancing required... 😎
    I thought it was 20 paces - 10 each, before whirling around to fire! ;)

    twirling...
    It's boring, and your lack of creativity knows no bounds.
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  • zorbazorba Senior Member Posts: 24,105 Senior Member
    #30
    Varmintmist said:
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    ...but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun...
    Maybe we could do a, uh, "comparison"... ;):D>:)

    OF THE HOLSTERS! :D

    6’ of social distancing required... 😎
    I thought it was 20 paces - 10 each, before whirling around to fire! ;)

    twirling...
    That would imply a continuous movement, like spinning. :D;)
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
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  • GunNutGunNut Posts: 6,719 Senior Member
    #31
    Varmintmist said:
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    zorba said:
    GunNut said:
    ...but I might wear it at the range at Jerry's just for fun...
    Maybe we could do a, uh, "comparison"... ;):D>:)

    OF THE HOLSTERS! :D

    6’ of social distancing required... 😎
    I thought it was 20 paces - 10 each, before whirling around to fire! ;)

    twirling...
    The will be NO twirling...
    Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.

    General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

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