Magnificent 7

I was asked by Thell Reed to make the holsters for the Magnificent 7.

These pictures show the rigs, plus some shots of movie posters showing the rigs "in action". There are also pictures of these rigs in various stages as I made them.

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Reverse draw gunbelt for Denzel Washington

Reverse draw gunbelt for Denzel Washington

Reverse draw

Reverse draw

Rifle scabbard for Denzel Washington

Rifle scabbard for Denzel Washington

Prototype of Chris Pratt's gunbelt

Prototype of Chris Pratt's gunbelt

Prototype of Chris Pratt's gunbelt

Prototype of Chris Pratt's gunbelt

Chris Pratt's shoulder holster

Chris Pratt's shoulder holster

Holster for Ethan Hawke, Alligator band with teeth

Holster for Ethan Hawke, Alligator band with teeth

Holster for Ethan Hawke, Alligator band with teeth

Holster for Ethan Hawke, Alligator band with teeth

Ethan Hawke's cartridge belt for rifle ammo

Ethan Hawke's cartridge belt for rifle ammo

Gunbelt rig for Red Harvest

Gunbelt rig for Red Harvest

Two gun rig for Vasquez with silver mountings

Two gun rig for Vasquez with silver mountings

Two gun rig for Vasquez with silver mountings

Two gun rig for Vasquez with silver mountings

Two gun rig for Vasquez

Two gun rig for Vasquez with silver mountings

Two gun rig for Vasquez

Two gun rig for Vasquez

Holster worn by Billy Rocks

Holster worn by Billy Rocks

Holster worn by Billy Rocks

Holster worn by Billy Rocks

Holster for Denali

Holster for Denali

Made for D'Onofrio's Mountain Man character

Dropped from the production as too clumsy

Made for D'Onofrio's Mountain Man character

Made for D'Onofrio's Mountain Man character

Holster worn by Bogue

Holster worn by Bogue

Original 1880's Webley British Bulldog

Original 1880's Webley British Bulldog, loaned to the production
from the Sam Andrews collection

Original 1880's Webley British Bulldog

Card Trick scene, with the Webley

Some of the design patterns

Some of the design patterns for the production. Many hours here!

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Making the holster for Denzel's character

Laying out the Vasquez rig

Laying out the Vasquez rig to plce the silver

Laying out the silver

Laying out the silver for the Vasquez and Red Harvest rigs. Over $2500 in hand engraved silver was used in these gunbelts

Designing the tooling pattern, Vasquez rig

Designing the tooling pattern for the Vasquez rig, on scrap leather with some cheap stamped conchos

Stamping the pattern

Stamping the pattern in the holster bands for the Vasquez rig

Trimming the leather lining

Trimming the leather lining on the Vasquez holsters

Part of the production for movie rigs

Part of the production for movie rigs. On film projects you make multiples of each one, some for stunt doubles, some as spares in case of damage