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Holsters were made by a tremendous variety of
companies. Tex Tan made holsters in the beginning for Nichols Industries, but
there were lots of others.
And then there were the private people who made
holsters sets (and still do!) for the various sizes and styles of Cap Guns. To
this day many private individuals restore holsters that were famous in their
day and also these same artisans create new designs.
So it gets
complicated. We will do our best to list some of the finer holsters and holster
sets—sometimes with the guns and sometimes without. We hope that you will
send in some of your favorite photos.
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George H. Rogers
Company Fancy Double Holster
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This is a really fancy holster
set that must have been made a really long time ago. Why? Because, except for
custom folks like John Coatney, Chuck Layman and Roy Evans, people just don't
make much nice stuff anymore. Oh, there are others, I just mentioned them to be
nice, since they are within my website!
Thanks to Bob Stevens. |
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I personally think that the
rider on this Tex Tan Tophand Holster Set looks like president Ronald Reagan.
What do you think? Tex Tan, of course, was "allied" with Nichols Industries
from nearly the beginning of the company.
Here's a really nice Keyston Brother
Holster Set Box, but we're not really sure what came inside. I asked, but it's
quite possible that they used it for several different models of
holsters.
Photo by Cathy West
As I told Bob and Pat, this holster set
looks like they started make it for Paladin and then added "BONANZA" to it. But
it sure is nice.
Photo by Bob and Pat DeFeis
This is about as nice a set
of Hubley Cowboys as you're likely to see. Be sure to click on this photo to
see a larger one in a different view. These are from Bob Gray.
Here's a double holster set featuring a
couple of Kilgore Americans that is simply wonderful. If you didn't know, you
wouldn't know. It being a Cap Gun set, of course. Looks real enough to most
folks and a kid would have thought he was in Second Heaven to own a set like
this. Now you can buy a fancy Italian shotgun for what this is worth. Great
offering from our friend Steve Arlin.
Isn't this a wonderful double holster set
from Ed Manes? Now I know why I seldom see nice holster sets in antique stores.
It's because people like Ed and Steve Arlin have hoarded them all. And the
funny part is that most antique dealers don't even know anything about Cap Guns
and holsters. We have them all over Huntsville, and I have yet to find a store
that has any decent Cap Guns! Amazing! Notice that this set has Gene's name
engraved on the pocket and his picture too! This set must be worth a small
fortune.
Here's a swell double holster set from Ed
Manes for Annie Oakley and all of her sidekicks. Notice the comic book! Things
like that aren't cheap anymore. But they are a good investment. It looks like a
pair of Hubley Cowboys in the pockets.
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Roy Rogers Holster Set
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Here is an
incredible soft glove leather holster set. The Cap Guns pictured are George
Schmidt guns, but my main interest here is the holster set and its gloves. They
are simply magnificent. The studs and conchos are in amazing shape. These
gloves are as heavy as welder's gloves and the heavy metal gold Double R Bar
logo is very nice. This is a set you just don't see every day. However, they
are preserved here for everybody to enjoy. Do you have photos like these of
your favorite Cap Guns or Holsters? Let me know!
Many thanks
for these photos to John R. Smith |
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Well lookee here. Kids used to
strap Cap Guns to their bicycles! Amazing that we ever survived!
Many thanks to
Rich Hall for the photo.
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Daisy Holster
Set
w/ Pony Boys
by Hubley/Gabriel
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Daisy also made holsters and "stuffed" them with
guns from other manufacturers. These are Pony Boys from the 1970s.
Thanks to Dwain Burkholder
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Here's a very nice double Leslie-Henry Cap
Gun/Double Holster set from Canada.
Thanks to David Denton.
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Huge Adjustable Holster Set
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Here is a
VERY nice double holster set that is adjustable with the center buckle. This
one holds the larger guns and has lots of bells and whistles. You almost never
see quality holsters for kids these days. I don't think a kid could possibly
afford them these days!
Many thanks for these photos to Doug
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Here is a Tex Tan holster outfit. Tex Tan made holsters and
holster sets all of the way back to the early days of Pasadena. They were
located in Yoakum, Texas and made some really fine quality stuff. The holster
that you will see that was made for my dad on the home page of this website was
made by Tex Tan. You will notice the "LWN" for Lewis W. Nichols that is worked
into it.
Many thanks for this photo to Bob Garvey!
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Holster Sets
Restored by Red Nichols
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These holster sets exhibit some of the finest
workmanship you will see anywhere. The workmanship is by Red Nichols of
Australia.
The top holster set is a very rare and hard to find Hubley
'Overland Trail' Holster Set.
The second set is a Carnell-Nichols 'Roundup' Holster
Set, which has the Nichols bullet clips attached right on the gun belt and
originally came with two Stallion 38s.
Photos furnished by Jim Turner via Red
Nichols.
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Trust Bob Garvey to have nothing but the
finest Cap Guns and Holsters!
Here is a set and his description...
"2
Better Than Excellent Nichols Stallion 38 Cap Guns; a MINT, Unused, Black
Russell Double Holster with 6 MINT Holster Bullets and Box plus 12 Two Piece
Genuine Nichols Stallion Bullets in their Belt Clips. "
Photos furnished by Bob
Garvey.
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Quality Holsters w/ Stallion 38's
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Pristine felt backsides too! |
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Here we
have a modern double holster set made by some craftsman that I don't know. I do
recognize the Cap Guns, however, as they are Stallion 38's. Notice that the
backs are lined with a soft red felt. The workmanship of these is just about as
good as you can get. The insets on the left photo show the buckle assembly and
the combination of fake and "real" Nichols bullets that came with this set that
was sold online.
Thank You Bob Garvey For Your
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Double Nichols Cowhand Set
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This is a
double Nichols Cowhand set that reminds me of the holster on the cover of this
website that was made by Tex Tan for my father, Lewis W. Nichols. It seems that
there is virtually no such thing these days as quality holsters being
made—except by individual craftsmen. (and Cowgirls!) But in the old days,
it was quite common to see something that was so...FANCY!
Photos by
Rich Hall |
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