who can make gun slips -elephant

20 December 2009, 04:48

Not sure where to ask this but it has to do with some elephant skin from my last bull. I had it tanned a chocolate brown and would like to have a high quality gun slip made for my double. Anyone know who does that type of work?

Appreciate all advice. PM me if you wish.

20 December 2009, 05:14

MJines

Dick Murray of Murray Custom Leather:

http://www.murraycustomleather.com/

Dick will charge you the same price he sells the same case for with his leather. In other words if he charges $350 for a case with his leather, he will do the same case with your leather for the same price. He has made me three cases, two with elephant and one with buffalo. They are outstanding! I have no reservations recommending him.

This thread has some pics of the buffalo case, cartridge belt and knife case he did for me.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...=996105938#996105938

20 December 2009, 12:39

jetdrvr

quote:
Dick will charge you the same price he sells the same case for with his leather.

Why?

20 December 2009, 14:38

Will

Yeah, Murray does good work.

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20 December 2009, 14:55

jetdrvr

I don't care how good he is. If I paid the trophy fee, the shipping and the tanning, I wouldn't pay full fare. Guess I'll never have one.

20 December 2009, 16:03

Will

quote:
Originally posted by jetdrvr:
I don't care how good he is. If I paid the trophy fee, the shipping and the tanning, I wouldn't pay full fare. Guess I'll never have one.

bingo

20 December 2009, 16:48

Bryan Chick

I also recommend Dick murray

21 December 2009, 23:21

Eland Slayer

jetdrvr & Will,

Damn.....you two guys seem awful tight with your money. I mean c'mon, if you had paid the tens of thousands of dollars to kill a nice bull elephant.....you honestly wouldn't pay a couple hundred to have a custom case made from YOUR elephant? To me it's worth paying the full price just because it's YOUR elephant and when people ask, you can tell them it's made from YOUR elephant.

22 December 2009, 04:13

JBrown

quote:
Originally posted by Eland Slayer:
jetdrvr & Will,

Damn.....you two guys seem awful tight with your money. I mean c'mon, if you had paid the tens of thousands of dollars to kill a nice bull elephant.....you honestly wouldn't pay a couple hundred to have a custom case made from YOUR elephant? To me it's worth paying the full price just because it's YOUR elephant and when people ask, you can tell them it's made from YOUR elephant.

It makes perfect sense that they charge the same when using your leather. Often customer supplied leather is not processed to the same standard as the leather the professional has sourced. Because it may be too thick or not as flexible it may require more work.

Most manufacturers don't offer a discount for customer supplied leather. They do save a few bucks on materials but this provides a measure of insurance against the extra work that may be involved. If they did offer a discount the trade-off would be that they would have to contact a percentage of their customers to ask them to pay for the extra work that is involved in working with their inferior leather.

Jason

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Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.

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22 December 2009, 04:21

Woodmnctry

Would seem the other alternative is to find someone else that could do the work for the "right" amount of money with "your" hide ---do not know who that would be but if you had a form to follow --- any good saddle shop should be able to get r' done.
G

22 December 2009, 04:50

Will

Hey, I ain't whining about paying full price, I was whining about jetdrvr whining about paying full price. Have we got the whining where whining is due now?

It would probably be one thing if the game hide was tanned properly, treated properly, without holes, etc.

But as soon as the maker sends whatever out made with the game hide, the dude would probably start whining about something. A lot of guys won't mess with others hides. And he feels obligated to back up his work so there is more whining.

Send it to Murray Leather. He doesn't whine and does good work.

I'm all whined out. (You wish).

22 December 2009, 08:36

Eland Slayer

Haha.....sorry about that Will. I took your previous post to mean that you agreed with jetdrvr. I apologize.

23 December 2009, 02:28

miles58

Try J W Hulme in St Paul Minnesota. The make the best cases I have seen. Might be a little pricey, but if you want first rate work they can do it.

Dave

26 December 2009, 12:39

tendrams

Simon Aardema in Salt Lake City, Utah.

(801) 968-3337

Best holster, belt, and saddle work I have ever seen and the prices are damned reasonable. He will build it exactly as you request with no exceptions. You know his work is top shelf because he also does a lot of custom work for other companies that re-label the stuff as their own.