04-05-2013, 09:08 PM
Sean,
I was wrong on the date. It was the 6th century BC. Still the Altai, and obviously in other areas too... like Persia, as you mentioned. The old Tom Mix and Gene Autrey holsters weren't strapped to the thigh, so maybe the 1950s or 60s. I think it was termed a "buscadro" holster.
I was wrong on the date. It was the 6th century BC. Still the Altai, and obviously in other areas too... like Persia, as you mentioned. The old Tom Mix and Gene Autrey holsters weren't strapped to the thigh, so maybe the 1950s or 60s. I think it was termed a "buscadro" holster.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
