Tombstone Val Kilmer / Doc Holliday Costume

That is a pretty gun, regardless. I had to come to a hard stop on some of my research as well, when it continued to show a disconnect from history or even from scene to scene. In my most recent costume build, I finally had to just say "This one screenshot is what I am making. " This decision had to be made because the equipment was changing within ONE SCENE. The colors and prop continuity were grossly off between different camera angles of the same completed and edited scene. That is when I realized I was NOT going to research the intended date and historic time as it would likely eliminate the screen used sword as it was a very specific year model. Too many completed builds that I see online that don't match the intended scene because of all the misguided efforts of the prop department from the film. Not accurate historically, not accurate per witness accounts, not accurate within the movie's continuity (your walking stick vs poster shown shotgun) and finally, you just have to choose where you take your final stand. Mine was to pick one frozen moment in the movie's final scene, yours, ironically, will be at the OK Corral.
Well I’m actually going for all Val’s complete wardrobe and props, the photos I posted on the first page of this thread are pretty much stand in items until they can be replaced with the correct items (or as close as I can get). Right now I have a lot of stuff in the works getting made. By the end of the day I should have the most complete and most accurate Val Kilmer/Doc Holliday since the movie came out……. :)
 
Val’s/Doc’s Gambling Knife

Sounds like I have a CORRECT Doc Holliday gambling knife in the works as I just got off the phone going over all the details :)

In the book The Guns and Gear of Tombstone they show a knife that is said to the the original knife Val used (first photo), I call ********! The second photo is the actual screen grab from the movie and you can plainly see these two knives are NOT the same. This is NOT the only thing I have caught different from this book, but that is for a different post ;)


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as to docs knife the bloody one in the grab may be the fake retractor prop they used for the stab ! Here's the pony deal blade ...
 

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as to docs knife the bloody one in the grab may be the fake retractor prop they used for the stab ! Here's the pony deal blade ...
I don’t think this knife is correct either, as the guard on the knife is completely different. The drawing on the knife I am getting made was finished last night :) It’s not going to be cheap by any means, but I always say “if you’re going to do it, you had better do it right the first time”. I am also taking a little liberty with the sheath as it was never seen in the movie. My sheath will resemble the the sheaths in our two photos, but it will be black to match Val’s shoulder rig and it will have the same stamping on it as the shoulder holster. Call me crazy (everyone else does) but I think it d so should be a matching set :)
 
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