He's been in the leather business since 1974, normally builds custom saddles, but said he was up for the challenge, it turned out really nice, it spans the weight over the shoulders very well, and will make for an excellent hiking companion, he said he had a lot of fun making it, and would be into making some more, I think he was excited as I was. Not sure if I'm allowed to post links that arn't sponsors though. If anyones interested I'll ask him if he minds me throwing his contact info up, so let me know.
Not sure if you noticed, but its even got a drop strap to keep it from hitting the ground if the buttons pop open, I picked the leather, but he said anything I wanted, the gun part and shell holder are backed with swede So it doesn't stick to the clothing while walking, but the shoulder rigs are not, there raw leather so they don't chaff the shoulders or slide off. And its completely adjustable to boot!
I asked for the shell holder to hold 9 shells (because the gun holds 3, empty chamber, and if I went with 10, that'd be 13, call me superstitious) And theres a rolled piece of leather at the back to keep them from working to far down and getting to hard to grip. All his idea's. He also "Knurrled" or rolled the shell holders to make them tight, but easy to remove. Took him just over a week, and he was working on a few saddles, so I'd say thats decent turn around time. As for price, well, it wasn't cheap, but I didn't go with cheap materials, I told him what I wanted to spend (same as the Andrews leather one, $250-$300) and he made it to match my price.
Edit: Took some pic's of the backside's of the sides:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tkv000/Dlask870/photo#5132937120013226850
http://picasaweb.google.com/tkv000/Dlask870/photo#5132937124308194162