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ARVO OJALA
& Western Accessories
FAL L -WI N T E R
2010
Phone: (503) 577-6891
Email: iojala.fastdraw@gmail.com
www.arvoojalaholstercompany.com
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Hollywood’s Legendary Gun Coach
POST CARDS– COLLECT THEM ALL
These 4 x 6 great post cards are from the private
collection of the Arvo Ojala Holster Co. Shots from
the different western movies. Custom wording is
available. $1.50 each or 10 for $10
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ARVO OJALA
& Western Accessories
& Western Accessories
The Secrets of the Fast Draw– Notebook
4x5.5 Cover is a photo of the original training
booklet. This notebook blank white paper with a bio
of Arvo Ojala on the inside cover. Black metal
binding
Price: $4.95
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Type: Notebook
Fast Draw Journal-The Shoot Out
4x5.5 Cover is a photo of the Arvo shooting on a
movie set in Hollywood. This notebook blank white
paper with a bio of Arvo Ojala on the inside cover.
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Fast Draw Journal– Arvo loading up
4x5.5 Cover is a photo of the Arvo loading his
colt .45 on a movie set in Hollywood. This notebook
blank white paper with a bio of Arvo Ojala on the
inside cover.
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Arvo Ojala and Marilyn Monroe
4x5.5 Cover is a photo of the Arvo shooting
training Marilyn Monroe on a movie set “River of
No Returns. This notebook blank white paper with a
bio of Arvo Ojala on the inside cover.
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ARVO OJALA
& Western Accessories
& Western Accessories
How to Spin a Six Gun
This is a copy of one of Arvo original training books
which came out in 1960. Front cover has a photo of
Jon Ojala spinning a six shooter. 14 pages 5.5 x 8
black & white *Note these books now been
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Price: $12.95
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The Secrets of the Fast Draw
- training
booklet- original printing back in 1958. paperback–
inside is black and white. Cover is color. Inside
step by step of *Note these books now been
embossed with our seal.
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The Gun
Gun Safety tips
1/6 Second Draw
Boarder Shift
The Holster and Belt
Caring for your Holster
The Gun Draw
Two gun Double Spin
Reverse Spin
Road Agent Spin
Forward spin-back into the
Holster
Price: $12.95
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The Secrets of the Fast Draw-DVD– new revised 2010
This DVD has been revised. This has step by step on the secrets of the
fast draw based from the training booklet. Illustrations are of Arvo Ojala.
As a added feather we included the TV show– On the Go show– with
Jack Linkerman, an interview which was done with Arvo and his family.
Price: $19.95
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Hollywood’s Legendary Gun Coach
A RVO O JALA
ARVO OJALA
During the last half
of the 1950’s, you
couldn’t turn on your
Television without
being aware of the
popularity of what
was called “Adult
Westerns”.
Every
channel filled their
prime time schedule
with Western shows,
and you could not
flip your dial without
being overwhelmed
with the number and
variety of these
shows. Some people
called this a “Fad” that would soon pass, but we were all to
learn that this surge lasted more than a decade, and some of
the more popular shows lasted twenty years, this was longer
than any shows to that date. Some of these shows are still
shown in re-runs today.
In the Early part of the 1950’s, a young man moved to Hollywood, and became a major force in this new wave of Western
TV shows and movies. His name was Arvo Ojala. Arvo was
born of Finnish parents and raised in Washington State.
Growing up in Washington State, Arvo learned to shoot at an
early age, and during this time he studied and perfected the
shills of spinning, twirling, and tossing the pistols with the
dexterity of a professional juggler. When he moved to Hollywood, he worked as a gun coach in Western movies. One of
these early jobs was working with Robert Michum and
Marilyn Monroe in the Movie “River of No Return”. Arvo’s
skill with a Colt Single Action Revolver was nothing short of
incredible, and this led to more and more work for him. As it
turned out, Arvo arrived on the scene at just the right time to
take advantage of the incredible interest in Western shows on
TV as well as in the Movies.
Arvo also created, patented and sold a beautiful buscadero
style belt and holster that helped even an average person draw
his six-shooter faster than he thought possible. Not as fast as
Arvo, of course, but faster than anything he had done before.
This holster was used by almost every TV show for the next
30 years. Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Maverick, Cheyenne, Sugarfoot, Wyatt Earp, The Lawman, Colt .45, and Have Gun Will
Travel, are just a few of the TV shows that used Arvo’s hol-
ster. These shows and more also hired Arvo to be their Gun
Coach and technical advisor. Movies from the 1950’s “River
of No Return’, the “Big Country”, and “Rio Bravo”, all the
way through more recent movies like “Rustler’s Rhapsody”,
“Silverado”, “Back to the Future III”, and even “The Three
Amigo’s”, all relied on coaching from Arvo, and used his
holsters. If you saw in a movie a fast draw or twirling, you
may not have realized it was not the star you were watching.
They would zoom in for a close-up, and it was actually
Arvo’s hands doing their thing with the six-gun.
It would be hard to name a movie or TV or Movie Star that
had not had some coaching from Arvo. Some of these stars
loved the training so much, they continued to practice what
Arvo taught them until they became quite good. Two somewhat unlikely Stars that come to mind are Sammy Davis Jr.
and Jerry Lewis. Each of them demonstrated their gun handling skills on shows like Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show.
Another Star that practiced diligently was Kirk Douglass. If
you saw the movie “Draw”, you saw Kirk demonstrate some
of these skills he leaned from Arvo, and of course he was
wearing an Arvo Ojala Holster.
You would probably have to look long and hard to find anyone in America who has not seen “Gunsmoke”, the longest
running series ever on TV. If you have seen this show, you
have also seen Arvo. Remember the opening sequence of
every show where Matt Dillon (James Arness) steps out on
the street of Dodge City to face a gunslinger? That gunslinger was Arvo Ojala, and if you watched closely, he actually beat Matt to the draw.
Arvo’s impact on Movie and TV Westerns is still being felt
today. This is true not only in reruns, but if you go to any
museum that honors the West, they probably have more than
one of Arvo’s holsters on display. You only need to walk
through the Gene Autry’s Western Heritage Museum in Los
Angeles to see evidence of Arvo’s legacy. There is a display
from “Bonanza” and “Gunsmoke” that both show Arvo’s
holsters that were used by the stars. Collectors today will pay
top dollar for an Arvo Holster in good condition. Topping
the list of these “sought after holsters” are copies of the Black
Single Holster with the Silver Knight Chess Piece, made famous in the TV show “Have Gun Will Travel”, which starred
Richard Boone as Wire Paladin.
See more on the website:
www.TheSecretsoftheFastdraw.com
T-SHIRTS
These cotton t-shirts are hand dyed and
made at the Ojala studio. The images are on
the back. Front has a smaller image on
chest area. Photos and are from the Ojala
Studios.
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