I get a small amount of email asking about arcane gunleather facts that is either "tell me more about this maker+ or "tell me when this...

Until this year my research focused on the innovators in gunleather in the 20th century, because that's when it all happened. But the...

Forums are infected with the non-wisdom of the masses and tops amongst this non-wisdom is the idea that wrapping your pistol in a plastic...

Wyeth was situated to capture the purchases of wagon trains flowing west in the mid 19th century, at the very point that Pony Express...

To build the book required ten years of research online, and 50 years of first-hand experience in the gunleather industry. But it wasn't...

A recent thread on a holster forum reminds me, that some folks fight, for the right, to carry AIWB. Often there will be a challenge,...

My daughter was a newborn when Sesame Street appeared and she would recite that line in her car seat. Here I'm inspired to use it...

A tight-fitting holster that 'needs break-in' is not what you thought it was: if it's been wet-moulded as has been the practice since...

Title of a gospel song, and mentions David's "alleged" slaying of Goliath. We weren't there for the battle so who can argue one way or...

Well down within this blog is a post about the film stars and their gunleather. Since then my compilation has been updated substantially....

For years I operated on the theory that Paris Theodore's designer was not him, but instead a another New Yorker named Bob Angell. I know...

After my three adult children, of course: the Bianchi No. 9R-2 shoulder holster. Although, full disclosure, because I'm a Trump voter...

(With apologies for the title to Kenny Rogers and the First Edition) I now repost my famous Unsafe at any Speed headline while noting...

"Shut you mouth! But I'm talkin' about Shaft ! Then we can dig it!" Nope, not Shaft, I'm speaking of 'policeman's hip' which virtually...

That really is the correct way to say that, because the headline is from a Glenn Miller single of 1944. Even the year is perfect for...

I keep track of publicity linked to me, and that led me to this very interesting website that has on display, the appearance of Chic...

"Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, 1940s Texas Ranger, is a legend and he left behind many artefacts including his engraved pistols and holsters. ...

As promised to the very unpleasant (like that?) Texans at Lawman Leather, my book "Holstory -- Gunleather of the Twentieth Century" now...

Independent research tells us when a gunleather company appeared, and then disappeared, in the form that we know about it. This is worth...

Poor old SIG, they've allowed Safariland to throw them under the bus alongside their competitor Glock. Reading this link below you'll at...