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Unsafe at Any Speed: Dirty Harry and the Third Edition (of Holstory the Book)
(With apologies for the title to Kenny Rogers and the First Edition) I now repost my famous Unsafe at any Speed headline while noting...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Dec 12, 20231 min read
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The Public Broadcasting System for Guns & Gunleather
This one will be updated often, and the updates won't appear at the beginning of the post; but rather in category then date order. PDFs...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Mar 22, 20231 min read
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"Red Nichols? Never heard of him" UPDATED - final
Those words were first written by a young woman who asked around the Lawman Leather shop, assuming that my missive to her father's...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Mar 19, 20232 min read
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Bucheimer & Bucheimer-Clark Fitment Charts
I hesitate to create this post about Bucheimer fitment charts, because it's going to be lengthy yet the brand is not collectible save for...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Apr 222 min read
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The Bucheimer Companies by Era
A good friend of mine has a lengthy thread on smith-wessonforum.com about the Bucheimer companies' fitment numbers, in the forum's...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Apr 214 min read
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Revisiting the "Catalogue" Holster: Wyeth Hardware in MO
Reproduced from my original post on Coltforum.com recently. By all means look on this blog for my post "What Do Wyeth Holsters Look...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Mar 186 min read
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What Do the Old West's Holsters Look Like? They're All Wyeths
Wyeth, of St. Joseph Missouri, was situated to capture the purchases of wagon trains flowing west in the mid 19th century. By the end of...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Jan 183 min read
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"Campus Police": Famous Texas Rangers' Holsters. Added: TR group images.
Remember that my field of study focuses on the innovation in the 20th century, so here I show you only gunleather of famous Rangers early...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Jan 152 min read
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The Last Word on Holstory -- Holster History of the 20th Century
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Jan 113 min read
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Appendix Carry Kills: AIWB is Spelled "WTF!"
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,...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Aug 30, 20242 min read
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'Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function?" -- The FBI 'Tilt'
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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Something You Thought You Knew But Didn't
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Apr 21, 20244 min read
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"It Ain't Necessarily So" -- UPDATED
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Mar 5, 20243 min read
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The Stars Come Out. Again.
Well down within this blog is a post about the film stars and their gunleather. Since then my compilation has been updated substantially....

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Feb 14, 20243 min read
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Too Blatant to Ignore
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Feb 11, 20243 min read
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Apple of my Eye -- The Bianchi #9R Shoulder Holster
After my three adult children, of course: the Bianchi No. 9R-2 shoulder holster. Although, full disclosure, because I'm a Trump voter...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Dec 23, 20234 min read
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What a Pain in the ASS!
"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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Nov 30, 20232 min read
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"It Must Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That!"
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Nov 9, 20233 min read
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We Have to Talk About Chic (Gaylord)
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Oct 25, 20232 min read
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The Guns of Gonzaullas
"Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, 1940s Texas Ranger, is a legend and he left behind many artefacts including his engraved pistols and holsters. ...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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