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It's Been a Minute.
A recent, excellent image on eBay of a vintage Seventrees SSS model for the 1911 pistols, inspired me to compare it with my TCAT ('To Catch a Thief', a Cary Grant film that made a big impression on me as a teen). The latter holster was inspired by the former but it is not a copy, with both having their own points of excellence. A forum post, though, made me realise that it's quite hopeless to think consumers can become educated enough to buy the very best holster for themsel
Red Nichols the Holstorian
8 hours ago2 min read


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 realistic to try to fit all the tiny details into the book itself. Oh, sure, there was space, but I couldn't let it get bogged down with words when the full color images are what set this book apart from all others on the subject. Above, Sam Myres' original steel stamps from his El Paso years; so, after his founding years in Sweetwater. N
Red Nichols the Holstorian
Jan 11, 20253 min read


Appendix Carry Kills: AIWB is Spelled "WTFC"
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, "name me one time someone has killed himself that way". "Dead man walking", I call it. Well, here are MANY TIMES . And lots more of them when you Google the simple phrase 'shot in groin' although you'll also turn up stories about third parties shooting folks there. Here's one that's just arrived November 2024 (I see I haven't kept the date
Red Nichols the Holstorian
Aug 30, 20242 min read


'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 because the topic is: the so-called 'FBI Tilt' cited on the Kramer Holsters website - and holsters are the 'conjunction' between pistol and gunman. I've already shown you that this carry angle is not ten degrees! So let's graphically show off the angles you think COULD be ideal, using a clip-on Myres holster that is from his earliest gunleather
Red Nichols the Holstorian
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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