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The Old West's Holsters Were All Wyeths
Wyeth was situated to capture the purchases of wagon trains flowing west in the mid 19th century, at the very point that Pony Express...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Jan 183 min read
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In With the Old, Out With the New
Until this year my research focused on the innovators in gunleather in the 20th century, because that's when it all happened. But the...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
3 days ago3 min read
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Can You 'Stump the Holstorian'?
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Jun 52 min read
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For the Eleventy-Leventh Time -- And Now BANNED in Texas . . .
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...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
May 272 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 "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,...

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

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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Fondling, er, Foundling, er, Founding Dates
Independent research tells us when a gunleather company appeared, and then disappeared, in the form that we know about it. This is worth...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Oct 1, 202320 min read
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A PSA for SIGs and Glocks -- UPDATED
Poor old SIG, they've allowed Safariland to throw them under the bus alongside their competitor Glock. Reading this link below you'll at...

Red Nichols the Holstorian
Sep 13, 20232 min read
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