Goldilocks and the Three Makers -- the Sequel
"What're you, high?". This holster from Galco is TOO HIGH and so topheavy that you'll also need/want a 'good gunbelt' for which the...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- 2 days ago
- 1 min
Alfonso's of Hollywood -- Redux
The several videos on the website might be informative depending on what you can take from them about gunleather. Last I checked the...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Sep 13
- 1 min
A PSA for SIGs and Glocks
Poor old SIG, they've allowed Safariland to throw them under the bus alongside their competitor Glock. Reading this link below you'll at...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Sep 13
- 4 min
The Genius of Richard H. Hoyt
Dick Hoyt was a biplane pilot during WW1, flying over Mexico when America joined the War in 1917. "I was shot down twice", he said in an...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Aug 28
- 3 min
Another One Bites the Dust -- the Lewis spring shoulder holster
Like an ancient sacrifice, a rare (uncommon?) Lewis shoulder holster with the vertical springs has given up its body parts for science. ...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Ten (Thousand) Things I Love About You :-)
My website host reports that in the last 12 months my four sites collectively have received 10,656 viewing sessions from more than 3,000...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Jun 26
- 4 min
A Bad Day at Blackrock UPDATED
If you're old enough you'll recall the Spencer Tracy film "Bad Day at Black Rock" and this post is about Blackrock Leather Conditioner. ...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Jun 11
- 4 min
The Shakespearean Tragedy that was Paris Theodore and his Seventrees - SECOND/FINAL UPDATE
I've finally made the time to scan through Paris' book, which is written in the first person as an autobiography would be; although...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Restored Post No. 22 Has Been Updated :-)
A forum reviewed my Striker Pistols post, and, because I'm blocked from joining the forum I'm unable to rebut. No problem, I have my own...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- May 9
- 1 min
File This Under 'Obscure Holstory Facts': E.E. Clark
There have been varying references to the origin of E. E. Clark's gunleather company but this one takes the cake: Since 1919 while "Over...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Apr 21
- 3 min
Lawman Leather Won't Sell Me Another Holster. Here's Why
THERE'S NO SPRING INSIDE IT, that's why! The original Clark design of the 1960s retains the revolvers and autos within their spring...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Mar 22
- 1 min
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...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Mar 19
- 2 min
"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...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Feb 27
- 2 min
"More Press Than Any Other Holster Company!"
A former suit salesman and wannabe holster maker from the Seventies (his holsters were made then by other companies esp. Bucheimer-Clark)...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Who Ya Gonna Call? Edited to be nicer :-)
There are MANY operators out there who call themselves gunleather makers (actually they use the term 'holster makers'). Here's a list...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Restored Post 65: The 5Ws of the Hammer Guard
It is the stuff of legend, and completely wrong, that Milt Sparks devised the hammer guard that wraps around the hammer spur to 'improve'...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 64: The Ripley's of Gunleather
There have been some mighty odd/unique/strange holsters of the 19th and 20th century. There are many of them in the PDF above. Below is...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 63: One of a Kind -- Nichols Innovation, Inc.
When Bianchi Holster was sold by 1990 I left the Bianchi family to their well-deserved rest from my innovations and went to uni in my...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 62: Leather and Lace
I wanted to use a pic of pop singer Pat Benatar to illustrate the concept of 'leather and lace' an an ideal but decided that a Bond girl...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
Restored Post 61: Berns-Martin and James Bond
There is a lot to know about Berns-Martin's inverted shoulder, not least of which being that Jack Martin was the first man to ever sling...
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