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
- Jun 2
- 2 min
"She's a super freak, a super freak, she's super-freaky"
Apologies to Rick James, super-freaky singer/songwriter. You've never seen this Hoyt style before and you'll never see another: spring...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- May 9
- 1 min
To be Filed Under 'Obscure Holstory Facts'
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
So, good news: the original Clark design of the 1960s retains the revolvers and autos within their spring enclosures. All my examples...
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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 including...
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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
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Red Nichols' Four Websites
Google the phrase 'red nichols holsters' and any/all my sites will come up from the very first page of the search results -- including...
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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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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Restored Post 60: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Holstory's 'Ground Zero' is the turn of the century holster by King Ranch, which a decade later was sculpted into minimum bulk under the...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 59: Galco Was a Jackass
Paris Theodore's Seventrees company did not make the pancake style holster, not least because it didn't exist until Paris's company...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 58: The Silvered Badges of Courage
I suppose all discussions of LEO badges of the old west will have to include consideration of real or fake. Not my concern though, I've...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 57: Read Your Holster Like a Book
Your holster is an open book when you know its lingo, and the PDF above tells you how to become very good at telling a new (El Paso...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 56: I'll Have My Bianchi Holsters Rare, Please
One upon a time, Bianchi was the largest gunleather company that had ever existed. Today it is just a brand, subsumed by the Safariland...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
Restored Post 55: Elmer Keith and Gunleather
At his death Elmer left a lot of guns and gunleather in his estate, including a shoulder holster I made for him in the '70s. Dunno why...
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