Family Feud!
After completing my research into the E.E. Clark shoulder holster known as the No. 15, I'm calling off my war with Jerry Ardolino and his...
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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: Both Leather, and Lace
Below a Lawrence with both carving (which in that era was called 'engraving') and lacing: Read more in my book titled "Holstory --...
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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 a 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 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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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 54: The Mystery of Lewis Holster
The Lewis holsters are as well-known as their Clark counterparts, and as commonly encountered on auction sites if one wants to collect...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 53: The 'Stagecoach' Brands
Early in my time at Bianchi Holster, when the company was just a 30-man operation in 1970, into the shop came examples of a new product...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 52: Rolled Gold
It became apparent in my research of holstory that gunleather makers usually mistate their founding dates. I mean, it was unavoidable...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 51: Chic Gayord was Touched by an Angell
Two restored posts that explore Chic Gaylord and the man who helped build Seventrees for Paris Theodore, Bob Angell also of NYC. To bring...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Restored Post 50: There were TWO Tom Threepersons Indians
This single restoration will take several of my posts off the list; I wrote 'early and often' about Tom and it was my quest to find out...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 49: Great Gunleather Design is Unnatural
The two restored posts in PDF form address what a holster is truly FOR, and how creating a new design is less-than-obvious for 'normal'...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 48: Canned Heat
Paris Theodore's company Seventrees was largely clever marketing, including stacking his board of directors with gun writers, his...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 47: Arvo Ojala
Arvo was a destructive force it seems, who pissed off everyone he ever did business with. Colt's, Andy Anderson, Alfonso Pineda, Daisy,...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 46: Lawrence as a Collectible
In the 20th century the Lawrence company's products were underappreciated. Today's collectors value them, though, and especially in...
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