"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...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Oct 1, 2023
- 21 min
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...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Sep 25, 2023
- 5 min
Goldilocks and the Three Makers
"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
- Sep 13, 2023
- 2 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
- Aug 15, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 4 min
A Bad Day at Blackrock (Leather Conditioner)
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, 2023
- 5 min
The Shakespearean Tragedy that was Paris Theodore and his Seventrees
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
- Apr 21, 2023
- 1 min
Lawman Leather of Texas Won't Sell Me Another Shoulder Holster. Here's Why!
Below, 'what is a spring': "something that is not inside a Lawman shoulder holster" Cancel culture, anyone? Below, Lawman Leather's...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Mar 22, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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
- 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 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 at Bianchi in the '70s. ...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Dec 10, 2022
- 3 min
Restored Post 54: The Mystery of Lewis Holster -- SOLVED!
The Lewis holsters are as well-known as their Clark counterparts, and are less commonly encountered on auction sites if one wants to...
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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
- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
Restored Post 39: Col. Askins' Avenger
The markings including those on the snap button indicate this Avenger was made mid-1980s. Charlie Askins' contribution to society was...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Restored Post 35: Cap Hardy and the Heiser Boys
A more complete history of holster maker Cap Hardy than had been available before I began my research for the book Holstory. Most of his...
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Red Nichols the Holstorian
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
Restored Post 31: the Tragedy of Rogers' Kydex "Holsters"
I'm restoring four blog posts about Rogers and Safariland Kydex into a single post. They're not gunleather but they are relevant because...
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