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Red Nichols "The Holstorian"
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Join date: Apr 30, 2020
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Red Nichols is the author with John Witty of the 2018 reference book titled "Holstory - Gunleather of the Twentieth Century", 2nd Ed copyright 2022. He served the gunleather industry itself from 1970 after joining Bianchi Holster as chief designer until 1990, and continued his design work from1990 with two dozen more makers as Nichols Innovation until retiring to Australia 2000. He fully retired as a gunleather designer/maker in 2020 on his 70th birthday. His most famous possession? He owns the famed "Berns-Martin" registered trademark of James Bond shoulder holster fame. Much more about Red Nichols' biography is at www.originaldirtyharryholster.com .

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Jun 12, 2025 ∙ 3 min
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...
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Jun 5, 2025 ∙ 2 min
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...
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May 27, 2025 ∙ 2 min
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...
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