One of the things that keeps me so backlogged on orders is that I strive to give each customer exactly what they want and specify. If a design or style is not pictured on my web-site, I will work with the customer to create something to their specifications. I believe that this is the meaning of true custom, and as time consuming and labor intensive as a that is, I do not intend to deviate from such one-off offerings; with the customer's understanding that such things take time, working them in between other orders.
This is a recent holster that is an example of something specially tailored to the individual client. A full-house custom if you will! It was well over a year in the making, with numerous prototypes made of scrap leather tried and tested and sent back and forth with little notations and changes before the customer settled on the final design. The forward angle is very extreme to say the least. This client is rather thin, and wanted to conceal a full-size 5" 1911. The holsters he had tried and been unhappy with, aside from my own In-Cognito and Changeling (which he could not adjust to enough forward cant to satisfy) read like a who's who of the best-of-the-best holsters out there. Having tried over a dozen of the most commonly recommended designs from the best makers that did not work for him, I at least knew going in he wasn't just dreaming up what he thought might work without having gone through the options.
He specified a cant that would place the grip almost vertical when worn on the side, to eliminate any rearward printing. What made this especially difficult for me design-wise was the fact that he is wrong-handed (damn lefties!) so none of the prototypes felt quite right on me anyway. here is the end result, which he reports he is extremely pleased with:
It is cordovan-dyed leather with black shark-skin accents:
Basically a modified In-Cognito, but it was necessary to move the front loop onto the pistol to allow it to seat as deep as possible. The rear sight is basically on the waistband. The forward wing of leather is still necessary to stabalize it and pull the front in, which is why we went with two-piece construction instead of a front-wrap design.
And yes, it works well SOB too, though I know that is not his intent:
That smooth-as-silk kangaroo lining that I always rave about:
Thanks for looking!
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