I'm premeiring two new things in one post here.
A while ago, a female officer who works in the northwest (getting no more specifice because she works undercover) contacted me regarding making a female-specific holster. We had met at a law enforcement instructors training conference and discussed some details there. I told her I had a few prototypes kicking around and loaned her one to try. When she later contacted me to discuss some modifications that version, she started asking me about exotics. She said she understood that all the exotics used cowhide as a foundation leather, and asked me how thick the exotics were. I told her I generally skive them down thinner than they are when i receive them, to add less bulk to the holster and still be able to detail mold them. She asked if they were as thick as a piece of denim? I told her a little thicker than that, and she hit me with: "Well then, do you think you could make a holster covered in blue jean denim?"
Hhhmmmm...
What have I gotten myself into...
Always up a challenge, and always tempted by the desire to produce something truely unique and custom, I said I'd give it a try with the design modifications we'd decided upon. I immediately figured the two biggest challenges wuld be finding an adhesive that would not bleed thru the denim. This proved to be true as the normal holster glue did not work. The second challenge was keeping the cut edges of the denim from fraying. The end result is basically a modified Nelson Professional, the rear of the holster features a folded over loop instead of the traditional slot. This drops the holster about 1/2 lower on the waist, more adaptable to a woman's short torso. The rear belt tunnel is not sewn at the top, but is attached with screws posts and rubber spacers, allowing adjustment of how close or far the pistols cants towards the body. A typical holster on female will cant the muzzle outward and push the grip into their ribs based on their hips, so the object was to keep the muzzle inward and push the grip out some.
She's apparently a bit of a wild child (into Harley's and horses) and asked if the mouthband could be done in black leather from a leather jacket, which she supplied. Anway, here is the end result:
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(By the way Mark...do you want these washed first??)--John