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Why did we / I start making Holsters?

Hello,

I've been shooting my grandfather's handguns since I was a small kid and have had my own handgun since I was 18 and got my concealed weapons permit when I turned 21 in 1997. I've had a few different carry guns and many holsters over the years. I've had good high-quality holsters as well as some of the cheapest nylon sandwich holsters they make. I loved the quality of the higher end ones but for the most part they all had one thing in common, none of them adjusted enough to suit my needs. In fact, that cheap little sandwich holster that was terribly unsafe fit the best of them all. I allowed me to adjust the gun just right and the only thing I felt on me was the gun itself. It was a very small footprint. I honestly loved that holster, but realized it was just too unsafe to truly feel secure while carrying it especially in the appendix position. The other holsters were just to wide and didn't adjust to the position I needed. I had the small taco style ones that were ok as far as holster size but the clips either didn't adjust, or it was minimal and just didn't sit good. The larger hybrid leather backed ones were just too much on me. I wore one of these for a couple of years and made do, but it was never truly what I wanted. It always felt like I was wearing a full-size padded holster on me, which basically I was.

I've been a handgun instructor since 2007 and was sitting at my computer one day trying to get ideas for another shooting drill and diy Kydex holster making started popping up on the video searches and well, I started going down that rabbit hole, and the next thing you know I have the equipment to make a few holsters. Of course, it took a few designs to get it too where I was happy with it. I finally got one made that I truly liked, it was a small imprint on my body, it tucked into me very well, and the position is extremely adjustable. I added 2 belt clips, so it holds that position all day long. It will be in the same place sitting or standing and you can trust your holster and training of muscle memory for when you go to draw the gun in a defensive situation. I had finally made a holster that suited me with all my handguns. I made one for them all and they all worked perfectly. I had to adjust each one of them to where I liked it, but they all feel extremely comfortable when I got them adjusted to my liking. I was satisfied with the holster and wore it training, working, at church, hiking, everywhere. After a few days of wearing it, I couldn't even tell I was wearing it. Project completed!

Or so I thought. I was with a friend looking at his new gun and holster he had for it. He didn't like the holster though. I told him I knew that feeling well. He asked what holster I used, and I told him I made my own and he wanted to see it. I showed it to him, and he wanted one left-handed! Well, ok. I went back to the shop and looked at the design and all I had to do was put holes on the opposite side and it was a lefty holster. I made one for his gun and he liked it so much that another friend wanted one right-handed OWB. Remember I carry mine right appendix, so I set one up to his gun set up originally left IWB less the riser on the wing and it worked great right OWB. In fact, it really pushes the gun into your side and sits just right once you get it adjusted properly. I use it OWB in all of my handgun basics training classes with a trainer gun and really like it. After that, I've had more and more people wanting one and several suggestions to open a webstore. So, that what I did on my training site, and it grew to where I had to get another website to handle the sales better. The other site just wasn't an ecommerce site. We've expanded the guns we make holsters for to a little over 100 different models at this time and plan to add more in the future.

One note about fitment, each holster I made for myself had to be adjusted to the specific gun, only a couple of them fit with the same adjustments. When you purchase a holster try it as it comes and then plan to start making adjustments, this is why I made them this way so you can have total control of how it sits on your body. It may take a few times / days to find that perfect position, but if you adjust it and wear it for a bit to feel it out, you'll find the position you like it in. It's typically not a holster you're gonna leave the way it comes to you; you'll want to adjust it to your body in the position you want to carry it in. When you receive the holster there is a link to some videos that show you several of my holsters and the different adjustments I have made to them, to give you ideas of how adjustable the holsters really are.


Spencer

Holsters by Defense Training

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