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Originally Posted by retsupt99
dr_cmg...
Several questions...
Does your wife CCW regularly like that?
Can't get my wife to use a holster...only a small flat fanny pack.
Does your wife find it uncomfortable not using a belt? How does she keep the holster and weapon firmly in place (without a belt)?
Isn't it a bit uncomfortable (even with a body protector) against the skin?
Congrats on getting her to use an IWB holster... 
Take care,
ret
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ret, she only carries that way around the house while I am at work. During the school year I work 3 nights per week. The rest of the time she uses her Coronado purse. Because she works at the college she cannot carry during the day and because of the dress code she is not normally dressed in a manner that she can carry on body. She locks her Kahr in a COM auto gun safe when she arrives at work and takes it out when she gets back into the car.
Leah says that the holster is not uncomfortable without a belt. One of the nice things about a woman's body shape is the hips. They allow the waist to be smaller than the hips in the shorts or jeans and that means she doesn't need a belt to keep the holster up. The clip on the holster is good and snug and the bottom of the clip is just below the material of the waist band. This evidently keeps it snug when combined with the pressure exerted by the body and shorts on the holster with the gun in it. Leah has not problem putting the holster on and working around the kitchen, etc. for and extended period of time without the holster moving. She has practiced drawing from it and the holster does not move when she pulls the Kahr.
She doesn't seem to be bothered by the leather against the skin. Of course she is not outside in the heat with it on. It would bother me, but so would flipflops she is wearing. I can't stand anything between my toes. I imagine that she would want a tee shirt or something on under the holster if she was going to be getting hot. I think that she would probably want a belt to if she were going to be wearing the holster out in public for any length of time. Since she is at home and is keeping the Kahr under cover in case some one comes by and only wears it for 4 or 5 hours she likes the way it is.
By the way Side Guard also offers this holster with a J clip that would work great over a belt. The standard clip works great without the belt.