The Unbearable High Quality Holster Wait

johnsonabq · June 3rd, 2009, 11:02 PM

Please help. After you order a high quality leather holster and you settle in for the many months you are going to have to wait, how do you pass the time? Waiting for the feel of hand crafted leather to your touch. Waiting for the time when your favorite weapon will carry proudly in a sheath of hand boned beauty. What do you do to help the days/weeks/months go as quickly as possible? Oh... the pain... the pain...

I once again find myself in this quandary. Please help.

N-frame Smith · June 3rd, 2009, 11:37 PM

That's easy. I play with the guns and holsters I've already got, and I spend a considerable amount of time deciding what holster I'm going to order next.

Oh, and there's that other cycle of activity that I participate in, but I don't give it much thought. You know the one: work, eat, sleep...

markush · June 4th, 2009, 12:15 AM

Pack your gun away in the safe...buy a new one...take a month or two deciding which holster to order for the new one...pack that one away and repeat!

Hopefully by the time your on your third or fourth new gun the holster for the first gun will arrive. Then before you know it the holster for the second one will be there and so on and so on...It's a visious circle but it makes the time fly by

johnsonabq · June 4th, 2009, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by markush

Pack your gun away in the safe...buy a new one...take a month or two deciding which holster to order for the new one...pack that one away and repeat!

Hopefully by the time your on your third or fourth new gun the holster for the first gun will arrive. Then before you know it the holster for the second one will be there and so on and so on...It's a visious circle but it makes the time fly by

Yes... I like it! I need more money! How much you got on you?

Tally XD · June 4th, 2009, 12:21 AM

I know the feeling! Waiting on a TT Gunleather leather/shark holster and matching mag pouch for my XD45acp. Their website still says working on January orders! My order was placed in April. Whew! Gonna be a long summer . . . and fall.

Well, I do have a new toy to help pass the time. My Bluegrass Holsters "Mason Dixon EC" arrived today for my also new Springfield 1911A1. My new Bluegrass Holsters gun belt should arrive in a week or two. So, I will be playing OWB carry with my 1911 for a few months.

I will say that the Bluegrass Holster "Mason Dixon" is one nice piece of work!! Very high quality leather with horsehide sweat shield inner combined with an excellent Kydex moulding. Gonna have to get one of these for my XD45 as well and the TT Gunleather holster will be for "dress" occasions!

bonehead · June 4th, 2009, 12:29 AM

Milt Sparks VMII order placed in January. Month 6 starting now. Should be here any day now......I hope.....

johnsonabq · June 4th, 2009, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bonehead

Milt Sparks VMII order placed in January. Month 6 starting now. Should be here any day now......I hope.....

I wish you well as come towards the end of your journey brother.

bonehead · June 4th, 2009, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by johnsonabq

I wish you well as come towards the end of your journey brother.

Many thanks. I'll be sure to post up some pics and express my utter joy at finally receiving this hunk o'leather:)
Honestly though, looking back on it, 6 months for a holster is absolutely ridiculous. Plus the fact they put the kibosh on my request to add to my order about 3 months into it (a gift for my friend's birthday

). There are tons of great makers out there. I'll likely be looking elsewhere next time where the wait isn't so absurd.

johnsonabq · June 4th, 2009, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by bonehead

Many thanks. I'll be sure to post up some pics and express my utter joy at finally receiving this hunk o'leather:)
Honestly though, looking back on it, 6 months for a holster is absolutely ridiculous. Plus the fact they put the kibosh on my request to add to my order about 3 months into it (a gift for my friend's birthday

). There are tons of great makers out there. I'll likely be looking elsewhere next time where the wait isn't so absurd.

I'm afraid that it seems that for the "Good Stuff", this is the way it is. Hence this sticky Where's My Holster?

With that said, what prompted this thread was an order I put in to TT Gunleather. This is the second order for me. The first arrived about a week or two before the estimated delivery so I can't complain.

"You pays your money and you waits your turn!'

And so it goes.

Just wait. Quality leather is unmistakable. And once you have it, you never go back!

Thumper · June 4th, 2009, 02:35 AM

I usually order my custom holsters (IWBs) so that the wait is in the colder months where it's easier to conceal an OWB holster then get a Galco Concealable OWB holster to hold me over till my IWB arrives!

Another way to go and I wish I could, is to order a custom holster twice every month... then after a while you'll have a new holster every 2 weeks!

June 3rd, 2009, 11:02 PM	#1
johnsonabq Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 488	The Unbearable High Quality Holster Wait Please help. After you order a high quality leather holster and you settle in for the many months you are going to have to wait, how do you pass the time? Waiting for the feel of hand crafted leather to your touch. Waiting for the time when your favorite weapon will carry proudly in a sheath of hand boned beauty. What do you do to help the days/weeks/months go as quickly as possible? Oh... the pain... the pain... I once again find myself in this quandary. Please help. __________________ Jeff NRA Member Kimber Ultra Carry II, Glock G23 & G36, Kahr PM9, Winchester 1300 Defender 12gauge pump (my favorite but hard to hide)

June 3rd, 2009, 11:37 PM	#2
N-frame Smith Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 272	That's easy. I play with the guns and holsters I've already got, and I spend a considerable amount of time deciding what holster I'm going to order next. Oh, and there's that other cycle of activity that I participate in, but I don't give it much thought. You know the one: work, eat, sleep... __________________ "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry

June 4th, 2009, 12:21 AM	#5
Tally XD Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Florida Posts: 1,011	I know the feeling! Waiting on a TT Gunleather leather/shark holster and matching mag pouch for my XD45acp. Their website still says working on January orders! My order was placed in April. Whew! Gonna be a long summer . . . and fall. Well, I do have a new toy to help pass the time. My Bluegrass Holsters "Mason Dixon EC" arrived today for my also new Springfield 1911A1. My new Bluegrass Holsters gun belt should arrive in a week or two. So, I will be playing OWB carry with my 1911 for a few months. I will say that the Bluegrass Holster "Mason Dixon" is one nice piece of work!! Very high quality leather with horsehide sweat shield inner combined with an excellent Kydex moulding. Gonna have to get one of these for my XD45 as well and the TT Gunleather holster will be for "dress" occasions! __________________ “I am consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry.” - Barack Obama Chicago Tribune, April 27, 2004

June 4th, 2009, 12:29 AM	#6
bonehead Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Copper State Posts: 474	Milt Sparks VMII order placed in January. Month 6 starting now. Should be here any day now......I hope..... __________________ HK45c V1

June 4th, 2009, 02:35 AM	#10
Thumper VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 5,586	I usually order my custom holsters (IWBs) so that the wait is in the colder months where it's easier to conceal an OWB holster then get a Galco Concealable OWB holster to hold me over till my IWB arrives! Another way to go and I wish I could, is to order a custom holster twice every month... then after a while you'll have a new holster every 2 weeks! __________________ USMC 1968-1971 ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell! *"Don't go to stupid places, with stupid people, and do stupid things!"*

June 4th, 2009, 12:15 AM	#3
markush Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: WI Posts: 20	Pack your gun away in the safe...buy a new one...take a month or two deciding which holster to order for the new one...pack that one away and repeat! Hopefully by the time your on your third or fourth new gun the holster for the first gun will arrive. Then before you know it the holster for the second one will be there and so on and so on...It's a visious circle but it makes the time fly by

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