More than a thousand copies of the three editions have been sold around the world, at U$100 each, since the First Ed appeared late in 2018. Above, the Third Edition features the only Berns-Martin shoulder holster made for the Walther PPK of James Bond fame, emulating the 1950s horizontal style invented by Chic Gaylord but rejected by Ian Fleming for Bond. Above, the Second Edition features the only original holster of Texas lawman Tom Threepersons, whose 1920s holster spawned

A recent, excellent image on eBay of a vintage Seventrees SSS model for the 1911 pistols, inspired me to compare it with my TCAT ('To Catch a Thief', a Cary Grant film that made a big impression on me as a teen). The latter holster was inspired by the former but it is not a copy, with both having their own points of excellence. A forum post, though, made me realise that it's quite hopeless to think consumers can become educated enough to buy the very best holster for themsel

To build the book required ten years of research online, and 50 years of first-hand experience in the gunleather industry. But it wasn't realistic to try to fit all the tiny details into the book itself. Oh, sure, there was space, but I couldn't let it get bogged down with words when the full color images are what set this book apart from all others on the subject. Above, Sam Myres' original steel stamps from his El Paso years; so, after his founding years in Sweetwater. N

A recent thread on a holster forum reminds me, that some folks fight, for the right, to carry AIWB. Often there will be a challenge, "name me one time someone has killed himself that way". "Dead man walking", I call it. Well, here are MANY TIMES . And lots more of them when you Google the simple phrase 'shot in groin' although you'll also turn up stories about third parties shooting folks there. Here's one that's just arrived November 2024 (I see I haven't kept the date