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Review of a custom holster made by Eugene. The following is
my experience and no claims are made that yours will be exactly the same.
Everyone knows that finding a good, quality holster is not exactly easy. Few stores stock holsters for any but the most common weapons and it's difficult to know what you're going to get when ordering online. A good quality handmade holster will ensure a good product but often comes witha wait time of 6 months or more!
Enter Eugene. He does custom leather work including holsters, gunbelts, and knife sheaths. He is local, and his prices are very reasonable, as are his wait times from ordering to finished product.
I met Eugene and chose the style of holster that I wanted for my Kahr CW9. I was looking for an OWB that can snap onto and off of my belt without having to remove and rethread my belt if I wanted to remove the holster. This is very convenient for me. It just so happened that he has experience with that style and has made it before.
I left my pistol with him and he got to work making the holster and molding it to my gun. I picked up my pistol the following evening and looked at the undyed holster. The leather is two layers thickwith the rough sides mated together so that the holster is smooth both on the inside and outside. The inside of the holster is molded so tightly to the gun that the lettering on the frame and slide can be clearly seen printed into the leather. I was impressed.
Only 5 or so days later, the holster was dyed black and ready for me to pick it up. As far as looks I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. A couple of the qualities of this holster worth special mention:
- It's amazing retention from the tight molding to the gun. It can be held upside down and shaken; the gun will not fall out and that makes me confident that my weapon is securewhen wearing this holster.
- It's slim profile in keeping with the slimness of the Kahr - one of the reasons I like the weapon so much in the first place - and how closely the holster holds my weapon to my side. This can be seen in the pictures of me wearing the holster. It simply does not hang away from my body at all.
On to the pictures! :celebrate
Showing how thin it is
Thanks for the greatholster,Eugene!We'll be doing businessagain in the future.
