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Holster color

Color of your most common used holster

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BreakingTheMold

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I'm curious how many people carry in what color of OWB holster.

I'd think black would blend with most sidearms and clothing better. But a light leather brown sends a positive message, IMO.


Do you think the public perceives a black on black gun and holster differently then a stainless and tan gun/holster?
 
tcmech

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my wife gets mad at me when my holster does not match my shoes and belt
 
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AirBear

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I'm with tcmech, I take conscious effort to coordinate belt shoes & holsters.

Always brown w/ jeans, & khaki's, always black w black & navy pants.

No basket weave for me, all mine are plain black or brown. Makers are El Paso Saddlery, Bucheimer, Gould & Goodrich, Don Hume, Bianchi, Tex Shoemaker.

Use paddles more than anything else.
 
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Ole Man Dan

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BreakingTheMold wrote:
I'm curious how many people carry in what color of OWB holster.

I'd think black would blend with most sidearms and clothing better. But a light leather brown sends a positive message, IMO.
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I've got several holsters that blend in with my belts and pants.
A G-30 in a Dark High Noon holster gets little notice.
Stainless guns and light colored holsters on dark pants attract the eye to them and the one carrying them...
I'm a retired LEO and learned years ago to blend in with the crowd and never draw attention to myself. My first rule has always been to 'Look like you Belong'.
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Deanimator

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All of the holsters which I regularly carry are either IWBs or pocket holsters.

I have a rarely worn belt slide for my Glocks that's black, a never worn Fobus paddle holster for my M1911s that's black, and a brown, made in Pakistan GI M1911 holster that probably hasn't been on a belt or had a gun in it in twenty years.

When I bought my Don Hume 715M IWB for my Glock 19, brown was out of stock. I was happy to get it in black instead.

Color is of no importance to me.
 
Huck

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Three colors for me, brown, tan, and russet! :)

I think that the only person who ever looked good with a all black rig was Paladin, in the TV series "Have gun, will Travel".
 
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petrophase

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Mine are tan Galco's, save for some synthetic nylon Uncle Mike's (first holsters and IWB) and a gray Serpa paddle. I like brown, but does stand out more. Plan to add a black leather holster and leather paddle holster to the wardrobe soon.
 
Old Grump

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I have black, brown and awful scratched and scuffed but serviceable. They all keep my gun off the ground so I am easily pleased and who cares about fashion in sweat pants or bib overalls.
 
cmdr_iceman71

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Black basket weave leather for all my accessories, holster, belt, and magazine pouches. Black goes with everything. Only now do I understand chicks’ obsession with the matching of accessories.

:lol::celebrate
 
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