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i dont live in georgia....Knifekits.com
Has anyone made any IWB holsters or have any reasons why you couldn't make one?
i dont live in georgia....
Has anyone made any IWB holsters or have any reasons why you couldn't make one?
You can use the eyelet holes and attach belt hooks for IWB if you want.
i dont live in georgia....
Neither do I.?
Has anyone made any IWB holsters or have any reasons why you couldn't make one?
Ed... hehe... Chris asked if anyone knew of any local places to get kydex... to which you replied "knifekits.com"... who's located in Georgia
Chris... I don't know of any local places to get kydex... but why not order from knifekits?
Ahhhh. That would have been right around my 3rd cup of coffee this morning, my brain may have been moving faster then my eye's could read.
Well let's see the finished holster! My next project is to make a pocket holster for the MK9 that DOESN'T print... or look like a brick in my jeans pocket. THIS will be a challenge.
+1
Nice! So... question... why did you choose fleece for the holster material? Just curious is all. I imagine it'd be really easy to draw from... not to mention it'll keep the firearm nice and toasty warm in the winter
WRT to the holster with the TLR-1... did you have to do anything fancy to get the whole "light channel" portion of the holster to work? By that I mean usually the light is slightly wider than the grip, so it seems that if you just squished the kydex together when you were molding it, the light would hang up on the mold when you went to draw the gun. Does that make any sense? It might just be that the width is negligible and it just works - Which I'm hoping is the case.
Fleece is just the EXTERIOR. There are 3 quilted pieces of Ballistic Nylon with a layer of thick polar fleece for the outside only. Inside it's nice and smooth and probably bullet proof (lol). On the outside it's fuzzy, warm in the winter, cool in the summer, wicks moisture, is hypoallergenic, I can't feel anything other than the bulk when I wear it b/c it's so smooth against my skin. That actually sums up the reasons quite well!
Because of the ballistic nylon and combat cut the draw is exceptional for IWB. No retention either. Reholstering is a 2 hand operation, but always is for an IWB b/c you have to lift the concealing clothing anyway. But honestly, I can single hand it...just takes a little extra care. For me that trade off is way worth it, I am small so I really cannot tolerate leather / kydex IWB no matter how well made or minimal they are.
You're absolutely right about the need for the "light channel". My brother first tried to make a mold out of molding clay around the rear of the TLR-1 so that he could just put the gun, light, and clay mold into the press and, voila, holster with a pre-molded light channel... but the clay didn't hold up well at all. So he ended up just molding the kydex around the gun and light... and then, with the gun-light-combo still in the holster... he used the heat gun and worked the gun rearwards out of the holster creating the light channel.
Fancy didn't work...
Hmmm good to know. I'm thinking maybe a piece of wooden dowel of the correct diameter to make a nice looking "light channel"? My guess would be that you'd have to mold it with the light on the gun, then remove the gun and light, insert the dowel where the light would be a re-heat/re-mold the channel around the dowel. Think it could work?
Awesome job! where can kydex be purchased?i have a couple of oddball guns i'd like to try and make holsters for