I met his daughters at the SHOT show one year when they were still in their teens.

They left a very favorable impression of the family.

I own several older Bianchi holsters, all working just fine. I have not bought any new ones since manufacture supposedly moved to Mexico.

I quit buying the brand, anyway, after I asked if they'd make me a holster that'd accomodate my S&W M-60-4, which has a full lug barrel.The woman with whom I spoke told me to just shove the gun into my existing Model 5BH for a normal M-36 with three-inch barrel. She said to stretch the leather!

El Paso Saddlery fixed me up and I bought two different models of their holsters for that gun.

Mind you, this happened after John Bianchi was long gone from the firm bearing his name.

As for Mr. B. personally making holsters, remember that W.D. Randall seldom made knives in his later years. He did keep a pretty close eye on the shop and son Gary ran it by then. Quality control suffered not at all.