After being on the receiving end of a road rage incident, I
decided I need a good driver's holster. Wearing my OWB at
3 to 4 O'Clock just doesn't work when the seat belt is hooked
up.
A cursery review of driver's holster features helped me zero
in on horizontal cross-draw, worn up front for easy access,
and I liked the idea of the pull through snap.
The pull through snap was probably created by Chic Gaylord
for his Thunderbolt Treasury holster. In his catalog he said:
"the security snap was over the hammer and as the gun was
drawn this forced the snap open". On the left below is a photo
of Chic's Thunderbolt.
Paris Theodore, who did business as Seventrees, made an
almost exact copy of the Thunderbolt, and called it the Scorpion.
Shown, 2nd from left.
Although Paris probably got the idea for the pull through snap
from Gaylord, he was probably first to create a horizontal cross
draw holster, with a pull through snap, that he called a Vampire.
Shown 3rd from left.
The life of Seventrees was fairly short, and when they went
out of business the patterns were picked up by Ken Null. I
have 3 of Ken's holsters and they are all top quality, made
of horsehide.
Ken's Vampire, or VAM as it was called by Paris and now also
by Ken, had all the features I was looking for, but I didn't
know if, or how, the pull through snap would work with the
concealed hammer on my S&W 642-1. S&WChad showed me
how it will work, and Ken confirmed it.
I ordered the VAM by email. Ken told me I could have it in
two weeks or less. It was in my mailbox just 12 days after
the order. It is simply amazing to me that a master holster
maker, of Ken's reputation, can get his holsters out in such
a short time when others have waiting lists of three to six months.
The front of the VAM is shown, 4th from left, on a Culver belt,
in the location it will be worn.
The back of the VAM is shown 5th from left.
After an exhaustive search for the best driver's holster, I
believe I found it. At least for me.
decided I need a good driver's holster. Wearing my OWB at
3 to 4 O'Clock just doesn't work when the seat belt is hooked
up.
A cursery review of driver's holster features helped me zero
in on horizontal cross-draw, worn up front for easy access,
and I liked the idea of the pull through snap.
The pull through snap was probably created by Chic Gaylord
for his Thunderbolt Treasury holster. In his catalog he said:
"the security snap was over the hammer and as the gun was
drawn this forced the snap open". On the left below is a photo
of Chic's Thunderbolt.
Paris Theodore, who did business as Seventrees, made an
almost exact copy of the Thunderbolt, and called it the Scorpion.
Shown, 2nd from left.
Although Paris probably got the idea for the pull through snap
from Gaylord, he was probably first to create a horizontal cross
draw holster, with a pull through snap, that he called a Vampire.
Shown 3rd from left.
The life of Seventrees was fairly short, and when they went
out of business the patterns were picked up by Ken Null. I
have 3 of Ken's holsters and they are all top quality, made
of horsehide.
Ken's Vampire, or VAM as it was called by Paris and now also
by Ken, had all the features I was looking for, but I didn't
know if, or how, the pull through snap would work with the
concealed hammer on my S&W 642-1. S&WChad showed me
how it will work, and Ken confirmed it.
I ordered the VAM by email. Ken told me I could have it in
two weeks or less. It was in my mailbox just 12 days after
the order. It is simply amazing to me that a master holster
maker, of Ken's reputation, can get his holsters out in such
a short time when others have waiting lists of three to six months.
The front of the VAM is shown, 4th from left, on a Culver belt,
in the location it will be worn.
The back of the VAM is shown 5th from left.
After an exhaustive search for the best driver's holster, I
believe I found it. At least for me.
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