Bob Mika is pretty cool....

I ordered a holster for my j frame. We had a couple of emails back and forth to clarify details. I asked about holsters for my 3914, and he suggested I wait until I receive the initial order, then decide if I want to order again. I'll wait, on his recommendation, but unless he sends me complete trash, I'm ordering that next holster anyhow.
 
Mine's now a little more than a month old, and it's been a great holster so far. I carry my mod. 49 Bodyguard everywhere I legally can now, which is everywhere except for school(which, oddly, is the one place I feel I need to have it....). Mine's flattened out a bit, but it's molded to my gun and now feels just like the wallet I keep in the other front pocket.


Good stuff!!
 
Just wanted to jump aboard...

I got a square-bottomed holster for my 442 from
Mr. Mika a while back, and just recently got a chance
to test it for an extended period. It felt comfortable
right from the start, and stayed that way. Just excellent!
TACC1
 
Mika holster update:

Well it has been over a month since Mika told me he would make me a new holster ASAP and get it to me, and I have nothing.

I am so tired of emailing and calling him, nicely telling him I ordered a holster in January and I'm still waiting....

Is there someone else who makes a similar holster? I like the softer fabric and the moisture guard idea. I'd like the Mika holster if I didn't have to BEG for it for months.... :(

If you guys have any ideas I'm all ears. When I talk to Mika he sounds sincere and swears he'll make a holster right away, he apologizes and tells me he won't accept money until I have a holster, then nothing.
 
Update again:

Someone tipped Robert Mika off that I am frustrated that I have the worst luck in getting his products.

He PM'd me (he is a member here) and again promised he'd come through. All I can do is hope. :o

I'd really like to buy a couple of his holsters!! It just kills me when you guys post that you order a Mika holster and then receive it in a week or so.
 
I ordered one for my 442 back before he got so popular and I had it in about a week. It had my name written inside, I guess to keep track of who gets what.
About three days later I get a duplicate holster in the mail. I called him and he said he thought my name sounded familiar when he was making the second holster.
I told him I could use the extra and I would send funds, he said "No Way" it is yours free.
I have since ordered for other gund with a reasonable wait time and a great holster.
 
I have ordered a couple of his holsters. I use the ordering form on his web site and pay for it when I order using Paypal or a credit card. I think it is great that he seems to be willing to make a custom holster, send it to someone, and hope they send payment but I would never expect or want him to do that for me.
 
I too was VERY impressed with Mr. Mika. Within 2 hours of making an order I received a telephone call from him. He explained in detail how he made his holsters and that he would let me know when it is shipped. What a gentleman he is.
 
Update on my saga.

Mika sent me a holster for pocket carrying a BG380 which I did NOT want. I have a DeSantis that fits very well, much better than the holster he sent, and I asked for an IWB for my BG380, not a pocket carry. The holster is very loose on the BG380 and the gun flops around in it. So that one is going back.

I received the replacement IWB for my M&P 9c that Mika insisted he send because my slide was pushed out of battery when the M&P is pushed into the holster. The new holster is worse than the first. The front of the holster is tighter and there's not enough room for the slide. The slide bottoms out well before the frame. So I'll send that one back also.

My request was simple I thought. I want an IWB for my BG380 and my M&P9c.
After more than 5 months I still don't have the IWB for the 380, and the other holster Mika told me not to use because of the slide issue.

I like the materials he uses but the stitching varies quite a bit. The pocket holster he sent has loose stitching inside that catches on the sights and hangs the gun up. Sorry to say I'm giving up on Mika Holsters. :(
 
I own about a half dozenMika holsters. I think all of them but one are pocket holsters. Every one of them have been fantastic. I will admit, they are not going to win any awards for looks but they sure do work well.
 
Mika J Frame Pocket Holster

Would I be correct in assuming that if I just ordered a standard pocket holster for a 442 on Bob's website and entered all needed particulars (barrel length, gun model, color, shape) that I WILL NOT get an order confirmation? Have you other folks that just ordered a routine holster (no custom requirements) just eventually received the holster in the mail or eventually received an email regarding your ship status?

I paid in full using PayPal, and did get a receipt for payment from them. I don't want to call Mika and interrupt his production to have him attend to administrative stuff. Just wanted to know if it was normal to not receive an order confirmation. Would hate to wait a month for the holster just to find out the order didn't go through.

(EDIT) This morning I received a call from Bob Mika stating he found my order (along with two others) that had been sitting in a SPAM file. He has no idea how they were routed there but he moved them to his in file. He said when he receives an order he usually phones the customer in quick fashion so I suppose that answers my question in my original post above.
 
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Great holsters, great service, great guy.
I just ordered another one.
 
As long as this thread came back up I'll finalize my story.

I returned the two additional holsters Bob sent me. One was a replacement for the IWB that pushes my slide out of battery and the other was a pocket holster I never ordered.

The replacement IWB was tighter than the first and pushed the slide further out of battery when the gun was inserted.

Bob refused any payment for any of the holsters. I told him I would keep the first holster because... first of all I had ordered it... and secondly I wanted to see how it wears and breaks in as I had never had that material before. I had also modified it a bit by trimming some excess material and trying to stretch the base so the slide isn't pushed out of battery.

I told Bob I was paying for the holster I'm keeping and he flat out said if I send any money he would return it. Further more he said he would pay me for my time and trouble and if I refused payment he would make a donation to the DAV.

I sent the holsters back and he made a donation to the DAV. He refuses to be paid. That kind of makes me mad, because I don't want to be petty, I don't want to be cheap.

He's kind of a different bird... I like the design of his holsters, although I found the stitching quality varies. I had loose threads that snag on sights and stitching that wanders. He loses or misplaces some orders he gets.

On the good side I think he fulfills most orders quickly and refuses to charge for anything you are not completely happy with. He is quick to answer email and calls. I think he takes his product very seriously and genuinely wants to make the best holster on the market. A customer really isn't taking a chance buying a Mika holster, it's either everything you ever wanted or Bob takes it back and apologizes.

I know he reads these posts but that has not stopped me from telling the rest of you the straight scoop. I really hated sending that pocket holster he sent back to him because while it did fit my BG380 kind of sloppily (compared to my Desantis), I really wanted to try it on a small J frame. But I never ordered it so I wasn't about to use it then send it back.

Who knows what is going on in Bob's life now, maybe he is swamped with work, maybe he is nursing an old sewing machine along waiting for a new one, maybe he has other issues. We all have issues from time to time. But based on his responsiveness, his concern and his desire to make things right, I just want to buy his stuff! Unfortunately it doesn't work for me.

Someday I will see him at a show or maybe take a short trip to his shop and we can look at the holsters and discuss changes I need to make them right for me. That would work the best, to hold them and point at areas of concern and get his input face to face.
 
I've had a J frame pocket holster of his that's served well over many years. This past year I ordered a pocket holster for my Diamondback .380 online. He called within a week of the order to confirm everything. We ended up talking about hunting, being former cops from SoCal at one time and why we ended up moving to other parts. It was a great conversation and in the end, it was almost like friends catching up. The holster arrived shortly after and it works perfect, as it should.

Nothing but quality - wish more businesses in the U.S. would get back to this way of life.
 
I need to order one for myself, but which is better for a pocket holster, round cut or square cut?
 
I need to order one for myself, but which is better for a pocket holster, round cut or square cut?

Depends on the type of pants you wear really. Rear pockets often favor square cut, front jeans type pockets most often work best with round cut......then if you wear cargo pants often with larger front pockets or side cargo pockets, then the square cut works best I've found. Honestly, not a huge difference though....both will work.
 
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