EL PASO SADDLERY HOLSTERS

[crazyphil]

S. D. Myres Saddle Company moved out of Texas to Oklahoma
sometime in the 1970s but is now long gone.
El Paso Saddlery was established at about the same time and
somehow acquired many of the S. D. Myres patterns.
One of those patterns was for the famous Tom Threepersons
holster. The story has been told many times about the Cherokee
Indian Lawman taking his ideas to Sam Myres to have his holster
made.

My Tom Threepersons holster, on the left, exposes the hammer
and the trigger guard. It was wet molded to the outline of the
S&W K Frame with 4" barrel, like my Model 67 Combat
Masterpiece shown here. It comes with either thong or strap.
I chose strap. It rides high on the belt with the muzzle tilted
about 15 degrees to the rear. That slant came to be called the
F.B.I. slant.

In the center is El Paso Saddlery's #88 Street Combat Model
made for the S&W Model 10 with 2" barrel.

At right is another #88 Street Combat made for my Model 22C
.40 caliber Glock.

 

[P.44]

Phil, congrats to your new signature

and the Tom Threepersons holster is for sure an
"American Classic" . The El Paso #88 Street Combat's
are fine holsters also.

P.44

I always wanted a real El Paso. So "Once Upon a Time"
I managed to get the basket weave Brian C. Foster (3"
K-Frame), the 2 El Pasos (2" J-Frame + PPK) and the
Bianchi X 15 from the pictured lot

 

[crazyphil]

That's some beautiful leather you have there.
Actually I have used my signature for a long time on all my class manuals,
advertising, etc. but I just added it here when lawandorder told me how to
do it. I'm still learning.

 

[Bastogne71]

This is my El Paso #2 Thumbreak for a S&W 5" model 686. Almost too pretty to use.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I have so many El Paso Saddlery holsters I don't know where to begin. Most of my cowboy action holsters are from them and once I settled down with one set it was a Tom Threepersons set fit precisely for my old Ruger Vaqueros. My CS-45 OWB belt holster is the #88 Street Combat as I recall. After that I'd have to look to see which ones are which but there are more, plus belts and other accoutrements. They are outstanding.

 

[Fred Ward]

EPS

Back in 81 I lived in El Paso. I went down to the shop (had a horse on the roof, statue) and they made me a beautiful, very basic, pancake for my 2.5 inch Colt Lawman Mark III. 13 bucks out the door, I think he gave me a break cause I was a soldier at the time.

 

[Kframerbluvr]

S. D. Myres Saddle Company moved out of Texas to Oklahoma
sometime in the 1970s but is now long gone.
El Paso Saddlery was established at about the same time and
somehow acquired many of the S. D. Myres patterns.
One of those patterns was for the famous Tom Threepersons
holster. The story has been told many times about the Cherokee
Indian Lawman taking his ideas to Sam Myres to have his holster
made.

My Tom Threepersons holster, on the left, exposes the hammer
and the trigger guard. It was wet molded to the outline of the
S&W K Frame with 4" barrel, like my Model 67 Combat
Masterpiece shown here. It comes with either thong or strap.
I chose strap. It rides high on the belt with the muzzle tilted
about 15 degrees to the rear. That slant came to be called the
F.B.I. slant.

In the center is El Paso Saddlery's #88 Street Combat Model
made for the S&W Model 10 with 2" barrel.

At right is another #88 Street Combat made for my Model 22C
.40 caliber Glock.

I bought an El Paso holster for my newly issued Glock 17 in 1990. It looks like yours for your M10 except that mine has a thumb break. It is the best fitting Glock pancake style holster I own.

 

[Sixgun100]

This EPS Tom Threepersons holster for my S&W Model 581 was a birthday gift from my wife. Top quality leather gear.

 

[medic15al]

This is my El Paso #2 Thumbreak for a S&W 5" model 686. Almost too pretty to use.

Yep it is!.......... Wrong handed too!

 

[Dave Workman]

No doubt about it. El Paso manufactures quality gear.

 

[GF]

Nice ol' holsters all.


I have one EL Passo rig for a Mod 60 that sure is a looker...

GF

 

[OIF2]

Just got this one. Beautiful holster. A minty Colt Government from 1931 sits inside.
Bob

 

[boykinlp]

They make a quality product!!!

 

[lawandorder]

Another fan of EPS quality..............

 

[fat tom]

Me too.



f.t.

 

[Watchdog]

Me too.


f.t.

Did you put those spots on yourself, just to add a bit of spice to the rig? How old is that rig?

 

[CWH44300]

I'm also a fan


Carved rig for the 4" N frames
And an IWB for the little kit guns

 

[BE Mike]

I remember that in the 70's the Daytona Beach P.D. got all their leather from S.D. Myers. It was black with floral pattern. They had the best looking leather of any PD back then.

 

[Watchdog]

The Threepersons design is a long time favorite of mine.

Here's an EPS Threepersons in crossdraw, matched up with their Garrison Belt and cartridge slide. The revolver is an old pre-36 four-screw.

 

[lawandorder]

Right hand holster is an EPS N frame, the left, an S. D. Myres reincarnation for a K frame.