A-R wrote:Question on the IWB version ... anything done to keep the mouth of the holster open for one-handed re-holstering? double-layer leather at mouth, kydex insert?
After almost a year with my G36 in a TX Tucker, the 'mouth' is still open. One important observation: I do leave my Glock in it at night to keep the leather form/shape crisp. I have probably drawn and re-holstered a few hundred times (practicing what I hope I never have to do), and it has taken some licks in that process. In addition, I'm not a small guy and do perspire a bit (especially in this heat). I've gone to the length of taking a hair dryer (low heat) to the holster a couple of times due to excessive perspiration--and it kept its shape (had to dry the horsehide once on my Crossbreed when I got
absolutely soaked in a downpour, and then had to reshape and cool the Kydex--I did not know that the hairdryer would soften it like it did, and that was challenging).
Does it keep the same or similar shape of a Kydex (thinking of one-handed re-holstering)? No--it does develop some supple give (similar to what my DeSantis Cozy Partner did). It's not rigid like Kydex and doesn't have reinforcement at the lip of the hoslter 'mouth.' In addition, over time the holster has formed a bit more to my shape. Has it 'closed' at the mouth? No, especially given that I've taken steps to make sure that it remains formed to my G36 (storing my weapon in it at night--my Sig P239 is in the nightstand so holstering my Glock at night makes sense to me).
My only caution would related to your choice of pants and belt. When I wear dress pants (on Sundays), which are a little more fitted (i.e., tighter in the waist) and a dress belt (which is a little more narrow) it does tend to close the mouth of the holster and make a one-handed re-holster pretty much impossible. Formerly, with my Crossbreed, the same pants and belt simply slipped over the mouth of the Kydex, creating the same problem (it required both hands to re-holster).
Hope that this helps...
Anytime, thanks.
