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Custom leather holsters for sale. The holsters shown in the pics are the Texas Tucker and The Texas Mini Auto. Other colors and styles available on request. All holsters are made one at a time by my hand. Each holster is hand sewn, no machines used here. Holsters are $60 including shipping. It takes about a week to a week and a half to get a holster out the door. Other leather work available on request. Thanks for looking...

Texas Tucker




Texas Mini Auto




Gun Molds Available:
1911
5”
5” w/ rails
Commander
3”

Glock
17
19
26
36

RUGER
SR9
LCP
LC9

H&K
USP COMPACT

SPRINGFIELD
XD
XD SUB COMPACT
XDm

S&W
M&P
M&P compact

BERETTA
92E

SIG
P239
P226 W/ RAILS
P229 W/ RAILS
P238

TAURUS
PT 24/7

BROWNING
HI-POWER

WALTHER
PPK-S

KAHR
PM9

RUGER
GP100
SP101

S&W
4” K-FRAME
2” J-FRAME

RUGER
LCR

TAURUS
JUDGE 3” X 3”
PD 2.5” X 2”

COLT SSA 45






Gun Molds Available:
1911
5”
5” w/ rails
Commander
3”

Glock
17
19
26
36

RUGER
SR9
LCP
LC9

H&K
USP COMPACT

SPRINGFIELD
XD
XD SUB COMPACT
XDm

S&W
M&P
M&P compact

BERETTA
92E

SIG
P239
P226 W/ RAILS
P229 W/ RAILS
P238

TAURUS
PT 24/7

BROWNING
HI-POWER

WALTHER
PPK-S

KAHR
PM9

RUGER
GP100
SP101

S&W
4” K-FRAME
2” J-FRAME

RUGER
LCR

TAURUS
JUDGE 3” X 3”
PD 2.5” X 2”

COLT SSA 45

Is the Tx Tucker Holster an IWB ? Just want to make sure.

garcia946 wrote:Is the Tx Tucker Holster an IWB ? Just want to make sure.

Yes it is (see my sig line)!

Folks, buy from Big Pa with confidence. I've purchased four of Steve's IWB TX Tucker holsters, and carried my G36 in the first more about a year (and love it). My soldier-son has a Colt Commander 1911 in his, and my youngest (23) a Compact Crusader in his. A few weeks back I purchased a fourth TX Tucker for my back-up (SIG P239). I've not carried it yet, but have every reason to belive that it will carry every bit as well as the other three.

PM sent!

Those are some nice looking holsters, if I ever in the market again I might give one a try. Who am I kidding of course I will be in the market again.

paulhailes wrote:Those are some nice looking holsters, if I ever in the market again I might give one a try. Who am I kidding of course I will be in the market again.

Everybody needs a new holster or 10. Anytime, thanks.

BigPa,

Good looking leather. 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?

A-R wrote:BigPa,

Good looking leather. 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?

There is no re-enforcement on the mouth of the holster. They do close up some, but they don't collapse. I put 3 coats of finish on them which helps to keep them stiff. You might talk to PUG here on the forum. He wears one regularly with a glock 36. I can draw and re-holster with mine. I carry an LC9.

Man, I wish I would have seen this earlier. I just, yesterday, ordered an IWB but have always coveted one in full leather. Aw well...

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...

Hey BP, great looking holsters. I had an MTAC for my G19 that I loved -- sold the gun, sold the holster, just bought another G19 and need another holster.

How is the cant on the IWB? I have to use the most forward setting cant on the MTAC.

I do put a cant on the holster itself. The belt clips are also adjustable to give more or less cant.

Oh, cool. How do they adjust?

Take a look at the front and back of the Texas Tucker pics above. I use t-nuts and screws to mount the tuckable tabs onto the holster. You can loosen the screws rotate the tuckable tabs backwards or forwards. This gives a slight adjustment in the cant.

Pug wrote:

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...

Pug-- thank you for that wonderful review. Reviews are a true help. My goal is to make a functional yet decent looking holster that is affordable.