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| Leftists, what more needs to be said? |
I’m curious how many animals hides we can list that have been used for a holster. Horse, bison, water buffalo, snake, shark (many kinds), stingray, elephant, giraffe, ostrich, alligator, crocodile, rhinoceros, kangaroo. What else? | ||
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Fighting the good fight |
Others include Lizard, Caiman, Camel, and Hippo | |||
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King Nothing |
Ed Gein seemed fairly artistic, I bet he could add human to the roster. ...Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, was just a freight train coming your way... | |||
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Some exotic materials have been layered over leather. As an example, one of my fancy cowboy boots had some grey exotic that was easily damaged, revealing leather below. I think the stingray and shark holsters might be like that? But, my legal elephant leather boots were just elephant hide. ------- Trying to simplify my life... | |||
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Dies Irae |
Cordovan and horsehide are a couple of less-common materials. I know of gallipava/gallopavo turkey skin used for some leather goods, so I guess it's eligible for holsters. And there's javelina. | |||
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| Distinguished Pistol Shot |
I have an Grizzle holster with Ostrich leg leather accents. | |||
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I see snapping turtle being used by one maker I follow. "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Nauga הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Leftists, what more needs to be said? |
Okay V-Tail you got me. | |||
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| Paddle your own canoe  |
Eel. And sharkskin, btw, is the toughest animal hide I have ever seen. Used to sell boots, and sharkskin could be scraped viciously with a quarter and show no scratches or any visible damage. It is also quite stiff and takes some breaking in and getting used to, before comfortable. I have never seen it used as an overlay, it is just way tougher than regular leather. | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
Was able to find an old pair of whale skin boots. When they wear out, I'm thinking a new holster may be a good idea. | |||
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| Fighting the good fight |
I have several holsters with shark accent overlays. They put a strip of sharkskin along the front, and as the top layer of the belt loops, but the body of the holster and the inner layer of the belt loops is cowhide. Same with my other exotic leather holsters. All accent overlays, rather than forming the holster itself out of the exotic leather. For example:  | |||
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| Leftists, what more needs to be said? |
I have a shark skin holster from Wilson Combat. That thing is very stiff. 38supersig, I love the idea of reusing the leather. | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep  |
Foreskin…  _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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| Buy that Classic SIG in All Stainless, No rail wear will be painless.  |
Alligator asshole holster! $699 https://www.thesoutherntrapper...e-glory-hole-holster NRA Benefactor Life Member NRA Instructor USPSA Chief Range Officer | |||
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Haha I just saw that the other day while looking for a DWX compact holster. | |||
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The Great Equalizer |
I have many that are on the list, the only one that I have to add to the list is Python Elephant and Sharkskin are my favorite everyday exotics ------------------------------------------------------------------ NRA Benefactor . . . Certified Instructor . . . Certified RSO SWCA 356TSW.com 45talk.com RacingPlanetUSA.Com | |||
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