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Blade-Tech IWB Hoster (also, I have a confession)
Anyone have a Blade-Tech like this http://www.blade-tech.com/Inside-the-Waistband-IDPA-APPROVED-pr-820.html#product_images
Or like this http://www.blade-tech.com/In-the-Waistband-Universal-Fits-All-Holster-pr-814.html#product_images
I am still on a quest to find an IWB holster that is comfortable. I haven't read where anyone on here is using one of the BTs. A guy that works at my local GS was wearing one and he said he has tried "tons" of holsters and the Blade Tech is the most comfortable he has tried. I like the idea of the snapped straps. Putting it on would be quick and easy.
My confession: I have had my "tuckable" IWB hoster for over a week now (almost two) and I am sorry but to me, these "hybrid holsters" are NOT comfortable, they are too long and spread out. And, they are a pain to put on before heading out. There's no need in naming the company because I believe that they are all close enough to the same (design) that they would all give me the same discomfort I am experiencing, so there's no sense exposing the brand I have. It would sound like I am calling out a dissatisfaction with their particular brand when it's not the brand but the design of the long spread out platform that makes them uncomfortable. Plus, when I sit down the front lower corner of the leather jabs be in the leg/crease of my hip (again, too long and spread out). To me, spring clips are aggravating because of how tight they are. You have to fight them over your belt and fight them all the way down. The company I got mine from could not be more personable and helpful, it's not the company, it's the design.
I think the biggest problem is that I am determined to wear it at 9 o'clock (I'm a lefty) that obviously is the equivellent of 3 o'clock to you right-handers. I think the reason it's uncomfortable is that it's just too spread out. The front clip is at about 9:30 or 10ish and the back clip is at about 8:30. The other discomfort is because the Kydex is just too flat. The flanges are wide and it spreads across my hip which is obviously curved. I guess if I were huge in that area it wouldn't be such an issue because it would allow the holster to be on less of an arc (or radius). I am by no means skinny but I'm not a huge man either.
I have noticed that several of you have stated that you are wearing it on your back hip. I am now wondering if this was a preference or what you settled for because of the issues I have presented.
Anybody else have a confession to make? (about hybrid holsters, of course)
My main reason for this is to 1) find out if anyone has/is using the Blade-Techs listed above, and 2) to see if anyone else finds discomfort in hybrid holsters, or is it just me?
Thanks.
Anyone have a Blade-Tech like this http://www.blade-tech.com/Inside-the-Waistband-IDPA-APPROVED-pr-820.html#product_images
Or like this http://www.blade-tech.com/In-the-Waistband-Universal-Fits-All-Holster-pr-814.html#product_images
I am still on a quest to find an IWB holster that is comfortable. I haven't read where anyone on here is using one of the BTs. A guy that works at my local GS was wearing one and he said he has tried "tons" of holsters and the Blade Tech is the most comfortable he has tried. I like the idea of the snapped straps. Putting it on would be quick and easy.
My confession: I have had my "tuckable" IWB hoster for over a week now (almost two) and I am sorry but to me, these "hybrid holsters" are NOT comfortable, they are too long and spread out. And, they are a pain to put on before heading out. There's no need in naming the company because I believe that they are all close enough to the same (design) that they would all give me the same discomfort I am experiencing, so there's no sense exposing the brand I have. It would sound like I am calling out a dissatisfaction with their particular brand when it's not the brand but the design of the long spread out platform that makes them uncomfortable. Plus, when I sit down the front lower corner of the leather jabs be in the leg/crease of my hip (again, too long and spread out). To me, spring clips are aggravating because of how tight they are. You have to fight them over your belt and fight them all the way down. The company I got mine from could not be more personable and helpful, it's not the company, it's the design.
I think the biggest problem is that I am determined to wear it at 9 o'clock (I'm a lefty) that obviously is the equivellent of 3 o'clock to you right-handers. I think the reason it's uncomfortable is that it's just too spread out. The front clip is at about 9:30 or 10ish and the back clip is at about 8:30. The other discomfort is because the Kydex is just too flat. The flanges are wide and it spreads across my hip which is obviously curved. I guess if I were huge in that area it wouldn't be such an issue because it would allow the holster to be on less of an arc (or radius). I am by no means skinny but I'm not a huge man either.
I have noticed that several of you have stated that you are wearing it on your back hip. I am now wondering if this was a preference or what you settled for because of the issues I have presented.
Anybody else have a confession to make? (about hybrid holsters, of course)
My main reason for this is to 1) find out if anyone has/is using the Blade-Techs listed above, and 2) to see if anyone else finds discomfort in hybrid holsters, or is it just me?
Thanks.