Lil Dudey
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 7, 2010 17:10:31 GMT -5
I truly appreciate all the feedback received.
MB I love the quote you made "I also believe in letting every old dog scratch his fleas in his own way."
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robl
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Post by robl on Oct 7, 2010 17:20:05 GMT -5
Mike, I like that saying as well.
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Post by rWt on Oct 7, 2010 19:57:11 GMT -5
Soft lining is a detriment; it tends to gather grit and acts as a polishing compound over time. Skeeter wrote about this years ago. I have found it to be correct in my experience as well. Some folks just gotta have it though. +1-Don't use suede-use pigskin if you can. A lined holster may keep its shape better. Of course, if you go with a rough-out holster a lining is redundant. Thad Rybka likes rough-out holsters for field use. You can't get that boned look with a rough-out holster, however, if that's a consideration. Here's a good looking pigskin lined holster. www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=194180286
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Post by cherokee on Oct 8, 2010 16:14:07 GMT -5
I have both. My SASS holsters are lined with smooth Oak (same as the outside) and perform well for me. However, most of my other holsters are unlined and also work well. I probably would buy unlined.
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Post by Frank V on Oct 8, 2010 19:25:31 GMT -5
I'd guess about 1/3rd of my holsters are lined. I've read several times that lined holsters are harder on the finish. I'm not sure that I can tell a difference myself, but I probably don't have a large enough sampling. With the ease of care we have nowdays for our guns, I'm not sure it really makes a difference. Frank
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Lil Dudey
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 8, 2010 20:01:42 GMT -5
I truly appreciate all the informative feedback.
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Post by Doc Barranti on Oct 8, 2010 21:16:00 GMT -5
Leather, be it the smooth, grain side, or the flesh side, will have a certain polishing action to your guns finish. Whether it is lined or not, if you holster and unholster your gun a lot, you will start to see some wear to your bluing. Skeeter Skelton wrote that he preferred an unlined holster to a lined one, feeling that the soft lining grabbed the gun more. Worse yet, were suede lined holsters because the suede could hold dust and grit, accelerating wear. Looking at images of Elmer Keith's using holsters, the vast majority of them were unlined holsters...even the holster he used for his prized No.5 was unlined. The majority of my customers choose lining as an option, and many of them insist on it. It gives a clean, finished look, and it does add to the sturdiness to the holster. In the end, like the Mad Bohemian says, it's whatever trips your trigger! Personally, I really like the look of a lined holster, but when I look in my holster bin, I don't see a single lined holster in the bunch! I'm going to have to remedy that one of these days...
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Lil Dudey
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 8, 2010 22:43:15 GMT -5
Thanks mb111263
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Post by robl on Oct 11, 2010 18:02:59 GMT -5
hey, Mike, I can build one for you:-)
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