@Greg M.

 

I can absolutely vouch for ST. I have one that my wife bought me as a Father’s Day gift. They are a little pricey but come with a 99 year warranty. I’ve always heard you buy once cry once. The one I have also came with a kit that makes it IWB or OWB.

 

I will give you the flip slide. Most southern trapper holsters are fairly pedestrian, single stitch construction that lack detailed molding and reinforcements where needed. They have great marketing and website though.

Take a look at 5-Shot, Bulman, Sparks, Bitterroot, Palmetto, and others for higher-quality holsters.

(Yes I have handled ST holsters)

 

I will say, I was not impressed. I was drawn in by all the options they had for leather holsters (fit for lights and optics). I ordered one for my Staccato C2 with optic and tlr7 light. Took a couple months to get it. Their packaging is very bespoke, came in a fancy box and drawstring bag. They could probably cut some costs on the customers end and save some money with simpler packaging, why would you ever use it again once you get it? Anyway like blade above said, the holster itself had basically no molding (basically looked like a pouch the gun dropped in), and the leather was very thin with single stitching. For the cost I was expecting MUCH more. I think I paid around $300 for the holster and a mag pouch. The mag pouch was Ok and I use it, but I don't use the holster. I'd definitely look elsewhere. I've bought many holsters from High Noon, they're about half the cost with much thicker leather and better molding.

 

i live in SC and see a lot of their products. They are essentially a marketing company. Much better options out there..IMO

 

Here is the one I ordered, plus a mag pouch. As you can see, very little molding, also the bottom of the holster is open. Shown next to a Galco 1911 holster for a comparison. For off the shelf leather I've been very pleased with Galco.

 

Minimal stitching too. Notice how Galco nicely stitches their belt loops for reinforcement?

 

I have one with no complaints, but I’ll agree that their a bit spendy.

 

I have a few ST holsters. They are well crafted however for IWB use, I would only select a model that has a metal reinforced mouth. I have found that without reinforcement, it is difficult to reholster the firearm. I also have a Milt Sparks Versa Max 2 which a like a lot better.

My .02

 

I have to admit their CS was excellent, it needed to be since I had so many problems w/ the holster I bought. I ordered an OWB holster for a Korth Super Sport revolver. The holster showed up with a crease right down the center of the holster. I called CS and explained that this was totally unacceptable, so I sent it back to be repaired or replaced. A few weeks later I received an email asking if I minded if the holster came back black (it used to be tan), they had an issue w/ the dye.

I nicely and quietly asked for my money back, and they quickly agreed. Given what I paid for the holster, how could they send that out to a customer?

 

I haven’t got mine yet but trying to find a leather clip on with thumb break is difficult enough. Try to find one for a Guncrafter X2 commander double stack and apparently there is only one option.
They literally have the X2 commander on their drop down box.
Good on them
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