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So I'm sitting there looking at my sheath trying to figure out how to make it useful for my purposes. As it was, with the floppy belt loop and over-torqued retention, it really was useless to me.
As I'm looking at it, I notice that the edges, where the screws and slots are, look very familiar to me. It looks a lot like one of my holsters for my S&W 4563TSW. I got the holster when the company Raven Concealment Specialists first launched back, oh, I don't know, 6 or 7 years ago maybe. I had just bought a Crossbreed Super-Tuck for another weapon (CZ 2075 RAMI), and so on a lark, I wrote to Raven and asked if they might be able to make a tuckable Kydex holster for my Smith. The owner wrote back and said he'd love to try, but didn't have any designs in the works, and basically asked me to walk him through how the Crossbreed clips worked etc. He ended up sending me three different inside the waistband (IWB), tuckable mounting ideas for the holster he made before we settled on the fourth idea. Here's a pic of the Crossbreed and Raven together for those who can't picture what I'm talking about:
You'll notice that the clips have Velcro on the surface that faces out away from the body. That Velcro hooks up with the loops part of the hook 'n loop system that's sewn into the inside of my Belt Man Gun Belt.
It's the deepest concealment holster combination I've found. I'm wearing the .45 in the Raven in this pic:
One of the clips is just peekin' out from under the belt, but if you're careful when you're putting it on, it hides to about 95% invisible behind that 1 1/2" belt. The Velcro holds the holster very securely. Doesn't move a fraction of an inch upon drawing or reholstering. And the belt acts as added retention on the weapon the tighter you make it. It's a great system.
Anyway, like I said, I had some spare parts hanging around and here's what I did with 'em:
I removed the backing plate and the belt loop and installed one of the extra ears I had for the Raven:
Rinse and repeat for the other side, and add clips. Now, I also had a spare pair of "J-Clips," which I just turn around and can wear the sheath on the outside in literally any position I want. I can turn the clips 90° and carry horizontal, or like it's pictured to carry vertical. When I want to wear concealed and tucked (if I ever want to - probably won't though), I just put the Velcro clips back on, shove the thing inside my waistband and go on. So here's the finished product with the J-Clips installed:
I tried to take some pics of the rig on me while standing in front of the bathroom mirror, but all the toothpaste and hair grease and other smeared substances that one finds on the mirrors of guys who are just too old to give a crap anymore came out more clearly than the knife and sheath did, so I'll have to wait until GW can give me a hand taking some pics to show you that.
It is a tad bit bulky the way it is. I can cut it down, streamline and refine the mounts a bit, but it rides pretty nice just the way it is right now. I wore it around the house all day while I was tinkerin' with other stuff, split between inside and outside carry, and in both cases I forgot it was there some of the time.
There ya go. Thought you might like to see it.
Blues
As I'm looking at it, I notice that the edges, where the screws and slots are, look very familiar to me. It looks a lot like one of my holsters for my S&W 4563TSW. I got the holster when the company Raven Concealment Specialists first launched back, oh, I don't know, 6 or 7 years ago maybe. I had just bought a Crossbreed Super-Tuck for another weapon (CZ 2075 RAMI), and so on a lark, I wrote to Raven and asked if they might be able to make a tuckable Kydex holster for my Smith. The owner wrote back and said he'd love to try, but didn't have any designs in the works, and basically asked me to walk him through how the Crossbreed clips worked etc. He ended up sending me three different inside the waistband (IWB), tuckable mounting ideas for the holster he made before we settled on the fourth idea. Here's a pic of the Crossbreed and Raven together for those who can't picture what I'm talking about:
You'll notice that the clips have Velcro on the surface that faces out away from the body. That Velcro hooks up with the loops part of the hook 'n loop system that's sewn into the inside of my Belt Man Gun Belt.
It's the deepest concealment holster combination I've found. I'm wearing the .45 in the Raven in this pic:
One of the clips is just peekin' out from under the belt, but if you're careful when you're putting it on, it hides to about 95% invisible behind that 1 1/2" belt. The Velcro holds the holster very securely. Doesn't move a fraction of an inch upon drawing or reholstering. And the belt acts as added retention on the weapon the tighter you make it. It's a great system.
Anyway, like I said, I had some spare parts hanging around and here's what I did with 'em:
I removed the backing plate and the belt loop and installed one of the extra ears I had for the Raven:
Rinse and repeat for the other side, and add clips. Now, I also had a spare pair of "J-Clips," which I just turn around and can wear the sheath on the outside in literally any position I want. I can turn the clips 90° and carry horizontal, or like it's pictured to carry vertical. When I want to wear concealed and tucked (if I ever want to - probably won't though), I just put the Velcro clips back on, shove the thing inside my waistband and go on. So here's the finished product with the J-Clips installed:
I tried to take some pics of the rig on me while standing in front of the bathroom mirror, but all the toothpaste and hair grease and other smeared substances that one finds on the mirrors of guys who are just too old to give a crap anymore came out more clearly than the knife and sheath did, so I'll have to wait until GW can give me a hand taking some pics to show you that.
It is a tad bit bulky the way it is. I can cut it down, streamline and refine the mounts a bit, but it rides pretty nice just the way it is right now. I wore it around the house all day while I was tinkerin' with other stuff, split between inside and outside carry, and in both cases I forgot it was there some of the time.
There ya go. Thought you might like to see it.
Blues
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). I was stationed in Baumholder for my first year there, and then Heidelberg for a little over a year after that. 'Course, that was about a hundred years ago....maybe more. LOL Anyway, you do English better than a lot of Americans I know. Don't sell yourself short.
