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Gatsby said:
That has absolutely not been my experience. I've carried Gov't 1911s in leather for almost 50 years and never even heard this. I'm sure someone, somewhere bought a crap leather holster, didn't take care of it, left the pistol in the holster and stuck it in a closet and this happened but otherwise I'm not convinced.
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I figured that could be attributed to a low-quality example or some kind of user error. Thanks for chiming in!
 
A couple of recommendations for Kramer... They must be good, but dang, so expensive! I guess you get what you pay for. 20% off helps a little.
 
I've been using a White Hat Holster for my glock since 2012. I'm not gentle on it. I can't even recount how many times I've smashed the front of my hip against, block walls, cars, or concrete (I'm not the most graceful). I've crawled on my belly to get stuff underneath my vehicle when installing things or running wiring. Smacked it with stuff while doing yardwork. In the 8 years I've owned this thing I've had to fix one thing on it and that was operator error. I neglected to check how tight some of the screws where for the kydex portion and one of them came loose and was lost to the either. I had extras from when I bought it so that was fixed relatively quickly. Back in 2012 I went through so many holsters, it's an unfortunate fact of life that not all of us are shaped exactly the same. I imagine you'll have to do that song and dance too. I second what someone said on here that you'll need multiple ones for different locations/situations. However the one I wear or use the most is my White Hat hybrid holster. Even when I'm out and about in the desert I'll just un-tuck my shirt and tuck it behind it to do a iwb open carry. I've never really worried about slide wear since I don't have a gucci sidearm to me it's just a tool. My significant other hates it. She ended up getting a hybrid holster from GunGoddess. It is way more adjustable as far as cant and rise (i'm kind of jealous of it). The negatives of the hybrid style holsters is mainly due to poor design choices on some manufacturers. They don't have enough options for cant or rise etc. Another potential negative is that leather takes time to form to your weapon and body. I'd say mine started feeling right after two AZ summers of sweat and heat forming it to my weapon and body. Thicker leathers are more durable, but less pliable so wear in period takes longer. This is where the GunGodess one's have me extra jealous there's still a wear in period, but you can see that there's a vanity layer, the main layer, and the comfort layer. I've attached some pics my holster only affords straight up and down adjustment, hers has a slight curvature to the adjustment that makes a world of difference with fit. Only time will tell as far as longevity. Other considerations do you have taller sights than normal? Will you be rocking an optic? What about a light attachment? Matching magazine carriers?
 

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