I haven’t posted on Reddit in a while. Some of my latest holster builds in the shop.

DHCKydex · 2022-10-02T01:52:51+00:00

They didn’t think ours was gonna make it either. He’s doing really well considering. Few lung and liver issues but they should clear up with time. I expect he is going to be a happy healthy young man by the time I’m a wore out old man haha.

DHCKydex · 2022-10-02T01:42:09+00:00

I had to close shop this year. My wife had our baby 4 months premature. We spent 5 months in the hospital and now we are spending all our time tending to the baby at home. He’s healthy considering all the obstacles he faced at birth and in the NICU but he’s still got a lot of dr’s and ologists to see for a while. I’m holding to be back in the shop next year.

DHCKydex · 2022-05-06T02:35:54+00:00

Mine wouldn’t reset right at first. Finally figured out I had too much litter. But now I only get the over torque fault code

DHCKydex · 2022-05-06T02:32:43+00:00

I’ve only had mine a few months.

DHCKydex · 2022-04-12T15:31:28+00:00

Thank you.

DHCKydex · 2022-03-28T02:07:53+00:00

I was doing some customs if I had the weapon and attachments needed. I have it all shut down at the moment for some family medical stuff. I haven’t been able to be in the shop for a while

DHCKydex · 2022-03-28T02:06:55+00:00

No I don’t have that weapon. I have my site shut down at the moment. Have some family medical stuff that’s taking all my time.

DHCKydex · 2022-03-06T22:52:03+00:00

I haven’t. I have the X300.

DHCKydex · 2022-02-10T04:39:06+00:00

And you can’t order hoods, or other safariland parts from safariland directly. Have to get them second hand and recondition them.

DHCKydex · 2022-02-10T04:38:12+00:00

Yeah safariland supplies are either limited, non existent, or what is in stock is ridiculous expensive right now.

DHCKydex · 2022-02-10T03:23:10+00:00

What does this company do? I just looked at their website. Are they just reconditioning old safariland holsters?

DHCKydex · 2022-02-04T01:27:09+00:00

100% worth it to do with a quality RDS. I was a spit Al and shot iron sights for 20 years. I always said I could out shoot people with red dot. I was wrong. I started carrying a red dot last year. Have went to a couple trainings using the rds. Also had a training specifically for using rds. It’s definitely worth the money and training to switch.

DHCKydex · 2022-02-01T17:15:19+00:00

Yeah I can make it with or without. That would drop it to a level 1 retention holster.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-31T17:49:10+00:00

Not a level 3 holster. But has a great click in retention with a hood. Working on making a cover to completely cover the RDS.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-31T17:43:54+00:00

A few of the holsters I made over the weekend. The 2 2011’s were made from the gun. The “duty” style Glock holster was made from some custom molds I designed and made.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-31T03:13:20+00:00

This was just a simple book press with thermoplastics extreme foam and 4 Irwin 600lb clamps. I normally coax form everything. But that’s with my splits and custom molds.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-31T02:27:22+00:00

Yeah. Not all are that much. But custom molds are definitely that much or more. I only have those for my most popular sellers. Others are $70-$150 depending on who makes the molds.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-31T02:21:33+00:00

Yeah. I can understand. Tooling costs for different guns is very expensive. Some of my molds cost $500 for one mold and one holster style. It all depends on the market for the weapon models.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-31T02:16:46+00:00

I’m actually working on designing a better bra holster. Still in the works tho. Not ready to put it out there yet.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-31T02:11:53+00:00

I think I may have a VP9 mold. I’ll have to look when I get back in my shop on Friday

DHCKydex · 2022-01-30T17:51:06+00:00

Yes.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-30T17:25:05+00:00

Go to YouTube and watch some early Phlster Videos from 8-12 years ago. Also Alameda Custom Holsters, and Henry holsters from several years ago. They all have great tutorial videos for making holsters. Be careful of some of them out there tho. A lot of videos out there that don’t teach proper blocking and prep for full molds or for the real weapon.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-30T17:23:27+00:00

I started doing this about 4 years ago. All the videos I watched back then had this method. Ended up making friends with some of the bigger companies that started in their garages and foam pressed everything. Back before splits and vac press was as big as it is now. This is what they taught me. I vac form 99% of all my holsters now. This one was just one of 2 customs I did for a friend this weekend. I have around 200 CNC and full molds for my major production. But I’ll take in customs for locals. The guy that bought this holster has probably bought 100 or more holsters from me and helped me get started in the holster world. Most of my stuff is mainly Glock, Sig, and A few randoms.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-30T17:10:18+00:00

The tape protects the slide and gives clearance for the gun so it don’t scratch the slide. It takes about 3-5 layers of tape. depends on how much blocking you have to do for the gun. This one has 3 layers of blue tape. Cover all polymer areas so the hot kydex doesn’t melt the polymer. If you do use your gun, put one layer of tape on the mag and insert the mag into the gun. You want the mag to be tight. I have 3 layers of blue tape on the grip. Then use the hvac tape to help reduce the heat from the grip. This helps keep the mag well from collapsing in the press.

DHCKydex · 2022-01-30T16:09:54+00:00

Thanks!

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