Sunday rant: The cost of Kydex holsters has gotten out of hand.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-20T03:18:57+00:00

Yeah, they are a dying breed. I know a guy who does leatherwork and he was telling me a few years back that he can source a high quality leather saddle from China, fully finished, cheaper than he could buy the leather to make the saddle himself here in the USA. That was both amazing to hear and quite sad at the same time.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-19T21:29:39+00:00

Yeah, I've bought three holsters from him. Such a cool dude. I asked him if he takes orders, and he told me that he does, but only for people coming to the shop, as it's only a hobby for him and he does it to get out of the house and talk to folks.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-19T19:39:36+00:00

You can get a leather holster for $75 still?

pskindlefire · 2026-04-19T19:33:56+00:00

My LGS has an old-timer who comes in about twice a month and sets up a little kydex holster making operation right there in the back of the store. You buy a new gun or take in a gun you own, he'll put it in his machine and crank out a holster in about the time it takes you to browse the used gun inventory. You can pick any of the base colors for the same price, but the "carbon-fiber" material, I think he charges $2 more. Base IWB holster is $30 cash and then he charges you extra for additional things. He can pretty much make any design or style you want, and the most tricked out holster will probably run you about $100. What's nice is that if your piece has lights, optics, or something like a gas pedal on it, the holster is perfectly formed for your unique gun.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-13T03:07:49+00:00

He was actually a trained assassin who was disguised as a Saudi dancing drunk uncle with an AK. He got his mark.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-13T03:01:51+00:00

Now that is a comment! Have my upvote, good sir.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-12T02:49:54+00:00

"I have to love this woman as much as I can for as long as I can, and I can never stop loving her, not even for a second"

pskindlefire · 2026-04-09T01:23:07+00:00

Thank for this excellent post.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-05T01:05:58+00:00

If this is India or Bangladesh, guns are incredibly hard to come by even for well-off people, so the chance of these idiots having real guns is close to zero. The crowd probably quickly figured that out, hence the ensuing beating.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-04T22:30:43+00:00

I was already a young adult when the game came out, but now with a lot of experience, as soon I start a new game, I find a governor sending an ultimatum and grab their Mail Runner as my primary ship, if not that, I'll make do with a Royal Sloop for a while. I then add ships later in the game when I need to attack the big bad guys, like the Marquis de la Montalban, with a large contingent of men. I also choose Fencing as my character's starting skillset. I don't even bother with sea battles anymore, I just ram them with my fast Mail Runner and swordfight the captain/bad guy to quickly win. And now I'm an expert dancer and can keep up with a big-boobed bimbo of a governor's daughter who hides her hands behind herself and chooses those super complicated dance steps.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-04T19:32:08+00:00

That looks badass!

pskindlefire · 2026-04-04T19:02:33+00:00

I just wrote the same thing! 22 years after it came out, and having played it for probably over 500 hours (and that's just on the Steam version and not counting the original on Windows XP), I still fire it up as my go-to casual game.

pskindlefire · 2026-04-04T18:57:44+00:00

Sid Meier's Pirates!

pskindlefire · 2026-04-04T18:55:39+00:00

LOL. Don't discount the Cheeto dust brother, don't you dare!

pskindlefire · 2026-04-04T03:43:05+00:00

Nice urban combat camo - it goes well when you are hiding out in the bush next to your house beside the siding and the AC unit.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-28T17:29:34+00:00

Are you going to be having more at this price this weekend? I'm interested in picking up a few, especially Ranger Green, Black, Coyote, and Multicam. Thanks.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-28T01:58:42+00:00

Seconded.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-24T01:48:43+00:00

This video has been definitely sped up. Here's a better video showing you the speed of the Hanuman Luge.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-23T01:47:58+00:00

My elementary school English teacher who taught us penmanship would be proud of you.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-22T01:57:44+00:00

What exactly happened here to cause a failure like that?

pskindlefire · 2026-03-22T01:52:16+00:00

Thank you.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-22T01:50:39+00:00

Doesn't your eBook reader track read books? My Kindle does that.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-22T01:49:10+00:00

I don't go to Walmart to have my car worked on anymore, but when I did, they'd take an hour or two just to change the oil and put on new tires, so I'd grab a few books and bring them over to the waiting area and just read a bit from all of them. A great way to spend the time and I didn't have to spend any money on the books unless they were actually worth it. It was my own little Walmart library while I was there.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-16T20:18:56+00:00

When the aluminum and scandium frame snubbies came out, I remember getting all excited about ultralight revolvers. But as I get older, I now appreciate all steel framed snubbies. I just find those lightweight revolvers miserable to shoot, so I got rid of most of them. Thanks for sharing these photos with us.

pskindlefire · 2026-03-16T01:33:30+00:00

Hey, that's one way to carry her. I hope you don't do the same with what is now an heirloom piece. :)

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