Mtneer said:
My wife contacted Leather Creek Holsters in Gainesville, Georgia (http://www.leathercreekholsters.com) a few days ago. The owner, Walt Sippel said to give him a week - he's already working on a holster for the new Bearcat with adjustable sights.
My wife's new adjustable sights Bearcat holster arrived from Leather Creek Holsters this morning. It's a pancake style, basket weave, light brown leather, and gorgeous. The adjustable sight Bearcat fits in it perfectly - a little snug, but the leather will break in. It has an easily removable leather thong to slip over the gun's hammer spur just so there's no chance of my wife dropping her gun in the creek when she leans over to net a trout.
My wife is right handed, but likes to wear her fishin', campin' and bum around in the hills gun cross draw style, so that's the way Walt Sippel built the holster. As far as I can tell, his craftsmanship is perfect and the holster is flawless. I'm betting it will outlive both my wife and me.
Besides everything else, Walt Sippel shipped the holster without pre-payment. He just included a note in the box asking my wife to put a check for $65.00 (that's $55.00 for the holster and $10.00 for shipping) in the SASE and drop it in the mail if she likes the holster. He asked that if she didn't like the holster, to just send it back.
It's refreshing to run across someone like Walt Sippel, who quite obviously trusts first. I mean, sure we've had a gun store owner here send us home with a gun to try out, and if we like it, come in next week and do the paperwork and pay for it. But we've been buying guns from him for 40 years. Walt Sippel is in Georgia, we're in Idaho - he doesn't know either my wife or me from Adam. He's earned our holster business for some time to come. I'm probably going to order one similar to my wife's for my concealed carry revolver.
