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A while back I picked up an old S&W Model 10 (no dash) that was built in the late 50's. The gun belonged to a retired NYPD officer and had a considerable amount of use as can be seen in the pictures. I decided that an old cop's gun needed an old cops holster and eventually settled on building a Bill Jordan style holster. I did a bunch of research on it and eventually decided mine wasn't going to be an exact replica but more of an interpretation of the original design. Mine is a bit narrower at the toe of the holster and there is no metal stitched into it as there would have been on an original. I did however include a welt between the belt loop and the body of the holster which helps to kick the butt of the weapon out from the body to make the draw a bit easier and faster. Mine also has a strap that pivots out of the way so it doesn't hinder the draw at all. The holster has a couple of issues but nothing I can't live with. I misjudged my stitch lines which made the holster so tight that it needed to be wet molded to force the gun into it which obliterated my basket weave in the sight protector area, I should have given it another 1/4"-3/8" and the revolver would have dropped right in. The tight stitching also doesn't allow the gun to go into the holster quite as deep as I would have liked. What I can tell you is I now understand why the holster was designed this way, it is very fast to draw from. Since the butt of the weapon sits right under your hand and the holster is canted butt forward it's the fastest holster I've used yet. I'm sure some will comment about the exposed trigger, please note this is not a carry rig. The purpose for this particular holster is strictly for range use and since the double action trigger pull of this revolver is somewhere in the 12lb range I don't feel the exposed trigger is a liability, if this were a carry rig the trigger would be covered. By the way, while stitching this holster closed I was stitching through 5 layers of 7-8oz leather, almost a full 1" thick (7/8" to be precise), the stitching took quite a while.