Kydex/leather/machine Sewn

[Red Cent]

I hear from the guys that they are tired of the plastic and want leather holsters. I would think that once sewn onto the kydex, a heat gun used with caution could be used to form the kydex to the gun. The kydex in the picture looks to be lightly molded ( American English has no mould, and British English has no mold. In other words, the word referring to (1) the various funguses that grow on organic matter or (2) a frame for shaping something is spelled the same in both uses, and the spelling depends on the variety of English.) and could be formed very quickly.

Should I mentally prepare for the sound of the needle punching through the kydex? Wow!!

[Undeadzombiehunter]

That holster has been made in leather lined kydex variations, I'm assuming machine stitched before molding. That would lead me to believe that they stitched it before molding the kydex which requires getting the plastic pretty hot. I'm curious how they are able to accomplish molding without burning the leather.

The kydex does not need to be very hot to mould it. 170 celsius should not burn leather. I would likely wet the leather so that when moulding you are also moulding the leather and getting a little shrinkage to accommodate the required undersize of the leather.

We use unlined kydex / plastic holsters on the job, but with working guns, who cares about slides getting polished, wear and tear is the armourers problem. For personal carry, i would only use leather.