Does your leather holster creak?

[MarkSBG]

Hey all,

For many years I carried using bladetech Kydex holsters. I recently acquired a Milt Sparks VMII holster and love the thing. I have been using it for a few months now, but it creaks.

It ins't THAT big of a deal, but it is kind of a give-away that I am carrying. (I might as well throw on some spurs to complete the experience. )

Anyhoo, does your leather holster creak and what (if anything) do you do about it?

Thanks!

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[Gunner3456]

If it fits a Glock 23, you just give it to me. I hate to see you so inconvenienced.

 

[Just Jim]

Just act like you broke wind everytime you hear the creak. Nobody will question what the noise was.

jj

 

[SWCR]

Most of the time when a holster creaks it is caused by the belt rubbing and shifting in the belt loops. Usually a little talcum powder or paraffin on the belt loops will help stop the creak. The other thing that will help is additional use of the holster. As it gets broken in better the creaking should lessen.

Eugene

 

[Gunner3456]

Most of the time when a holster creaks it is caused by the belt rubbing and shifting in the belt loops. Usually a little talcum powder or paraffin on the belt loops will help stop the creak. The other thing that will help is additional use of the holster. As it gets broken in better the creaking should lessen.

Eugene

Don't tell him that. He was about to give it to me.

 

[MarkSBG]

I was THIS close!

I'll try the talc before I drop it in the garbage

 

[isher]

I creak WAY worse than

Any of my gunleather.

Tiger Balm rocks.


isher

 

[twoclones]

All of my leather holsters 'creak'. So does the leather holster for my rock pick and the leather case for my pocket transit. I deal with it by not caring

 

[Cougfan2]

I am experiencing the same thing. I have been breaking in two Milt Sparks holsters and both of them are still creaking a little. It will stop eventually. I wasn't sure my Axiom for my CBOB would ever break in, but I did what the guys at Milt Sparks said and just put it in the bag my holster came in, plus another holster bag and another freezer bag and jammed it as far down in the holster as I could get it. It still binds a little after multiple presentations of the pistol, but it should as it is an open top holster.

My PMK for my SP101 was much easier to break in as all I need to do is clear the cylinder to free the revolver.

Give it time! :winkkiss:

 

[Will]

How loud is the "creak"? You might be hypersenistive to a mild noise, I expect no one except you notices the "creak". It will fit you far better than the bladetec in time. In the short term a little wax on the rub points will help but it just a matter of time to break it in. The more you wear it the faster it breaks in.