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simplyrugged.com
COLD STEEL Knives and Tomahawks ARE HERE!
We will be adding some Cold Steel Knives and Hawks to the line up of gear ready to go. In addition we will be offering our own leather sheaths and blade guards for these. My initial order is centered around hunting and outdoor blades, if I get a lot of requests for the self defense blades we can get those too.
I have used a couple different Cold Steel blades for processing moose and the Ultimate Hunter has become my favorite blade for doing this. Not too big and not too small it stays sharp through the whole moose. The medium Voyager with the combo blade is probably the blade equivalent of the S&W 4″ M-19 : It can do just about everything one could want. The new Roach belly has become my favorite packing around fixed blade. We sell a lot of the Finn Bears as they are a perfect general purpose knife stainless steel, built foir hard use. The Canadian Belt knife was way ahead of it's time when introduced in the 1950's. It is still an excellent skinning knife. At 15.00 each they are great gifts and if you loose one, it won't be a heart breaker if you leave one out on the tundra or drop it in the bottomless muskeg while processing game.
Tomahawks: What can I say, they are about the most useful outdoor tool, next to fire, that I can imagine. I have sent several of the Trail Hawks to deploying GI friends and relatives. They are very handy in taking apart ied wrecked vehicles or for wrecking terrorists.
I have Cold Steel’s excellent, somewhat gruesome “Proof” DVD’s available for free samples of what Lynn Thompson’s excellent blades can do.
We are continuing to sell the excellent and rugged little Mora knives, as well as Rick Getlien's excellent custom blades.
The Lansky /Cold Steel little ceramic sharpener eliminates the last hurdle of a serrated blade_ it has groves that fit perfectly with the Cold Steel blades serrations. I touched up the blade on my serrated Voyager that has seen a year's hard use with no sharpening (processed two moose and opened untold cardboard boxes) to like new sharpness, in about 3 minutes.
Rob
“Rob makes excellent pancake style holsters. They will be appearing in my articles on the Redhawk 4" and Alaskan .44 magnum and hopefully also in Gun Digest 2008.”
John Taffin (Guns, American Handgunner magazines)
To place an order please visit our new online store.
We have added new guns to our inventory -
S&W M&P Compact 9mm & .40, S&W M&P .45 ACP, S&W 5906 & Similar,
Ruger 345, SIG 220, 228/229,
The Taurus Judge 3”, 4” & 6.5” versions
H&K USP45. for our complete list of guns go here
Yes we make holsters for the Ruger SR9
Yes - we make holsters for every model of the Taurus Judge.
I have had many requests recently by some of my repeat customers to build them something new, and different while retaining the basic design of my pancake holsters, something not quite as simple and maybe a little exotic yet still rugged. I thought: Sharkskin!
Beautiful to look at yet tough, ah‚ shark skin. So Jan and I went on a trip looking for some shark skin here is a nice photo:
At that point Jan decided she needed to go to the mall, leaving me behind:
I was a little stressed:
Luckily, I managed a narrow escape:
So, after enduring many great difficulties, and at substantial risk to life and limb, I have built a limited production series of sharkskin holsters.I am are starting to work with shark skin, soon elephant (OY! I can't wait for that adventure) and ray skin holsters:
Now Simply Exotic, (read this article) call or email for a quote.
And a good old Simply Rugged steer hide holster: (read this article)
At Simply Rugged we provide simple, rugged, leather holsters and accessories for double and single action revolvers and a few autoloaders (e-mail for availability). Rob started making holsters for our own Smith & Wesson N-Frames and Ruger single actions, then went on to build concealment gear for 1911’s and smaller pocket guns. It all started because of the lack of affordable leather gear in rural northern Idaho. We first built leather gear for our own use, then our hunting partners and friends.
As the name dictates each holster is a simple design, but also very rugged and will protect the firearm while you are out in the field. Holsters are hand molded around each type of firearm to provide a snug fit and hold it in place whether you are riding horse back, on your 4-wheeler, snow machine, fly fishing or hiking on a trail through the woods. The leather is dyed to your individual preference and then top coated with a clear coat to further protect the leather. All models of holsters have been field tested and perfected by the owner, customers, friends, hunting partners and family. Most of our holsters do not require snaps or straps for field retention purposes. They are closely molded to a specific model of pistol. They will surpass the “One G test” of combat competition. In other words, you can wear the holster and tip upside down, fall off your horse, out of a canoe, or just stumble in the brush and the pistol will stay in place. A friend of ours even did the ultimate holster test: He walked and swam with his holstered 686, while chasing a run away jet boat. Our holster retained his gun. For more examples of the retention capabilities look at the customer testimonials page.
Most of the Simply Rugged holsters are of the Pancake design, the gun being held firmly between two pieces of leather the wide set belt slots hold the gun in close to your body and apply tension to the gun. It is a very stable design concept the gun rides with your body and does not flop around. This provides good retention & concealment and causes less fatigue for the user. Recently We developed the Inside-Out add on belt loops allowing you to quickly & inexpensively convert your pancake holster to a secure, and comfortable inside the waistband holster.
We now offer a heavy field holster for carrying large and/or scope sighted hand guns The Chesty Puller, named after the most highly decorated Marine in the 20th Century.
For a more traditional design we make the 120, styled after the George Lawrence Company’s timeless field holster. Elmer Keith contributed to the design, requesting a long tail on the retention strap for a more positive hold on the strap and allowing you to chop up and release the snap while the hand continues to grasp the gun.
Customer service is the most important part of our business. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase, if you need adjustments, or repairs we will gladly make them, or refund your money upon return of the product.
Thanks for taking a look. Call our e-mail us with any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Rob and Jan Leahy, owners
PROUDLY MADE IN ALASKA!
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