A little while back, a gentleman from Craft Holsters contacted me and asked if I was willing to review one of their holsters and write about it.

I agreed.

When he originally asked me to review the holster, it was before COVID really did its thing and I thought I would have the chance to go to the range with it and run it at an IDPA match.  Unfortunately, the local club has suspended the matches.  Besides, with the cost and scarcity of ammo right now, I don’t see many people doing much high volume shooting anyway.

So this is mostly a tabletop review plus a little bit of concealed carry over the weekend.

This is my honest opinion of the holster.

The model I was sent is called the Comfortable Leather Belt Holster.  It is a typical leather thumb break style holster.  The model I got was for a Glock 19/23.

I do like a leather holster.  I like Kydex too.  Both materials have their place.

I have love handles and I find leather to be much more comfortable for concealed carry.  It flexes with you and is less pokey.  This holster does live up to its name.

When I first got it, the thumb break was very stiff.  Craft Holsters sends the holster in a nice box with a break-in kit and instructions.

I used the provided materials and put the gun in the holster and wrestled the thumb break closed with a little leverage from a screwdriver and then locked the whole thing in my safe for a week to stretch out.

Now it fits like it should and I can close the thumb break with the gun in the holster on my belt.

I did a few practices draws and dry fire and works the way a quality thumb break leather holster should work.

The leather that the holster is made out of is nice and thick, clearly a quality leather.  The stitching is done well.

I wore it out while running errands and it did its job.  It held the gun snugly but was flexible enough where I wasn’t getting stabbed in the side when I sat down to buckle my seatbelt.

Overall, I think it is a decent, very traditional, leather holster.  I would rank it up there with any of my DeSantis or Gould & Goodrich holsters.

The one thing I will give Craft Holsters extra credit for is the break-in kit.  I’ve had to stretch the occasional leather holster before and in the past, I’ve used warm water and baseball glove oil.  It was nice to have the materials needed provided with instructions.