American Handgunner Jul/Aug 1981 - Jeffersonian
American Handgunner Jul/Aug 1981 - Jeffersonian
American Handgunner Jul/Aug 1981 - Jeffersonian
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24<br />
BLOCKER TEFLON.LINED ,HOLSTERS<br />
REDUCE FRICTION TO A MINIMUM<br />
Several years ago Roy Baker introduced<br />
his famous Pancake holsters. Made of<br />
two pieces of leather sewn together along<br />
the leading and trailing edges to form a<br />
pocket for the handgun, with belt slots in<br />
the leading and trailing edges, the Pancake<br />
was an immediate success. Today, most<br />
major holster manufacturers offer some<br />
version of pancake holster. The original<br />
Baker Pancake has two slots in the leading<br />
edge, allowing the user to wear it with gun<br />
butt canted forward, FBI style, or straight<br />
up and down, often as a cross draw.<br />
Recently, I received two holsters for testing<br />
from Ted Blocker's Custom Holsters,<br />
3559 Lashbrook, Rosemead, CA 91770.<br />
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Two models for the .45, with teflon.<br />
Author says Blocker holsters are fast.<br />
Called the "Bodyguard" and the "Security;'<br />
these holsters are of standard pancake<br />
configuration with single belt slots<br />
fore and aft. Made for the Colt Govt.<br />
model pistol, the Bodyguard has a thumb<br />
break retaining strap, while the Security<br />
holster has an adjustable tension retainer.<br />
What makes these holsters unique? Both<br />
are fully lined with a thin sheet of Teflon.<br />
This Teflon liner reduces to a minimum the<br />
friction on the gun when it is being inserted<br />
or drawn from the holster, which reduces<br />
gun finish wear to a minimum. In<br />
addition, the Teflon adds extra body which<br />
should greatly extend holster life. Normally,<br />
as holsters are used, the leather<br />
slowly stretches, just as leather boots will<br />
stretch. The Teflon lining should reduce or<br />
prevent this. An additional advantage is<br />
perspiration can not work through the<br />
leather to damage the gun.<br />
Teflon liners are not ne'w to me, but this<br />
is the first time they have been offered<br />
commercially as part of a sporting holster.<br />
For approximately 10 years, western fast<br />
draw shooters have been making their own<br />
liners out of 1116 inch sheet Teflon. A<br />
pattern is first made from paper ~y trial<br />
and error and the Teflon is cut to shape<br />
with a sharp knife, curled into a cylinder.<br />
and slipped into the fast draw holster. This<br />
greatly extends the life of a hard \!Sed,fast<br />
draw rig. Before the use of the Teflon in~<br />
sert, it was not unusual to·see a fast" draw.<br />
holster with the leather."':~rn dO~ll iQ the<br />
metal lining at the top ofthe pouch, where<br />
the eje~tor rod head rub):)ed at evd'y,'draw,<br />
Ted Blocker is a fast-draw shooter ·who<br />
started producing fast d~-aw rigs asa hobby<br />
in 1972. Today, he produces some ofthe<br />
finest holsters available, with his lfand<br />
carving being as fine as any I have seen.<br />
Ted's is a custom operation with many dife<br />
ferent finishes available. His two-tone<br />
brown, with basket stamping is especjally<br />
attractive. .',:<br />
Being a hobby custom holster maker<br />
myself, I am not easily impressed, but<br />
Ted's work is first class. I find the lazy-s<br />
curve of the back border of the basket<br />
stamping, on the adjustable tension holster,<br />
very pleasing to the eye. In this day<br />
when man's manual talents are constantly<br />
being replaced by machines, I was pleased<br />
to see that the basket stamping is done by<br />
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Teflon inner lining protects hQ's,ter.<br />
Also, draw speed is gre.at'y e'lI·ianted.<br />
AMERICAN HANDGUNNER· JULyIAUGUST <strong>1981</strong>.<br />
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