Madcap_Magician
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You can also just do a normal IWB holster. Tuck the shirt behind it. Most of the inadvertent exposure from wearing a sport coat or suit coat is from either the vent or the coat riding up while sitting down, exposing the bottom part of a belt holster. If you wear IWB between 3-5 o'clock, even without a tuckable holster, 85% of this problem goes away.
I jury-rigged a solution to this that I like better. I wear suits or sport coats on a regular basis. I kluged together holster parts from Black Arch Holsters and some belt loops I had lying around, and now I have a tuckable holster that connects to a brown snap loop on my belt with a split ring attached to it, and a snap link key fob in nice leather hanging down from the split ring. Looks fine in business casual tucked in with the belt loop plainly visible, because the belt loop looks like its purpose is to hold the key fob. In a suit it's fine as well.
I'd really like a fancier version where the belt loop is integral to the key fob, one of those deals where there is a round, vaguely pan-shaped piece of leather that prevents the keys from contacting your pants.
Even in Minnesota this seems to be entirely normal. Every men's tailor I've talked to, local shop or big chain, has said they have tailored suits and coats around guns many times.
I use a holster that can be tucked around a dress shirt for IWB carry. I rarely wear suits and when I do, I don't wear a jacket with them. It is already too hot in Alabama to have a jacket over a dress shirt and undershirt. Even with a tuck able holster you have the tell tale sign of typically seeing the hooks of the holster poking out to go around your belt. A holster company I use has hooks that hide behind a belt.
https://www.whitehatholsters.com/velcro-brand-fastener-clips/
I jury-rigged a solution to this that I like better. I wear suits or sport coats on a regular basis. I kluged together holster parts from Black Arch Holsters and some belt loops I had lying around, and now I have a tuckable holster that connects to a brown snap loop on my belt with a split ring attached to it, and a snap link key fob in nice leather hanging down from the split ring. Looks fine in business casual tucked in with the belt loop plainly visible, because the belt loop looks like its purpose is to hold the key fob. In a suit it's fine as well.
I'd really like a fancier version where the belt loop is integral to the key fob, one of those deals where there is a round, vaguely pan-shaped piece of leather that prevents the keys from contacting your pants.
I should have thought about it in my initial post, but I'll join the chorus of folks that have mentioned having your coat tailored for CC. Whenever I buy a new suit or jacket, I just tell 'em I need it cut to carry a concealed pistol. In AR (& in many other states, I'm sure), this really isn't a big deal for the clothing store or tailor. They'll just fit the clothes with you carrying.
Even in Minnesota this seems to be entirely normal. Every men's tailor I've talked to, local shop or big chain, has said they have tailored suits and coats around guns many times.