breaking in my Christmas carry

[jar]

It's going to be in the 80sF Christmas day and so I'm breaking in a new Andrew's Leather Tegu Lizard 1911 5" holster. The Tegu are really big South American lizards growing up to four feet long and weighing up to 30 pounds or more. They are invasive in the US like the Boas & Pythons most likely from ones that got bigger than the owner wanted and so let loose. They first started showing up in Florida but have now been found as far north as Georgia.

 

[md7]

I like it, OP. What 1911 you gonna stuff in there?

 

[jar]

I like it, OP. What 1911 you gonna stuff in there?

A couple 5" that cost about the same as the holster. It's shown with my Tisas Duty and I will also carry an early Tisas Army at times.





AbE: It seems that Tegu Lizards have also been found in Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas.

 

[md7]

Tisas have a good rep for running well, and I’m a sucker for a Mil Spec type 1911.

Nice!

 

[Mauser lover]

The inside looks for all the world like normal bovine leather. Is the lizard leather just like bovine leather, or is the lizard leather a second layer just for the snazzy-ness?

 

[jar]

The inside looks for all the world like normal bovine leather. Is the lizard leather just like bovine leather, or is the lizard leather a second layer just for the snazzy-ness?

Sam Andrews lines all his holsters with either a suede or finished leather layer. Tegu leather itself is tough and has long been used on high wear items like shoes and boots. The lining is both glued and stitched in place and bonded. The back side is normal leather and the front a larger pattern so that when mated the two surfaces make a natural pocket that conforms to your body.

 

[WisBorn]

Nice looking holster
It got me looking at different OWB holsters. I think an Ostrich leather holster would be a nice look!

 

[jar]

Exotics definitely can be attractive. Here's a Privateer holster with an Elephant hide re-enforcement.

 

[Riomouse911]

It's going to be in the 80sF Christmas day and so I'm breaking in a new Andrew's Leather Tegu Lizard 1911 5" holster. The Tegu are really big South American lizards growing up to four feet long and weighing up to 30 pounds or more. They are invasive in the US like the Boas & Pythons most likely from ones that got bigger than the owner wanted and so let loose. They first started showing up in Florida but have now been found as far north as Georgia.

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Back in the early 1980’s I worked in a reptile shop that had Tegu and African/Asian monitor lizards for sale, along with all sorts of snakes, turtles-tortises, frogs, etc.

Its too bad these critters got loose, they’ve become a major pest where they can survive the winters.

The skins do make nice looking dress holsters, that 1911 holster looks really cool.

Stay safe..

 

[jar]

Back in the early 1980’s I worked in a reptile shop that had Tegu and African/Asian monitor lizards for sale, along with all sorts of snakes, turtles-tortises, frogs, etc.

Its too bad these critters got loose, they’ve become a major pest where they can survive the winters.

The skins do make nice looking dress holsters, that 1911 holster looks really cool.

Stay safe..

People buy the cute little critters but once they grow, and they do grow fast, they get way beyond what most households can handle.