new leather Tagua is STIFF

Duble Naught Spy · May 18, 2013, 06:26 PM

What do you guys use on a new leather holster for break-in? My j-frame Tagua belt holster is very stiff. I'm sure it will soften eventually but is there anything I can do to speed up the process?

smalls · May 18, 2013, 06:49 PM

Just wear it around the house for a while. Put a ziplock over your gun and set the gun in the holster if its too tight. Don't add any chemicals or rubs, it'll soften the leather too much.

JTQ · May 18, 2013, 06:50 PM

From High Noon, here are a couple of points...

http://www.highnoonholsters.com/_Que...estions.html#4

http://www.highnoonholsters.com/_Que...stions.html#17

icanthitabarn · May 18, 2013, 07:16 PM

Don't do anything, just wear it. I like mine.

smalls · May 18, 2013, 07:25 PM

Quote:

I like mine

I bought my Tagua for a gun I couldn't seem to find a holster for, my Sigma. For the price I paid, it's great. It held up far longer than I thought it would. It's actually still in really good condition, I just don't carry that gun anymore.

rcmodel · May 18, 2013, 07:49 PM

New gun leather is supposed to be stiff when new.

If you oil it now to soften it now, it will be sloppy loose later after break-in.

Use it like you stole it now, and it will be Goldie Locks 'Just Right' after a short while using it.

If the gun is too tight?
Put a couple layers of blue painters masking tape on the tight spots on the gun and wear it on your belt + leave it in the holster over-night.

rc

22-rimfire · May 19, 2013, 03:53 PM

I have one for my LCR.

Deltaboy · May 20, 2013, 08:58 PM

I found them a few years ago and I love their slides and other holsters.

Steve CT · May 20, 2013, 10:55 PM

This was a good topic for me, I just got a holster that I think really spent a long time stored and on the sales shelf, and I was tempted to use some oil or moisturizer.

I do have the gun holstered in a very thin sock, I will spend more time working the holster every day.

Thanks for a "just in time" topic

freedom475 · May 21, 2013, 09:41 PM

The good holster makers will spend a great deal of time and use some very expensive products to get a holster hard.

A soft holster is NOT a good holster....it is just cheaper to make.

I prefur "Skidmore's" leather cream (used very sparingly) for maintaining a holster.

ASCTLC · May 22, 2013, 08:52 AM

There's loosening a holster and there's softening a holster. Two completely different things. Never soften a holster to loosen the fit.

Andy

May 18, 2013, 06:49 PM	#2
smalls Member Join Date: February 8, 2011 Location: Macomb County, MI Posts: 1,846	Just wear it around the house for a while. Put a ziplock over your gun and set the gun in the holster if its too tight. Don't add any chemicals or rubs, it'll soften the leather too much. __________________ If gun owners are as violent as anti-gunners said we are, there wouldn't be any anti's left.

May 18, 2013, 07:49 PM	#6
rcmodel Member Join Date: September 17, 2007 Location: Eastern KS Posts: 41,273	New gun leather is supposed to be stiff when new. If you oil it now to soften it now, it will be sloppy loose later after break-in. Use it like you stole it now, and it will be Goldie Locks 'Just Right' after a short while using it. If the gun is too tight? Put a couple layers of blue painters masking tape on the tight spots on the gun and wear it on your belt + leave it in the holster over-night. rc __________________ Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Or all your primers in a glass jar!

May 20, 2013, 08:58 PM	#8
Deltaboy Member Join Date: November 21, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 4,263	I found them a few years ago and I love their slides and other holsters. __________________ I just an ole sinner saved by Grace and protected by Smith & Wesson.

May 18, 2013, 06:26 PM	#1
Duble Naught Spy Member Join Date: September 8, 2009 Location: west Texas Posts: 494	new leather Tagua is STIFF What do you guys use on a new leather holster for break-in? My j-frame Tagua belt holster is very stiff. I'm sure it will soften eventually but is there anything I can do to speed up the process? __________________ "The only thing that stops a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun". Possibly the most intelligent thing ever said on t.v.

May 18, 2013, 06:50 PM	#3
JTQ Member Join Date: April 6, 2009 Location: NW Florida Posts: 2,576	From High Noon, here are a couple of points... http://www.highnoonholsters.com/_Que...estions.html#4 http://www.highnoonholsters.com/_Que...stions.html#17

May 18, 2013, 07:16 PM	#4
icanthitabarn Member Join Date: February 19, 2008 Location: Ct. Posts: 461	Don't do anything, just wear it. I like mine.

May 19, 2013, 03:53 PM	#7
22-rimfire Member Join Date: June 11, 2005 Location: TN Posts: 9,555	I have one for my LCR.

May 20, 2013, 10:55 PM	#9
Steve CT Member Join Date: May 19, 2011 Location: Central CT Posts: 313	This was a good topic for me, I just got a holster that I think really spent a long time stored and on the sales shelf, and I was tempted to use some oil or moisturizer. I do have the gun holstered in a very thin sock, I will spend more time working the holster every day. Thanks for a "just in time" topic

May 21, 2013, 09:41 PM	#10
freedom475 Member Join Date: January 9, 2011 Posts: 57	The good holster makers will spend a great deal of time and use some very expensive products to get a holster hard. A soft holster is NOT a good holster....it is just cheaper to make. I prefur "Skidmore's" leather cream (used very sparingly) for maintaining a holster.

May 22, 2013, 08:52 AM	#11
ASCTLC Member Join Date: September 26, 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 165	There's loosening a holster and there's softening a holster. Two completely different things. Never soften a holster to loosen the fit. Andy