Cross Breed Hosters - SuperTuck - Super Service

[David W. Gay]

I've had a Cross Breed holster for about 5 years. It is very secure and comfortable to wear, and I often forget I've put it on. Basically, it's a great holster and I love it. However, recently, a crack had started to develop along one edge of the Kydex shell. As an in-the-waistband holster, the crack did not really affect retention, as the belt takes care of that. However, I figured it would eventually creep all the way down, and then it would be a problem.

Well, after putting it off for a couple of weeks, I sent them an email and asked if I could get it repaired. They quickly responded and said to send it to them. I was prepared to pay something, hopefully less than cost for a new one, and expected that they would just replace the Kydex portion. However, when the package arrived back, barely two weeks after sending it in, I discovered that they had sent me an entirely brand new holster, including the newer steel belt clips!

Maybe it was just easier for them to simply replace it outright, versus popping the rivets holding it together, and affixing a new shell. I don't know, but I definitely can't complain about the result, or the minimal time it took.

Anyway, I just wanted to give some kudos, and give a big thumbs up for Cross Breed Holsters!

 

[ekgandj]

That is what customer service is all about. They are top notch.


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[emtpacker]

David,
One more fan of crossbreed customer service. I broke several of the plastic clips in the few years I have had my supertuck and when the new steel clips came out, they sent them to me free of charge. Did the 'combat cut' on the holster for free, too, when it was first given to me and I had no idea it was an option.

Recently, I contacted them about three cracks that have developed in the kydex and, when contacted, they promptly said to send it back and they would fix it, no questions asked. Great customer service in my opinion! The holster will be in the mail soon. I'll let you know what comes of it.

 

[kev778]

Can someone explain to me the advantage to the combat cut versus a supertuck without the combat cut?

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

Can someone explain to me the advantage to the combat cut versus a supertuck without the combat cut?

With the combat cut you can get a proper grip on the weapon while still in the holster. Without the combat cut you are wearing a piece of garbage.

...Which is why I never recommend Supertucks to anyone and won't until they make it a standard feature.

 

[bigfatdave]

Without the combat cut you are wearing a piece of garbage.

You can't be serious. If you want it so bad, get out a set of shears and cut it to your own liking.
For those of us who don't have fantasies of drawing the gun daily, the standard shape of the CBST is comfortable, and with a little practice drawing is plenty easy.

You might want to calm down on that subject a bit.

 

[Water-Man]

Good customer service and that's about it. There are alot better holsters available.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

You can't be serious. If you want it so bad, get out a set of shears and cut it to your own liking.

That's exactly what I did with the one I ordered to test out. However, having to finish a holster myself is not exactly a quality I look for when choosing a holster manufacturer.

For those of us who don't have fantasies of drawing the gun daily, the standard shape of the CBST is comfortable, and with a little practice drawing is plenty easy.

Some of us on this forum wear a firearm for a living, so things like getting a proper grip on the weapon before the draw are important considerations. With the standard shape of the supertuck one is forced to start the draw with the middle finger, ring finger and pinkie, only wrapping the thumb around the grip when the firearm starts to clear the leather backing. This uncontrolled draw is completely unacceptable.

Call it a fantasy if you want. I call it doing the job right. I'll say it again: Without the combat cut the supertuck is not a properly made holster and no one that thinks they may ever have to use their weapon shouldn't wear one.

 

[mljdeckard]

That is much more opinion than fact.

I have also started a thread praising Crossbreed. Faster than advertised, better than expected, sent me a roll of cherry lifesavers in the package.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

That is much more opinion than fact.

Then find me one well known firearms instructor that does not emphasized establishing a good grip on the weapon before the draw.

 

[mljdeckard]

It's not a question of getting a good grip. It's a question of whether or not you can get the grip without the cut.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

You can establish a full grip on a firearm in a supertuck without the combat cut? While the firearms is still in the holster?

That is, trigger finger along the slide, three other fingers around the grip and thumb fully in position?

While wearing the holster?

 

[mljdeckard]

You never asked whether I have the combat cut or not.

Yes, you can. PRACTICE.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

You never asked whether I have the combat cut or not.

Well, since my whole position is that the Supertuck is not a complete holster without the combat cut, I assumed that was what you were talking about.

Yes, you can. PRACTICE.

Without the combat cut? Practice what, putting your hand through leather?

Can it be done in an absolute manner? Yeah, sure I guess that with enough wiggling and finagling one could wedge their hand between the weapon and the leather guard. Are you going to be able to do it in any practical manner at the speeds which a weapon gets drawn when it's needed? No way.

Scratch that... I just dug out the one I have here that went under my knife. My thumb ends up between the top two rivets when I get the weapon in a proper grip. No way, no how is it getting there if I hadn't cut off that leather.

 

[mljdeckard]

You mean, you are UNWILLING to learn to do it. Not that it can't be done. Again, the difference between fact and opinion. Beware people who speak in absolutes. Improvise, adapt, overcome.

If the regular cut makes it so that more people will be willing to use it, and carry in situations where they wouldn't have carried before because of wardrobe, and they are more comfortable and therefore less likely to leave the gun home, this is an advantage.

 

[Revolver fan]

I wanted to get a crossbreed holster, but now hearing about these "cracks" it makes me think, why do I want to sent a holster back for repair? it shouldn't be cracking in the first place. I know someone who is a cop, he had one break on him when he went running after someone and took him down, so he tells me he is never going back to one. If something simple as a crack keeps you're gun from falling out of your pants, I will not use a product. They look great and look very CCable but if I was given one, I would just use it around the yard and on a unloaded gun. I wouldn't want the plastic stuff cracking after awhile then a loaded gun drop out of my pants. I think it's a bit much with the cut, color and shipping??? Like $90 total... It's not much leather.

 

[kev778]

Didn't mean to start an argument over something fairly simple. Sorry...

IMO, granted I don't have one, but I would think that if the holster is made without the combat cut or with it then both models must work. Otherwise, the default cut would be considered faulty and the company would have to change something.

So since that hasn't happened the product must be fully functional. In other words both work, but the combat cut is probably a quicker draw for those who have been trained extensively using OWB holsters like LEO's, military, etc. But for the average Joe on the street that CC's a gun they may not have that extensive training. Which means they wouldn't have that instinctive full thumb wrap around muscle memory..

I bet you a buck that if all LEO's and military personnel trained exclusively on the super tuck without the combat cut. They would be most proficient in the draw and would thing going the other way was crazy...

Ergo, it is pointless to argue something that is a personal preference. Both points are valid but neither is better than the other.

 

[mljdeckard]

Just remember, everything breaks eventually. Mine has been fine for a couple of years, with lots of slouching, driving, weather changes, etc.

 

[bigfatdave]

I wanted to get a crossbreed holster, but now hearing about these "cracks" it makes me think

Two people have complained about minor cracks ... how many CBST holsters are out in the world being carried every day, all day, in all conditions?

I wonder if the cracks were on holsters for guns with particularly sharp angles, care to share the model of gun in those cracked holsters, guys?

And I doubt that the cracks were at retention points, I'd guess (and I'm guessing here) that cracks would likely develop at the rivet points and/or the upper edge of the Kydex near a crease ... again, care to share, emt and D.W.G.?

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

You mean, you are UNWILLING to learn to do it. Not that it can't be done.

Unwilling to learn how to put my thumb through a piece of leather? Uh yeah... I'm just not dedicated enough for that.

If the regular cut makes it so that more people will be willing to use it, and carry in situations where they wouldn't have carried before because of wardrobe, and they are more comfortable and therefore less likely to leave the gun home, this is an advantage.

Well hell, if using improper equipment gets more people to carry guns, why not just mexican carry then?

IMO, granted I don't have one, but I would think that if the holster is made without the combat cut or with it then both models must work. Otherwise, the default cut would be considered faulty and the company would have to change something.

So since that hasn't happened the product must be fully functional.

There is a very long list of shoddy products out there being made. Assuming that it's must be up to spec because it's in production is a huge logic error.

 

[Zundfolge]

ClickClick here is the first person I've seen give such a damning opinion of the CBST. I think throwing it in the "do not buy" box of holsters or calling it shoddy is probably a bit hyperbolic, but I think he has a point about the combat cut (it really should be standard).

So Click, what leather do you recommend?

 

[Thlax]

My holster and belt order hit at a bottle neck and jumped from 2-3week to 6 weeks. Such as life. But when my belt came I was on the last hole (its hard to just measure, even following instructions, to figure out your size) , so I emailed them and they said send it back well get you the right size free of charge (in lieau of the extended wait I had). A week later I had my belt (worn everyday now =]) and I'm the Center hole with perfect fit. Great quality and gun belt.


I have never dealt which a company with as exceptional customer service as they have. I thanked them profusely and recommend them to all my friends. Honestly, I'm doing my friends a favor by turning them onto Crossbreedholsters, rather than one thinking I'm doing crossbreedholsters a favoR

 

[Rick Roll]

sent me a roll of cherry lifesavers in the package.

Comp-Tac sends candy with their orders as well. But that's not why I chose them over Crossbreed.

 

[25cschaefer]

I love mine and wear it all the time because it is way easier to put on and pull off than my shoulder rig. Before my wife got pregnant she wore her .357 in front under her apron at her waiting job. They are the ugliest and most comfortable we have ever owned.