What are some companies tha make these style holsters ?

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I have a few different kinds of holsters like the one below. I like them because they can be carried strong side or weak side as a cross-draw since they have a 0% "cant" . Also because they will fit the full-size guns and their compacts as well with the open bottom.
What are some more companies that make these style holsters ? Mainly in leather ? Thanks for any help.
I already have some by The Holster Store , Don Hume , and by El Paso
 
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This style is known as the Askins Avenger, named after Col Chas. Askins and originally brought out by Bianchi. There are a number of makers that continue to produce them.

Google Askins Avenger and quite a few choices will come up.
 
Davis Leather offer's their Yaqui Plus. I'm not familiar enough with that holster to know if it actually straight drop or canted, but Davis is a custom maker so he should be able to give you the cant you prefer. http://davisleathercompany.com/concealedcarry/

I'm not sure El Paso Saddlery makes one like you have pictured. I'm fairly familiar with their product line, and I can't find one like like you show with both a tunnel and trailing loop.

They have a "Yaqui Slide" available, as do a lot of holster makers. However, I can't find one on their site similar to the one you have pictured.

El Paso Saddlery "Yaqui Slide" has the single tunnel loop. http://www.epsaddlery.com/pc-75-11-yaqui-slide-holster.aspx
 
Don Hume JIT Slide

I have a few different kinds of holsters like the one below. I like them because they can be carried strong side or weak side as a cross-draw since they have a 0% "cant" . Also because they will fit the full-size guns and their compacts as well with the open bottom.
What are some more companies that make these style holsters ? Mainly in leather ? Thanks for any help.
I already have some by The Holster Store , Don Hume , and by El Paso

I have three holsters of that style. Don Hume calls theirs "JIT Slide" (Just In Time). Mine DO NOT have a 0% cant. I wish they did. Instead they have a slight forward cant that does not work well for cross draw as the gun cants in the wrong direction for that. :banghead:

Two of mine are Don Hume and one is from the Holster Store. The one from H-S (for S&W Shield) is advertised to be zero cant (strong side, SOB, cross draw) but it is not. The stitching on the sew-on loop also broke on that one first time I wore it.
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Kramer Vertical Scabbard.

Galco Avenger.

As already mentioned, the Bianchi Askins Avenger, and Milt Sparks BN55.

The late, great Bruce Nelson may have been the first on the market, to combine one tunnel loop and one outboard "pancake" wing, as his Professional holster. The BN55 made by Milt Sparks honors this heritage. Milt Sparks, with Bruce Nelson's blessing, made Nelson-designed holsters, as Bruce Nelson's "day" job was being an undercover agent for California's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement. Very few Bruce Nelson-made rigs exist "in the wild" today, as he passed away too early.
 
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