New Holster

Today, I spent the majority of my morning working on a new holster for my state-issued firearm.  This is the third prototype that I have made so far, and I think that it is turning out very good.  I am hoping to use this holster to strap to my calf since we must keep them concealed.  Originally, I was planning on making a good inside-the-pants holster with a flap of leather that you could attach your badge or cell phone or pager to in order to conceal the hand grips from view, but I have an idea for an ankle holster.

The typical ankle holster is fastened to the calf with strips of velcro just below the knee and right above the ankle.  Unfortunately there is still a lot of give and the gun flops around whenever you walk and especially when you run.  My design involves a sleeve that you slide over your whole leg.  You would somehow slide the holster into a pocket in the sleeve.  Hopefully I can find a material that is durable enough to withstand a heavy handgun but doesn’t slide down the leg or cut off the circulation.

Enjoy the photos!!

New Blog

I have started a new blog called My Corvair.  It is dedicated solely to the restoration of my 1966 Chevy Corvair.  If you would like to visit and read up on its progress just visit mycorvair.wordpress.com.

Thank you and enjoy,

John V.

Another Corvair Over There!!

It is time for another one of my four-day weekends. It is a hard life to live when you get four-day weekends every other weekend. Anyway, I decided to drive my Corvair to Kokomo to show my parents and family. I hadn’t been in town for 3 hours and I and my brother saw a 66 Corvair sitting in the parking lot of an Auto Zone. It was the most random thing ever. When I approached the young kid, I asked him if this car it was his. He confirmed it and it seemed that the only acceptable response was laughter. We just laughed.

66 Corvair Pair: four-door, bench seat. Nice!!

It isn’t very often to see these cars let alone randomly run into one on the street like that. About 2 hours later I was at O’Reilly’s Auto Parts and was talking to an older gentleman about my car. He mentioned that he had a nephew that had a Corvair. He wasn’t sure of the year but I inquired further and concluded that the this was the kid that I had just seen earlier that day. I proceeded to ask him what his son’s name was. He replied “Josh,” and I said, “Johnson!” Without missing a beat the older man said, “that’s him!” I’ll be darned if I didn’t just run into him not 2 hours before. What I small freakin’ world. Maybe that is a sign of things to come!