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Bianchi International of Temecula, California is a worldwide producer of leather and nylon goods for the law enforcement industry. Since the 1960s they have produced items from gun holsters to duty belts and everything related in between. Armor Holdings bought Bianchi International in 2004; [1] BAE Systems bought Armor in 2007. [2] [3]
An H&K P7 pistol in a holster. A handgun holster is a device used to hold or restrict the undesired movement of a handgun, most commonly in a location where it can be easily withdrawn for immediate use. Holsters are often attached to a belt or waistband, but they may be attached to other locations of the body (e.g., the ankle holster).
The name and technique come from the leather holsters used by the cavalry of both the United States Army and the Confederate States Army, during the Civil War.The pistol was in a covered holster carried high on the cavalryman's right side, but was placed butt-forward for crossdrawing by the left hand.
The Sam Browne belt is a leather belt with a supporting strap that passes over the right shoulder, worn by military and police officers. It is named after Sir Samuel J. Browne (1824–1901), the British Indian Army general who invented it.
The leather work was left to Berns' Navy teammate Jack Martin, who had previously designed the sheath for the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife, [3] hence the name "Berns-Martin" for the company. [4] The holster was patented by John Emmett Berns in 1935 as 2,001,321 for a Revolver Holster. [5]
Kydex knife sheath. Kydex is a line of thermoplastic acrylic-polyvinyl chloride materials manufactured by Sekisui SPI. [1] It has a wide variety of applications, including for aircraft bulkheads, firearm holsters, and sheaths.
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