I just wanted to post a followup on my experience with Jim Powell. The holster in the photo i posted above works great and i am very pleased with it. I casually mentioned to Jim that I am used to seeing a tad bit more leather covering the trigger area, but that i felt mine still had ample coverage and was completely pleased with it. A week later i get a Priority Mail package from him, and I opened it to find another holster. I called him to explain he probably got his shipping labels mixed up because i did not order any other holster. He went on to tell me that he was not satisfied with my holster because of my observation regarding trigger coverage, so he made me another one. I thanked him, and told him i would ship the first one back to him. He refused, and told me to keep the both of them.
A few days later I called him and asked how i could trim 1/4 inch off the width of the replacement holster, as i like my rear pocket holsters as narrow as possible so there is not enough leather to start to curl around the gun after awhile. He explained that for him it would be trivial, but there is no way for me to do it at home with no tools or experience. He asked me to measure my first one and then he said to send back the new one and he would take care of it. I insisted on paying for shipping and he would not take more than $10 for round trip. I packed it up with a $10 bill and sent it to him. At the end of the week, i got my new holster and the fit and finish was perfect. It was exactly as i wanted it to be. After I thanked him by email I got this reply:
I thought this one might work pretty good.
You do know of course that's not the holster you returned to me. I suspected it couldn't be reduced enough in size to work the way we wanted it to. It now has a very prestigious position in the shop. It holds my Rohrbaugh dummy and hangs where the R9 hung.
Glad you like it. The one i wound up using was the third one he made for me! He just would not stop making holsters until every detail was to the customer's satisfaction. I now have two excellent R9 holsters made by a true craftsman, which go along with the two holsters he made me for my Seecamps a couple of years back. He is a gentleman who stands behind his product, and i cant say enough good things about the Brother.
This is my latest one:
These are the older ones for my Seecamps:
