Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. CARRYOPTIONS Sammy Reese FROM CLASSICS TO CUTTING EDGE IN CARRY METHODS blade-Tech MeeTs 5.1 1 Photo: Joe Novelozo t was over ten years ago when I placed my first order from Blade-Tech. There was a problem with the order not once, but twice. When I called to complain I asked to speak to the boss — the answer I received was, “you got him.” Tim fixed my problem and sent me an extra holster for my trouble. I never forgot the great customer service and Tim’s obvious commitment to his customers. Glitches happen, but it’s how they get handled that separates the lines. I Blade-Tech products than I can count. My first purchase is over ten years old and is still in use — a tribute to the quality built into every Blade-Tech product. In an ever-changing market, Blade-Tech is always right in step with new models, accessories and innovative ways to make their products better. able to your style of carry. They offer multiple choices at a very affordable suggested retail price of $29.99. It’s no secret I have a passion for teaching cops and civilians how to shoot. I don’t get to spend as much time as I would like on the range, but when I do, I make the most of it, and my gear has to keep pace with me. During department qualifications and academy training, I have been on the range for 10 hours or more in various weather conditions. I have used the Revolutions series and the Sting Ray with the belt attachment and paddle over the course of the last year or so and they haven’t let me down. I have done more presentations from the holster than I can count, and the finish on my pistols are still intact. More importantly, I’m still teaching and not complaining about the gear beating me up. My wife carries her XD in the Revolution and won’t use any of the other holsters I have bought her, and I’m not going to argue with a woman who carries a gun. That’s the wiser part I mentioned earlier. For more info: www.511tactical.com; www.blade-tech.com. wisdom Teaming Up Growing Up Fast forward a decade or so and I’m writing the carry options column in American Handgunner. I’m not sure exactly how I landed this really cool gig. It might have something to do with some photos I have of His Editorship in a Central American jungle setting, passed out in a pile of Dos XX bottles cradling a well-used Thompson (Conner gave them to me and said, “No, never, ever, show them, but make sure he knows you have ’em, kid.”). As I’ve grown up, so has Blade-Tech. The company is known world-wide and the customer service is beyond comparison. Me, I’m a little greyer and a tad bit wiser. Oh yeah, and thanks Connor. Over the years, I’ve purchased more Recently Blade-Tech started working with another well-known industry icon, 5.11. Even though 5.11 started off making pants, they have grown into a company known for making just about anything you need — from socks to flashlights and everything in between. The 5.11 Tactical Series holsters, also known as the Revolution Line, are engineered by Blade-Tech to the same ultra high tolerances built into every Blade-Tech product. The holsters are made from a proprietary blend of polymers to withstand extreme temperatures (300 degrees F without becoming soft) and will also not break in extreme cold conditions. The slick surface inside the holster won’t wear the finish on your favorite pistol, either. Every holster comes with the Sting Ray belt attachment, adjustable from 1¼" to 2¾" and a paddle attachment. Both are adjust- * 36 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JULY/AUGUST 2009