Don Hume holsters

Polglock · February 18, 2014, 07:32 PM

I just got a don Hume holster for my colt mustang and was wondering is there any kind of treatment or dressing to put on the inside. When I holster and upholster the gun all the reddish leather from the holster is all over the gun. Pieces of card board like leather all over it. It drives me crazy because I like tonkeepnmy guns veeeery clean.

RickB · February 18, 2014, 07:37 PM

It's going to be self-correcting, to an extent, as the high points on the gun will wear the little leather bits first. You can accelerate the process by doing 500 practice draws, clean the gun thoroughly, and you won't have much clean-up in the future.

Kreyzhorse · February 18, 2014, 07:51 PM

Put nothing on it. Simply put your gun in it a few times (or a few dozen)and it will clean those little pieces out through the friction. In no time at all they will all be gone.

Stevie-Ray · February 18, 2014, 09:36 PM

Yup, what they said.

I use Don Hume holsters, myself.

smee78 · February 19, 2014, 04:43 PM

I agree with the above, I like Don Hume holsters and and after a few weeks of carry it will stop.

WESHOOT2 · February 19, 2014, 04:53 PM

I don't care for Hume holsters, but I like their belt I've got on (for about 12 years

).

Ensure holster debris is no longer present before wearing gun-n-holster socially.

Bob Wright · February 19, 2014, 08:43 PM

An old method, but still good, though somewhat messy.

Make a mixture of neatsfoot oil and graphite and rub into the inside of the holster. Holster and draw several times then let dry. Clean out inside with paper towels and clean the mess off your gun.

This was a method I learned from reading Charles Askins many years ago, and it still works.

Here is one of my favorite holsters for a DA revolver, a Don Hume H171OT:

Bob Wright

RickB · February 20, 2014, 11:53 AM

I'd keep neatsfoot oil away from an expensive, finely boned holster (which the Hume is not). Neatsfoot breaks down the leather and softens it, and that's the last thing you want in a precisely fitted holster.

Bob Wright · February 22, 2014, 08:17 PM

Well, gee whiz! It sure has worked for me!

Bob Wright

Ridge_Runner_5 · February 25, 2014, 03:31 PM

I don't experience anything like that in mine.

February 18, 2014, 07:32 PM	#1
Polglock Member Join Date: August 26, 2011 Posts: 83	Don Hume holsters I just got a don Hume holster for my colt mustang and was wondering is there any kind of treatment or dressing to put on the inside. When I holster and upholster the gun all the reddish leather from the holster is all over the gun. Pieces of card board like leather all over it. It drives me crazy because I like tonkeepnmy guns veeeery clean.

February 18, 2014, 07:51 PM	#3
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	Put nothing on it. Simply put your gun in it a few times (or a few dozen)and it will clean those little pieces out through the friction. In no time at all they will all be gone. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

February 18, 2014, 09:36 PM	#4
Stevie-Ray Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: The shores of Lake Huron Posts: 4,783	Yup, what they said. I use Don Hume holsters, myself. __________________ Stevie-Ray Join the NRA/ILA I am the weapon; my gun is a tool. It's regrettable that with some people those descriptors are reversed.

February 19, 2014, 04:43 PM	#5
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	I agree with the above, I like Don Hume holsters and and after a few weeks of carry it will stop. __________________ We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located, among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are

February 19, 2014, 04:53 PM	#6
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	I don't care for Hume holsters, but I like their belt I've got on (for about 12 years ). Ensure holster debris is no longer present before wearing gun-n-holster socially. __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

February 18, 2014, 07:37 PM	#2
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	It's going to be self-correcting, to an extent, as the high points on the gun will wear the little leather bits first. You can accelerate the process by doing 500 practice draws, clean the gun thoroughly, and you won't have much clean-up in the future.

February 19, 2014, 08:43 PM	#7
Bob Wright Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2012 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 2,989	An old method, but still good, though somewhat messy. Make a mixture of neatsfoot oil and graphite and rub into the inside of the holster. Holster and draw several times then let dry. Clean out inside with paper towels and clean the mess off your gun. This was a method I learned from reading Charles Askins many years ago, and it still works. Here is one of my favorite holsters for a DA revolver, a Don Hume H171OT: Bob Wright

February 20, 2014, 11:53 AM	#8
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	I'd keep neatsfoot oil away from an expensive, finely boned holster (which the Hume is not). Neatsfoot breaks down the leather and softens it, and that's the last thing you want in a precisely fitted holster.

February 22, 2014, 08:17 PM	#9
Bob Wright Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2012 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 2,989	Well, gee whiz! It sure has worked for me! Bob Wright

February 25, 2014, 03:31 PM	#10
Ridge_Runner_5 Senior Member Join Date: February 8, 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,925	I don't experience anything like that in mine.