Gallery of Slickbald’s Holsters: Built for the Draw, Styled for the Match

Slickbald Customs: A Legacy Stitched in Leather

Every holster in this gallery represents years of mastery, thousands of hours at the bench, and an uncompromising commitment to the craft. Chris "Slickbald" Andre has been building leather holsters since 2014 — each one hand-cut, hand-tooled, and hand-stitched to exacting standards. This is not production work. This is leather art.

🤠 Built for the Draw

• SASS-Compliant Rigs: Designed for Cowboy Action Shooting™ competitors — fast, safe, and period-correct in every detail.
• Matched Dual Rigs: Strong-side and cross-draw configurations for Duelist, Gunfighter, and Classic Cowboy categories.
• Reinforced Throats: Maintain shape through thousands of draws and reholsters under match conditions.
• Precision Stitching: Heavy-duty thread, hand-sewn for longevity that outlasts the competition.

🎨 Styled for the Match

• Historical Patterns: Slim Jim, Mexican Loop, California, and Hollywood styles — authentic to the era, built for today's shooter.
• Custom Tooling: Floral carving, basketweave, border stamping, and full custom carving tailored to your SASS alias and persona.
• Exotic Accents: Stingray, shark, ostrich, and wildebeest inlays for competitors who want to stand out on the line.

🔫 Tactical, Concealed Carry & Open Carry

Slickbald's work extends well beyond SASS.

Tactical and duty holsters are built with the same hand-fitted precision — designed for strong-side OWB (outside the waistband) open carry with a secure, body-close fit that keeps your firearm where you need it.

Concealed carry holsters are crafted for IWB (inside the waistband) and kidney carry positions, using premium vegetable-tanned leather that molds to your body for a truly custom fit. Whether you're carrying a compact 1911, a full-size revolver, or a modern semi-auto, each holster is built to your specific firearm — not a generic mold — so retention, draw angle, and ride height are dialed in from day one. These are working holsters built to be worn daily, carried hard, and passed down.

🏆 The Slickbald Standard

From the first Cowboy rig to the most intricate carved holster set, every piece in this gallery left the bench only when it was right. Not when it was fast. Not when it was good enough. When it was right. That standard is what Slickbald Customs was built on — and it's what every customer carries when they strap on one of these rigs.

Interested in a custom holster? Contact us to discuss your build. Each rig is made to order, fitted to your firearm, and finished to your specifications.