Paracord covered EDC Handgun

[Amnesia Wes]

Guess you never expected to see this:*

A paracord wrapped EDC Kel-Tec P-32* with laser sight (Armalaser) in a cross-draw style holster, I made of one piece of hand-formed Kydex (see pic).*

You will notice there is no front panel on the holster.* The gun sits on muzzle, trigger-guard and magazine baseplate 'shoulders', and is held in place by 3 Neodymium rare-earth magnets that are glued to the front of the Kydex.* *The whole surface between the gun and Kydex, is covered by felt to prevent scratching.*

I use it when I'm driving/parked, primarily to thwart car-jackers and unlike conventional cross-draw holsters that require you to first pull the gun across your body to clear the holster, with this holster, you merely pull the gun straight up; quick and clean.

Wes.

[Amnesia Wes]

Here's what it looks like in real use...

[Perfect_Cut]

I usually don't post in this forum but damn that's one hell of a cool looking gun! Although it might look like a small gun in your hands it still looks pretty big.

That's a cool looking knife on your belt as well! You have a close up of it?

[winger]

Nice set-up!

[Lee1959]

Why did you wrap the grip with paracord? Was it too small for your hands? I would be a bit concerned that the cord might slip and move, perhaps interfering with the magazine release, or loosen get trapped between the slide and frame causing the pistol to jam and not go to battery.

I like the holster set up though, nice work :).

[Amnesia Wes]

The knife is a limited edition Smith & Wesson.* It has a fixed blade that is approx. 7" long.* We cannot carry ANY knife in our pockets here in Hawaii, as it is considered a 'concealed-weapon', and is illegal.* Butterfly knives and double-edged daggers are also illegal.* HOWEVER, since the legislature forgot about knives on belts, any size knife, even cane knives, machetes, swords are not illegal if exposed.* I've been stopped several times by LEO claiming that my knife is more than 5" long, and I agree, fortunately they cannot cite any law that makes blades longer than 5" illegal.* (They have been very successful in scaring most citizens into thinking that a knife longer than 5" is illegal.)* A lot of us hunt here in the islands, so it is not unusual to see guys with knives on belts, although mine is a little bigger than most.

The reason I wrapped my gun with paracord is two-fold.* The Kel-Tec comes with a rather abrasive handgrip, and is rather narrow at only 3/4" thick.* I first tried covering it with commercial neoprene type handle-cushioning products and didn't like the 'feel'.* I then made a set of very nice KOA wood handgrips, and although they looked great, didn't feel good either.* My last shot was with the black paracord.* It provides a very nice tactical feel, with just a little bit of 'give', and lastly, if I ever need 4' of emergency paracord, there it is!* Besides it does make it quite unique.

Wes.

[Lee1959]

I own the Kel-Tec P3AT so I do understand what you re saying about the grips, but I never found it to be that bad. There are a lot of other ways to have 4 foot of paracord available if I needed it, I just hope it never backfires when you need the firearm most, good luck with it :).

[webley445]

Have you fired it with the cord on the grip?
Only thing I could see is if it interferes with the trigger's reset because it prevents thetrigger from moving back far enough.
But then it looks like the cord has the inner strands removed which would make the cord flatter.
Hey use what works for you.

[Amnesia Wes]

You are both right, I was also concerned about the trigger resetting.* I knew I had the option of removing the inner cords, but it was not necessary, although I did have to* remove the 'eraser trigger stop' that I had on there before.* It actually works just as good as the 'eraser' job.* I was very surprised at the 'feel' of the paracord.* As I mentioned earlier, I didn't like the 'feel' of the AGrip, the neoprene and the bike tire tube.* The paracord has just a little give, and the texture of the wrap gives just enough abrasion (?) (resistence to slipping lol).

Wes.

[Amnesia Wes]

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Here's a picture of the knife.
It's a Smith & Wesson, I picked up about 10-12yrs. ago at a Bike Swap meet at the Cow Palace in So. San Francisco.
I haven't seen any others, so I guess they're not producing them any more.
I'm sorry I couldn't get a better picture. I guess you could say I'm 'technology challenged'! :lolhammer:

Wes.

[Perfect_Cut]

Wow that's such a cool looking knife! :highfive: I haven't seen those before either although I've looked for knives for days! :lolhammer: :idiot2: You owned that for 10-12 years so far? And it still looks like that? Wow good job man. Those serations look mean :laugh: :smitten:

[Toolboy]

Nice to see that someone who supports an outlaw motorcycle gang carries a large knife and handgun as he drives around. I'm sure it makes for interesting traffic stops.

[greenLED]

A friendly reminder to focus on the EDC items being discussed.
:gl:

[adorable_harree]

Nice knife!!!!Looks like a Gerber MK2 doesn't it? They are sure lucky in hawaii...I wish in Manila we could be this knife friendly as well.

[ironraven]

My concern is the use of the magnets.

Firearms work becuase multiple, small pieces of ferric metal move. If they become sufficiently magnetized, they might not move so well. I'm not thinking of anything big like the slide- just the little bits in the striker mechanism. Nothing quite like a handgun that doesn't go bang on command to make your day go from bad to worse. Never seen it happen in a firearm, but I wouldn't like to find out the hard way; I have seen it happen in other small mechanical items, including an auto opening knife a firefighter I know had secured in his turn out gear in a manner similiar to this.

[Ultra]

I wouldn't worry about the magnetization of the gun.

After all he's HA.

[chavez]

Any drawbacks from wrapping the pistol with paracord like that? For example, when cleaning down the weapon from the outside. I can see doing it on a small handled pistol that isn't shot often but not on a compact that gets a lot of range time since I would expect the paracord to gather contaminants and get gritty/dirty.