I'm glad someone else notices this. Tam says about her new holster, "the 'smooth-side in' construction allows a clean release with no suede boogers clinging to your heater."
Yeah, I have been bugged by that and didn't know it was a thing for anyone else. I have a coupla few holsters that do that. Mostly on leaving shmutz on the edges of the front sight. And it's annoying. Distracting, even, when aiming. Even noticed it on the nice-ish looking Galco paddle retention holster I use for 1911s there at blogger shoot.
My Milt Sparks doesn't do that. Smooth side in and out. And they aren't the only ones doing that, so there is a plethora of choices. And Kydex stuff, of course, won't give you that.
Another detail to be aware when accessory shopping.
My Crossbreed supertuck is a similar thing. Kydex on one side, smooth leather on the other. They put the suede against you to help keep the holster in place during the draw.
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My supertuck is clean too, as abnormalist notes above. My Bianchi OWB has the rough side inside, but was pretty well smoothed by whatever method, so I haven't really had a problem with cow debris.
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