Show off your Every Day Carry!

[Sld1959]

Love me some Sig P228... Wish I could find one at a decent price, I'd snatch it right up...

Classic Firearms has them for $489 used surplus. Only a couple left though.

 

[dickeedonut]

When I first started this firearm thing in 2017, we purchased a Ruger 9E (which we still have - it's a great shooter), but struggled to carry it regularly. I carried a Springfield XD Mod.2 9mm subcompact for years after that. Great pistol; reliable; comfortable to shoot. Last week, I made the first change to my EDC since 2018. I cannot get over how much I like our new Springfield Echelon 4.0c Comp - and even more so with the Holosun 507K X2 mounted using the Echelon's swell VIS. Behold!

(Kydex IWB holster from Rounded Gear by Concealment Express)

The echelons are pretty nice. I bought the 4.5 comp a few weeks back and last weekend my wife wanted her own! Unfortunately my local shop was out of the comp versions but she picked the 4.5 rather than the 4.0. My wife was never really into guns until probably last year and now she loves to shoot and is gonna start carrying.

 

[Mr. Untactical]

The echelons are pretty nice. I bought the 4.5 comp a few weeks back and last weekend my wife wanted her own! Unfortunately my local shop was out of the comp versions but she picked the 4.5 rather than the 4.0. My wife was never really into guns until probably last year and now she loves to shoot and is gonna start carrying.

That is awesome!

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

I've been learning how to checker so I did the rear of my slide on my Sbardella custom carry then I had it nitride treated looks pretty nice.

 

[rcurtner]

I've been learning how to checker so I did the rear of my slide on my Sbardella custom carry then I had it nitride treated looks pretty nice.

Nice checkering work.

 

[sererigger]

Added something new some might be interested. I just got a Japanese folder that is so thin, it should be illegal.
Ive had to cop buds search me, one found it, one did not.

Like the Black Cat Solingen knife from the 60s, which was the first knife outlawed by NYC, Cops could not find them
This is that was also.
They come in several sizes, I have the 5 inch one, they made smaller ones.
There are many fake ones out there. I know I bought one. If it has the Kanji on the blade this one does it is an original.
The blue paper steel is the bast steel and sharper than you need, except for shaving maybe.

HIGONOKAMI is the name of the knives.

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Carpenter’s knife, I kept one in my tool box when I was doing cabinetry. I think it came as a bonus when I got my white steel chisels.

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

Nice checkering work.

Thank you it was scary doing that on a 4500 dollar gun but it's really not that hard to do after getting your first lines done.

 

[rcurtner]

Thank you it was scary doing that on a 4500 dollar gun but it's really not that hard to do after getting your first lines done.

Bet it was scary I would not try it. Have two SA 1911's that I'd like to get checkering on the front straps need to research pistol smiths for prices.

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

Bet it was scary I would not try it. Have two SA 1911's that I'd like to get checkering on the front straps need to research pistol smiths for prices.

Ever think of stippling ?

 

[rcurtner]

Ever think of stippling ?

Yes I have. Many years ago had a 1911 with stippling on front & rear straps really liked it. Don't know why but thought stippling would be more expensive than checkering. Just e-mailed a pistol smith in North Texas for info, pricing on checkering forgot to ask about stippling.

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

Yes I have. Many years ago had a 1911 with stippling on front & rear straps really liked it. Don't know why but thought stippling would be more expensive than checkering. Just e-mailed a pistol smith in North Texas for info, pricing on checkering forgot to ask about stippling.

Easy to do yourself. The one in the middle is a bullseye frame.

 

[rcurtner]

Easy to do yourself. The one in the middle is a bullseye frame.

Looks good but the stippling I had was much more aggressive. You are an enabler(lol) think I'll go the stippling route.

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

Looks good but the stippling I had was much more aggressive. You are an enabler(lol) think I'll go the stippling route.

That's the beauty of it you can go as heavy or light as you want !!

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

Looks good but the stippling I had was much more aggressive. You are an enabler(lol) think I'll go the stippling route.

They are more "aggressive" than they look in the pics it's technically called tiger claw not stippling.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Yes , stippling is easy to do yourself , and hard to seriously mess up .

But * to me * , it's AMC Pacer level of ugly .

 

[Lab4Us]

Yes , stippling is easy to do yourself , and hard to seriously mess up .

But * to me * , it's AMC Pacer level of ugly .

So not as bad as it could be?

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

So not as bad as it could be?

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I like it and I built it myself so it's a beauty to me.

 

[Lab4Us]

I like it and I built it myself so it's a beauty to me.

Sorry, bad attempt at humor. I was referring to the possibility, at least IMO, that there are many car models uglier than AMC Pacers and attempting to infer that old adage that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.

 

[SL66]

Bet it was scary I would not try it. Have two SA 1911's that I'd like to get checkering on the front straps need to research pistol smiths for prices.

Not sure if SA still offerering this work, but they sent me this price list in 2021(or 2023). Checkering listed bottom of first page.

Bet it was scary I would not try it. Have two SA 1911's that I'd like to get checkering on the front straps need to research pistol smiths for prices.

Not sure if SA is still offering custom work but when I inquired about front strap checkering in 2021 they sent me this price list. See bottom of page 1. Would be worth a phone call for sure.

 

[Muzzlestuffer]

Not sure if SA still offerering this work, but they sent me this price list in 2021(or 2023). Checkering listed bottom of first page.

Not sure if SA is still offering custom work but when I inquired about front strap checkering in 2021 they sent me this price list. See bottom of page 1. Would be worth a phone call for sure.View attachment 96135

I may get my FFL and start doing some checkering when I retire in a couple years it's not too hard to do it's tough on my hands though a lifetime of electrical work has taken a toll!