After reading that the kydex holsters do not wear the finish on pistols like leather does, I bought a Blade Tech Revolution holster for a standard 5 inch government model Colt and a dual magazine pouch just to try a kydex holster. I intended to buy a top of the line model if I liked the cheap one. The magazine pouch came with a Tek-Lok attachment that even when tightened on the belt, lets the mag pouch migrate between the two belt loups and you never know where your mag pouch is located at any given time. The Tek-Lok is a fancy gadget that does not work. If you want your holster or magazine to stay on your belt where you put it, DO NOT USE IT.
The magazine pouch does fit the magazines very nicely however and the tension device works as intended and is easy to adjust to whatever level of tension you want on the magazines. Too bad the Tech-Lok does not work as well as it does.
The holster came with two methods of attachement on the belt, but one of them was only for a 1 1/2 inch belt and I don't use any belt under 1 1/4 inches, so I can't use it. The other attachment method allows adjustment to some degree, but is flimsy and the holster moves when the pistol is removed or reholstered.
So I called Blade tech and got a very bubbly young lady on the phone and explained what was going on and asked for advice on what to do to correct it. She recommended a drop and off set and an adjustable Stingray loop. I didn't know what either of those were , so I told her I needed it to fit a Revolution holster. She said all Tech-Lok products were "modular" and all attachments fit all holsters. So I took her advice and bought what she recommended. It came today and although the Stingray attachment will work, there is no way to attach it to the Revolution holster. There is no way to attach the drop and off set to the holster. There are NO INSTRUCTIONS on how to do anything or what fits on what. NONE of the holes on either the drop and off set or the Stingray line up with any holes on the revolution holster.
While I was on the Balde Tech web site, I told the bubbly young lady that I wanted a WRS level III holster to fit my staqndard government model, but could not find an option for it on the web site. She said that they had changed the web site at the first of the year and she would report the issue to their IT department. So I asked her if Blade Tech made a level III WRS holster for the 1911 and she said no, but she would put me on the list so if in the future they do make one, they will contact me.
She said Blade Tech DID NOT MAKE a holster for one of the, if not THE MOST POPULAR auto pistol being made today. Like I say, I am not familiar with the company or it's products, so I assumed she knew what she was talking about. After all, she answers the phone at Blade Tech and did not refer me to anyone else who might know. Futher inquiry on my part reveals that Blade Tech does indeed make a level III WRS holster for the standard government model 1911 pistol.
But now I am totally PO'd because there is so much confusion about Blade Tech products even coming from people who work for them and I am afraid to invest the $125 bucks they want for the WRS holster and not be able to get the attachment method I want on it. If I have had as much trouble trying to buy a simple holster attachment method for the Revolution holster as I have already had, WHY IN HELL would I want to take a chance on anything else I bought from them being correct? And it's a shame because I really like the holster, even though it is their cheap model. The WRS will be likely be even better.
So if any of you boys are considering a Blade Tech product, you had better dang well KNOW ALL ABOUT IT and what and how the verious attachment methods work because they do not give you any instructions and the people who answer their phones do not know their products or how they fit and work together.
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