Bitterroot Gunleather

Bitterroot Gunleather

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While our webpage is under construction, please feel free to contact us directly with custom orders and questions. Our current lead time is an estimated 7 months.

Info needed for custom order- Exact photo of pistol with note of optics, lights/lasers/railed accessories, threaded barrels etc. a photo will likely be required.

Dexterity: right/left hand shooter

Type of holster (IWB, OWB, chest holster etc

Yes, we happily offer custom gunbelts and magazine carriers.

Caleb Koller

Owner, Maker

1(406)369-8164

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Books are closed to custom orders. If you don’t care about the wait, and don’t care about the color, hit me up.

It’s back. Prehistoric III. #ArtistSeriesGunleat

It’s back. Prehistoric III. #ArtistSeriesGunleather
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A mega thank you to the friends I’ve made in thi

A mega thank you to the friends I’ve made in this business. Thank you for keeping this roof over my family’s heads and for the inappropriate jokes here and there. 🐬
#ScavengerHolster in Charred pooled Gunmetal main, black Rough-Out Reinforcement, double-stitched with black thread. Two mag carriers to match both main and RP, and a double-stitched Gunbelt to hold up all that beautiful CZ steel. For a CZ 75BD Police in Texas.
#holster #gunbelt #leatherholster #customholster
#cz75 #cz75b #cz75bd #czusa #czguns #czfanatics #czechoutbitterrootgunleather

I still believe in #Glocktober A custom #Scavenge

I still believe in #Glocktober

A custom #ScavengerHolster in pooled walnut main, black RP and orange thread.

#glock #glockholster #leatherholster

Bitterroot Gunleather Client Photo #bglclientphoto

Bitterroot Gunleather Client Photo #bglclientphoto
#DoveAIWB for a @wilsoncombat #EDCX9L
“Did a great job of making the full size feel compact!”
#wilsoncombat #concealedcarry #concealedcarrynation #aiwb #appendixcarry #backtheblue

Happy Hunting, Montana. #hunting

Happy Hunting, Montana.

#hunting

I don’t put time into my own stuff. I just slap

I don’t put time into my own stuff. I just slap it together and run it. You’re welcome. #BonesAIWB

“Would you like IWB or OWB?” “Yes please and

“Would you like IWB or OWB?”
“Yes please and thank you.”
Some pleasing brown tones with the perfect touch of character- on the smoothest veg-tanned Gunleather around. #SummitIWB in charred show-brown main and charred saddle-tan RP. #ScavengerHolster in charred show-brown main and oil-pooled mahogany RP. Both stitched with that classy copper. For a Wilson Combat EDCx9 with a rail.

#wilsoncombat #wilsoncombatedcx9 #leatherholster #customholster #concealedcarry #pleaseandthankyoudontforget

The robust quintessential carry option by @cz_cust

The robust quintessential carry option by @cz_custom, the A01 C Rail Pistol, is hitching a ride to the great beyond in the Dove AIWB.
The #DoveAIWB is a married appendix inside-the-waistband holster, designed to comfortably distribute the mass and volume of your most bold of carry options, along with a spare magazine.
This Dove was a “make-my-day” request- and shows a slough of my most recent finish and construction techniques. Charred-Stone-Egyptian blue base with gold splatter-dot and Space-Mission finish on main. Charred red RP with 2geo-scatter texture, stitched with emergency-red thread and finished with royal purple washers.

Classy Gunbelt life #gunbelt

Classy Gunbelt life

#gunbelt

Sammie is a sandwich holster. Sandwich, sammich, s

Sammie is a sandwich holster. Sandwich, sammich, sammie.... Like a pancake holster but designed to have something between the layers, other than butter and maple syrup of course. Less pressure on the slots, less pressure on your hip, and less risk of holster collapse when drawn compared to the classic pancake.
#SammieHolster in charred pooled mahogany main, black shark overlay RP and body-shield, black thread. For a full-size 1911.

Stabby McPumpkins is lurking again. Scavenger wi

Stabby McPumpkins is lurking again.

Scavenger with rough-out black main with charred Gunmetal RP. RP adorned with Texas geometrics. Black thread. For a #smithandwesson 640 in #Texas

#ScavengerHolster #jframe #concealedcarry #leatherholster #stabbymcpumpkins

Part of a little project at which I’ve been chip

Part of a little project at which I’ve been chipping away. #NemesisCompetitionHolster in pumpkin shark skin full overlay. Splatter-dot on pooled orange interior. Orange thread. 7 degree rearward cant to keep grip at a natural angle and have muzzle forward on the draw. For a @cz_custom #A01LD out there somewhere. This one will be available at BitterrootGunleather.com next week.

The chest holster has had so many designs througho

The chest holster has had so many designs throughout the years. Rigging systems that try tilting a gun to an unnatural angle, fighting gravity and anatomy with harnesses, links and angles that just add competition to the end-goal: a safe and accessible holster for those who expect the worst that nature has to offer.
I keep things simple, and it all makes sense to me. My harness is heavy-duty nylon webbing. Leather straps are classy and cool and all, but let’s face it- nylon doesn’t stretch, kink, rip, dry out and crack, and it is just the better material for the job. Sorry I couldn’t stick to my purist non-synthetic ways for that. My harness concept is fully adjustable for body width and ride-height, and disconnects at all three points. Simple wins in my book, but only when simple makes sense.

#SapphireChestHolster in charred and splatter-dot chocolate all, with black RP. Some elegant western border tooling to accent the RP and thumb break backer. Black thread keeps it all together. For a #springfieldxdm #10mm

#chestholster

So many challenges in one piece. Natural Veg-tan l

So many challenges in one piece. Natural Veg-tan leather will patina beautifully on this Drop-Leg Holster.
Custom Southpaw #DropLegHolster in natural all with black edges. For a Government #1911.

A bit over 2 years ago a holster and mag carrier w

A bit over 2 years ago a holster and mag carrier was sent to Guernsey for a Shadow 2. Little did I know that set would end up published and would inspire several new orders, even this long after it was first done.
That is why I try so hard to impress each and every one of you. I used to pretend my work was going to some celebrity, some hot shot that would share it with all the right people. What I learned was- everyone is that hot shot. I don’t even need to pretend! You never know who’s gonna be that voice for your work. That person who’s going to love it so much he or she takes it to the highest building down town and stands on the edge holding it up to the air like Rafiki holding Simba, saying “now just look at this!”
I hope I impress each and every one of you with my work. It’s not going to be around forever, but I feel that I’m still getting better at this, and I will keep going for better. A better holster every holster.
#ScavengerHolster and double mag carrier with pooled walnut main, black RP with Montana prairie rattlesnake inlays on front RP and holster body shield, stitched up with copper thread. For a #CZShadow2. #cz #shadow2 #holster #leatherholster #customholster #czechoutbitterrootgunleather

Shoutout to Brother @donniesentme for doing a beau

Shoutout to Brother @donniesentme for doing a beautiful job sharpening my #EDCknife @benchmade #cf940 -The FIRST knife I’ve ever carried. I’ll do an EDC post next time I leave the house. So some time next week 😜 #benchmade #benchmade940

Concealment, comfort, class, and rock⚡️roll. A

Concealment, comfort, class, and rock⚡️roll. And nothing else matters. 🤘🏻

Yessss I know the difference between Metallica and AC⚡️DC💁🏼‍♂️

#TuckerInner in chocolate and show-brown leather, copper thread. Personalized tooling on the body shield.
For a 3” #1911.

One of those ‘orders’ that felt more like a ‘dare’

#DoveAIWB in #AbsolutionBlack with shark skin overlay on front RP. For a #WilsonCombat #EDCX9L

#customholster #leatherholster #custom1911 #custom2011 #wilsoncombatedcx9

Yesterday was the future Building a distressed ho

Yesterday was the future

Building a distressed holster means making a holster that hasn’t been worn yet look like it was made a century ago, and worn proudly the whole time. Sometimes that means making it look like it’s just gotten some sweat marks, or some dirt and scuffs on it. Sometimes I look for scarred leather with definition to bring out that “old school” character from the days when people didn’t give a darn about some scratches on their holsters. For this piece I chose a scarred chunk of leather. I finished it with some different tones of brown and affixed the #bitterloops to continue a scar that I strategically templated go up the slide and frame of the main. The flow of that mark turned out spectacularly in my opinion.

A Distressed #RiverAccessAIWB with bitterloops upgrade. Copper thread. For a #WilsonCombatEDCx9

Some intergalactic Gunleather. #HeSaidMakeMyDay.

Some intergalactic Gunleather. #HeSaidMakeMyDay.
#RiverAccessAIWB with #bitterloops upgrade
Stone-red charred, Space-mission pooled Gunmetal main. Charred red with splatter-dot on the RP and belt loops, and stitched with smoke thread. For a #wilsoncombat #edcx9s
#edcx9 #leatherholster #aiwb #appendixcarry #concealedcarry #customholster

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