The wife got me one of the Diamond D nylon holsters for Christmas. To anyone considering one of those, avoid them. My new holster is like an extra bulky version of an uncle mike's nylon job. The retention strap is poorly designed, I'll explain: The strap is anchored by velcro inside the holster, comes out to go around the hammer or frame, and snaps in front. There is no retention with this holster aside from the strap. There's no way to do anything fast with this holster. You cannot quickly and easily break retention while simultaneously establishing a good grip. You have to break the snap, move the strap, then establish your grip. Not only terrifically slow, it's dangerous as one cannot re-holster one handed. That is, you have to use your left hand to clear the strap in order for the gun to go back into the holster. Otherwise, the strap bunches up as the gun goes in and you have to remove the gun and fiddle with the strap to get it lined up. So one is left with the choice of either trying to re-holster one handed and the possibility of the in-the-way strap snagging on the trigger and causing an ND, or muzzling your support hand as you move the strap out of the way.
Pretty disappointing since I've been impressed with Diamond D's leather offerings.
The good news is the harness system on the nylon holster is pretty skookum. I've discovered that a Simply Rugged crossdraw holster rigged with the Diamond D harness is a great set up! Diamond D won't sell just the harness alone, so now I'm ordering the materials to make my own for the other Simply Ruggeds I have.
