I am quite pleased with the way it came out. This was my first Crossbreed holster, so I wasn't quite sure if I would have been happy with the combat cut option when I ordered. So, I chose to get the standard holster, and figured if I couldn't live with it I would just DIY the job.

Firstly, I really love the holster. I've played with the different cant settings, and I've found out that I like it to ride a little high with a slight forward cant. The horsehide is getting broken in to where the leather is starting to conform to my body shape. It seems to have a happy medium in between retention and "looseness", and it conceals very well with just cargo shorts and a cotton t-shirt.

If I had a criticism of the holster, it would be that I personally had trouble getting a "full" grip on my G19 when I would practice the draw. I would end up either (very painfully) trying to pry my thumb in between the grip and the leather, or I would have to do a modified "2 finger on the grip/thumb behind where the "hammer" would be". Same thing with reholstering; I would end up getting the tip of the barrel in the holster and then "palming" the gun downward to seat it fully in the holster. None of this was as terrible as it sounds, but it was definitely going to take some practice. So, after giving it some thought, I decided to whittle on the holster a little bit to make it work better for me.

The job was very easy, I was just a little hesitant to start cutting on my new $90 holster...I just laid the holster out with the Glock in it and traced a line where I wanted to remove the leather to better contour the shape of the grip. Then, I took a new utility cutter blade and slowly sliced thru it. No biggie. I just had to do a little finish work by scraping away one or two high spots in the cut, but that was it.

Its now much easier for me to get a conventional grip on the pistol. It did sacrifice just a little bit of the comfort factor, but its really negligable. I can definitely feel a little more of the gun against my side now, but not uncomfortably so. Its more reassuring than anything. Totally worth the trade off IMO. Now, if I had grip tape or my grip was heavily strippled, I can see where it might bother me more against bare skin. This rig works great with my Wilderness Instructor 1.5 inch 5 stitch belt, and I like being able to carry a compact handgun versus a pocket carry in the summer heat.

Here is what it looked like originally:





After the cut:






These came out very blurry but I was doing a contortionist act to take them. Sorry.

Looks good. I love mine.

Thanks. After looking at a couple of pics of Crossbreeds that were combat cut at the shop, I don't think I removed quite as much material as would Crossbreed would have. But, so far this seems to work well for me; the grip on the draw is totally acceptable now. I can always shave a little more off now that I have the basic shape of the cut down pat.

Looks good!

You might want to see about trimming more under the trigger guard. I couldn't stand my fingers hitting leather before they hit the trigger guard so I trimmed right up to it.



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Heck, the way I look at it, you can always order it the normal way and modify it, it's not like it's hard to do it's leather.  Plus, it's modified to fit you.  Good job OP

Just chucking this out there for those of you thinking about modifying. If you wear an Underarmor compression shirt, it is slippery enough for you to slide your thumb behind the leather, where it will fall into place as you draw. The benefit is you have to cut far less of it (enough to make sure your four fingers get a clean grip), keeping more of the gun shielded from your side, if that is a concern of yours.