I broke one of the j-hook arms on my LH IWB Blade-Tech holster a few days ago.
I ordered a replacement and apparently they've gone to some new injection molded polymer material that's a little different than the old molded Kydex ones.
So I'm sitting here trying to put this new j-hook on my holster, and it doesn't fit!!
The holes for the mounting screws on the new j-hook don't quite match up with the holes on the holster.
A comparison between the old j-hook and the new j-hook shows that the holes don't quite line up between the two.
What am I missing here? Are the new style j-hooks intended to be a direct replacement for the old stlye j-hooks or did I order the wrong thing?
ETA:I called Blade-Tech to get this from the horse's mouth. The guy at Blade-Tech said that the older holsters (those made prior to the new j-hook design) won't necessarily work with the newer j-hooks. The older j-hooks were custom made by hand for each holster, and the newer j-hooks are made by machine according to a template.
Therefore I'm out of luck. $21 later after the cost of a new j-hook and shipping, that's what I get.
His solution: I can either buy MORE stuff from them as he suggested I buy a pull-the-dot snap system, or I can send my old holster back to them to have them custom fit a j-hook to my holster. That'll mean I'll be out of a holster for how long? Who knows....
This is dumb. I think I'll just go buy a SideArmor holster.