About

High Noon Holsters started in a one car garage on Long Island in New York back in 1997. The very first holster designed and offered to the public was our Hideaway. The first OWB and second holster designed and manufactured was our Sky High – both are still favorites and popular holsters today.

One of the more humorous memories of High Noon Holsters was observing the delivery company move one of the 3000 pound leather machines into our little single-car garage. Back then, we generated business by making phone calls to all the gun shops and sending them samples. This was a great way to market High Noon Holsters – frankly, the only way we knew how!

In 1998 we decided that Florida would be our new home. We packed up the family and the shop and moved to a lazy beach community outside of Tampa, Florida. A move in the right direction with a TWO car garage and 400 square feet! Still a very tight fit as High Noon Holsters continued to grow.

In 1999, we made another move and increased our shop’s square footage to a whopping 700 sq. ft. Our leather holster lines were increasing and so was the business. We were still reaching out to customers over the phone and continuing to build strong customer relationships. At this point, we had not reached out to the consumer nor were we advertising. We were still a very young holster company but we focused on quality and customer satisfaction. Our business plan focused on working with the retail industry – selling to the gun shops. Our business centered around “word of mouth.” We had a great product and the gun community was agreeing.

In 2000, we launched . The website was not an ecommerce site. The internet was still very new and we had no idea how to best use the internet for conducting sales to the consumer. Our website was very basic with no way to order online. The website was considered a “look-see” website and all orders were taking over the phone. The use of the website was a very good business decision as the phones rang constantly.