Holstory

: the original book titled "Holstory – Gunleather of the Twentieth Century" was published in 2018 and is the result of decades of research buttressed by a half-century of industry contributions by author Nichols as a designer & maker. It was inspired by his purchase of Tom Threepersons' personal 'Threepersons Style Holster" with the understanding that there was not one, but two Indians using the name Tom Threepersons and at the same time. It was incumbent on the authors we know the holster of which of them, because the original man was named Tom Three Persons – two words – and was a Blood Indian who lived and died in Alberta, Canada. And the Threepersons (eventually only the one word but originally was known by the double surname) of Texas, who claimed to be a Cherokee Indian but instead was an indigenous Indian of Mexico. Finding the truth (the holster was the Texan's) led to many more connections to the designers and makers of innovative gunleather in the 20th century. The holster was the Texan's and he was a genuine gunfighter, a notion that horrified the Albertan to the point he threatened to sue for being confused in print with the gunman.