Colors: Click on image below to see standard and custom color options.
Custom or Send in (N) option is available to anyone who would like a custom color KYDEX® sheet material. When you order the Custom or Send in (N) option, you will have to provide us (Send in) two (2) pcs. of 12"x12" KYDEX® sheet or we can order it for you and we'll just send you an invoice for the extra cost. Please contact us before or after you place your order; contact@kt-mech.com
**Special Order colors are Thermo-Digital coating applied to the Kydex surface. These are for (N) Novelty purposes only and are not intended or designed for use as military spec camouflage. 2-4 weeks lead from order to ship apply.
Note: The KT AKELA™ holster was originally designed for the upcoming movie "The Expendables III" (2014), as ordered by the movie's Prop Master, Dirk Buchmann. We have modified our original design for practical use and we now proudly present to you the real world variant of the KT AKELA™ Kydex® Thermoplastic holster.
Each KT holster is custom made to your specification. While we maintain one of the highest quality and consistency in the custom gun holster market, each one is still unique.
Lead time of about 2-4 weeks, 1-3 business day lead w/ Priority Build request orders.
New DUTY KT AKELA™ holster (Hood & Thumb switch w/ Tek-Lok):
Asymmetric Competition Cut (easy reholster):
Samples of actual orders shipped to customers:
IWB KT AKELA™:
Custom KT AKELA™:
Available with Forward and Back cant:
Rounded and Standard muzzle finish:
The KT AKELA™ Kydex holster inherits the trademark features of our KT Gunfighter and KT Defender line of holsters.
Adjustable trigger guard retention as well as slide and frame fit adjustment.
Standard model KT AKELA™ holster has a protected and shrouded slide.
Competition cut KT AKELA™ holster features a slide cut out for competition shooters with an attached RMR/holographic sight installed.
The KT AKELA™ will include a lite duty 1.5" OWB belt loop if you don't order an installed attachement with your holster, or an IWB Jhook if you choose the IWB KT AKELA configuration.
For an easy on, easy off mount, the KT AKELA™ can use Blade Tech's Tech Lok mount. See our Parts Dept.
Minimalist design of the magazine.
Adjustable mapouch retention.
KT Active Retention™ compatible for when you have your holster's retention set to the lowest level.
Trademark KT quality and detail that you won't find anywhere else. (challengers welcome)
Available as a Gun Scabbard. This option does not have any mounting holes and as the name suggests, it functions as a scabbard. If you need the protection of a Kydex holster with the absolute minimal thickness, this is it.
Long slide handguns have the option for an undercut lower tab or have the full squared tab.
Sample: The KT AKELA™ magpouch follows the contours of your magazine. Indexing the magazine for the draw is very natural.
Sample: We heard our competition shooters' wishes. The KT AKELA™ magpouch can be built with specific Mounting Angles for fast mag changes.
Sample: Full size 1911, KT AKELA™ holster, black 060 Kydex, rigid IWB belt loops.
Sample: Mounting pattern on the right side for a "small of back" carry / palm in (right handed shooter). You can also have the mounting pattern on the left side for a "small of back" carry / palm out (right handed shooter).
KT AKELA™ ultra slim design allows for small and medium frame individuals to carry full size handguns. Sample: 1911 5" barrel worn under a heavy weight t-shirt, IWB / small of back carry.
*Each holster is custom made to the specification you select. Short lead time on all handgun models, ships in about 1-2 weeks.
**New & Special order colors, 2-4 weeks lead from order to ship date.
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