Tuxedo carry
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Tuxedo carry
Anyone have experience carrying in a tux? My normally carry a full size IWB; I am thinking shoulder holster.
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How do you IWB without a belt? I was told that there would be no belt or even belt loops.AndyC wrote:I've worn IWB without issues - or tuck it behind the cummerbund if you wear such a horror
ETA: I'v got a crossbreed supertuck.
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The lack of a belt is a challenge. I've pocket carried a Kel-Tec P-32 in my tuxedo.
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Shoulder carry as you first thought. 


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Frost wrote:How do you IWB without a belt? I was told that there would be no belt or even belt loops.AndyC wrote:I've worn IWB without issues - or tuck it behind the cummerbund if you wear such a horror
Well, behind the cummerbund worked for Frank Rizzo. This is a famous picture of him from 1969. He was the police commissioner at the time in Philadelphia. While at a formal dinner, he was informed of a riot starting. He went to the scene, still in a sharksin tux, with the nightstick visible stuck in the cummerbund.

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srothstein wrote:Frost wrote:How do you IWB without a belt? I was told that there would be no belt or even belt loops.AndyC wrote:I've worn IWB without issues - or tuck it behind the cummerbund if you wear such a horror
Well, behind the cummerbund worked for Frank Rizzo. This is a famous picture of him from 1969. He was the police commissioner at the time in Philadelphia. While at a formal dinner, he was informed of a riot starting. He went to the scene, still in a sharksin tux, with the nightstick visible stuck in the cummerbund.

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Don't laugh folks, but I've actually worn a PPK in a shoulder holster when attending formal events. Yeah I know, James Bond want-to-be.
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This would be a good application for one of the Kramer undershirts with the holster pockets. Maybe a thin single stack Mak with some thin pearl grips,
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Charles L. Cotton wrote:Don't laugh folks, but I've actually worn a PPK in a shoulder holster when attending formal events. Yeah I know, James Bond want-to-be.
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I, too, have used my shoulder holster under a tux or suit jacket. Espicially with no belt to keep things in place! 

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Too lateCharles L. Cotton wrote:Don't laugh folks, but I've actually worn a PPK in a shoulder holster when attending formal events. Yeah I know, James Bond want-to-be.
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I have a Blue Dennim Wedding coming up next Sat. I will choose shoulder carry under the Dennim vest.
Kimber pro though. Not PPK. 



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