Jul 9, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 15 segments
This week, Dave and I dig into how the Safariland and Haley Strategic partnership actually works behind the scenes, and he shares some stories from a recent media event held at the Haley Strategic…
Dave HigginbothamGuestLukeHostIt's been a while, actually.
I've had that thing for a long time.
[laughs] So, uh, with the release of the XS, uh, that's a transition from a two-clip system into a one-clip system.
Is that right? Or is there more changes?
Um, when we pulled up the, the older INCOG designs that Travis had originated with, even before his relationship with G-Code, he was looking at the dual clip as a stability, uh, system for carrying AIWB, and that was it.
Right
Just to keep it from tilting in your waistband, right?
Gotcha.
So, he was building these designs for himself because at the time, he was not finding what he wanted for an appendix holster, uh, out on the market.
Um, he was doing a lot of hands-on DIY crafty stuff, uh, in the earlier parts of his careers.
In fact, I mean, he still is tremendously hands-on right now with how he approaches product design and-
Right
... that spurned his relationship with G-Code as a manufacturer who could realize that vision, bring it to market.
They did a version of the holster that was a dual clip, and then a version that I think may have been referred to as the Eclipse.
Um, and I have one of those, and it's an absolutely fantastic design, and it's a single clip holster.
And so when we went and we began with it, we did the INCOG X as the dual clip version with the adjustable shims there for, you know, pushing out your belt, gets you a little bit more of a return from that butt-of-the-gun side.
Right.
It's been a while, actually.
I've had that thing for a long time.
[laughs] So, uh, with the release of the XS, uh, that's a transition from a two-clip system into a one-clip system.
Is that right? Or is there more changes?
Um, when we pulled up the, the older INCOG designs that Travis had originated with, even before his relationship with G-Code, he was looking at the dual clip as a stability, uh, system for carrying AIWB, and that was it.
Right
Just to keep it from tilting in your waistband, right?
Gotcha.
So, he was building these designs for himself because at the time, he was not finding what he wanted for an appendix holster, uh, out on the market.
Um, he was doing a lot of hands-on DIY crafty stuff, uh, in the earlier parts of his careers.
In fact, I mean, he still is tremendously hands-on right now with how he approaches product design and-
Right
... that spurned his relationship with G-Code as a manufacturer who could realize that vision, bring it to market.
They did a version of the holster that was a dual clip, and then a version that I think may have been referred to as the Eclipse.
Um, and I have one of those, and it's an absolutely fantastic design, and it's a single clip holster.
And so when we went and we began with it, we did the INCOG X as the dual clip version with the adjustable shims there for, you know, pushing out your belt, gets you a little bit more of a return from that butt-of-the-gun side.
Right.
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