Shopping for a holster from a traditional retailer is fraught with dilemmas, especially when a person is much smaller or larger in circumference than the typical gun model. In this group can be found an endless array of discussions, Q&A sessions, and an amazing assortment of photos showing how people are making the Enigma work for them. The design and sales team behind this product, Sarah and Jon Hauptman, provide the Phlster Concealment Workshop as a forum for concealed carriers, and the group’s focus is largely around the Enigma. For Facebookers, there is a massive support and education system centered around the Enigma. If you’re getting the impression that using the Enigma is a combination of trial, error, and maybe some DIY ingenuity in exchange for the ability to carry with just about any kind of clothing, you’re on the right track. The “wing” on the bottom half of the shell serves to keep the grip from sticking out. Also, it conceals even a full-size gun really, really well if you’re willing to invest some time experimenting at the outset. All that to say this is the only holster I’ve seen that allows front-of-body carry in a way that offers security of the gun in terms of keeping it put and covering the trigger guard, provides for safe re-holstering without removing the holster, and does not require belted pants. That frame, which faces out to the world while the holster is against the body, is secured by an adjustable web belt and a flat cord called the leg leash. The Enigma is different than other holsters and is truly a system it can accommodate many companies’ “shells” (the kydex holster itself) which attaches to a flexible, laser-cut frame at a customizable angle and height. This product and the experience of wearing it turned out to be novel enough that this will be a two-part series. I was skeptical, but I found out the Enigma really is in a class of its own. After all, there’s generally not much new under the sun in the holster market despite plenty of dramatic marketing language. Seeing it described as a “breakthrough,” and having seen an article in which the wearer described being able to wear formal attire and conceal comfortably one day, then go running in their Enigma the next, made me interested to see what it’s all about. The good folks at Phlster were kind to share one of their breakthrough holster systems for testing.
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