I’m about to show you something that might seem a little ridiculous, but hear me out.
I use a good old-fashioned micrometer in my shop all the time. Sure, there are fancy electronic measuring tools these days, but a quality mechanical micrometer is reliable, accurate and never seems to let me down. The problem isn’t using it — it’s protecting it.
A micrometer tossed into a pocket with keys, a pocketknife and who-knows-what-else is just asking for trouble. They’re precision instruments, and they deserve better.
So I called my friend Doc Barranti of Barranti Leather Co. with an unusual request: “Can you make me a holster…for a micrometer?” There was a brief pause on the other end of the line, but Doc was game.
The result is one of those products you never knew you needed until you see it. Available in different leather colors with either a belt loop or pocket clip, it keeps your micrometer protected, easy to find and always within reach. No more digging through pockets or worrying about it bouncing onto the shop floor.
I’ll admit I even found myself practicing a few “fast draws.” Don’t judge me — it was more entertaining than I expected.
If you have a machinist in your life and never know what to buy them, here’s your answer. I can almost guarantee they don’t already own a leather micrometer holster, and once they see one, they’ll want it. Better yet, it smells exactly like a fine leather holster should.
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ones. Thanks, Doc, for humoring one of my stranger requests and turning it into something genuinely useful.
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