Episode 353: From Basement Workshop to Firearms Success with Black Point Tactical's Harvey Cheek
Fieldcraft Survival
FieldCraft Survival
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🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Harvey Cheek of Black Point Tactical is interviewed by Director of Training Kevin Estela. Harvey started his holster business in a friend's grandmother's basement and has grown to become one of the most respected companies in the firearms space. SIG Sauer carries his holsters at the academy and so do many professional shooters including Fieldcraft's own Casey Hildreth and Kevin Estela. Harvey explains how he grew his business and the two men share ideas about some new upcoming products.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm sitting on this chair right now and this chair in the podcast studio is going to |
| 0:16.8 | creek a lot. |
| 0:17.8 | I don't know who was sitting on this thing last. |
| 0:20.1 | I think I'm the biggest guy that works here at FieldCraft North Carolina. |
| 0:22.9 | So if you hear a bunch of creaking, that's what that is. |
| 0:25.9 | It's not my bones, even though I am a middle-aged man. |
| 0:28.8 | Guys, this is the FieldCraft survival podcast. |
| 0:30.7 | I'm Kevin Estella. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm going to be your host for this episode. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm here in Aberdeen, North Carolina at the headquarters field craft training. |
| 0:35.9 | I am drinking coffee. |
| 0:36.9 | I am highly caffeinated. |
| 0:38.4 | And I'm on the phone with a very good friend of mine who I'm going to introduce in just |
| 0:42.1 | a bit. |
| 0:43.1 | I'll say that I'm currently wearing one of his holsters. |
| 0:45.7 | And you know, years ago, I mean, this is pre-field craft. |
| 0:49.0 | This is, let's see, I'm trying to think the first time that I actually worked with this |
| 0:53.5 | gentleman to carry his holsters into the great outdoors. |
| 0:56.6 | It goes back to at least 2019 to a trip I took to Alaska where I had a chest rig that |
| 1:02.1 | held a SIG 220 with a weapon mounted light. |
| 1:05.1 | And I have another holster that I carried out there from him with, from my Ruber Black |
| 1:10.8 | Hawk. |
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