Kydex "pancake" style holster makers

[rob_s]

Correct, but there are often little things most people never notice about them, say comparing a Raven to something I made in my kitchen.

I think that's a really important distinction. Not only do a lot of people not notice, but they just frankly don't care. Just like the AR market, since it was used as a corollary already, wherein many people don't understand the "improvements" of a gun like the KAC SR15E3, but even if you explain the differences to them they still don't care, and really don't care at the price increase.