In regards to rivets***,,myself and a co-worker took one of my holsters and tried to find its breaking point. He grabbed on side of the holster (thru the open holster mouth) and I grabbed the other. It took a lot of work, hard pulling using both of our body weight and took about 5 mins to pull and pop those rivets out of the Kydex. I cant see how glued kydex could last that long.
Glue isnt neccessary
when in a real life scenario will you have your holster intentionally pryed apart like that?
even if someone tugs on your pistol from the right angle...if you are fighting for a pistol from that position...you both did something wrong
rivets do the job just fine