This holster serves dual purposes. It can be worn as an inside the waist or as a belt slide. This holster features a metal reinforced mouth for easy re-holstering. It tucks close to the body, is hand boned for each specific gun, and has full combat grip. In case you are not familiar, the YCS is a IWB open top and bottom forward cant holster. But when you remove the two screws and the belt loop, you simply run the belt through the belt loop slots in the main part of the holster and it becomes an OWB belt slide holster. The holster does have a metal reinforcement at the mouth and it has just the right amount of leather that protects from slide and is safe when you sweat.